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Bondi hero given ‘key to the city’ – and free parking for life · The Front

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  Speaker 1: Today's biggest news from The Australian. I'm Christinamiot with the
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  Speaker 1: Front's afternoon headlines. The hero who disarmed a gun man
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  Speaker 1: as he allegedly fired bullets into a Hanaker festival in
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  Speaker 1: Bondai has been given a key to the city and
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  Speaker 1: a lifetime parking pass at some of the country's most
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  Speaker 1: iconic swimming spots, including Bondai Beach. Ahmed al Ahmed was
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  Speaker 1: shot a number of times on December fourteen as he
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  Speaker 1: grabbed a gun from the hands of fifty year old
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  Speaker 1: Sajid Akram, who, together with his son, twenty four year
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  Speaker 1: old Navid Akram, allegedly killed fifteen innocent people in Australia's
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  Speaker 1: worst ever terrorist attack. Sajid Akram was shot dead by
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  Speaker 1: police at the scene, while his son was charged with
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  Speaker 1: more than fifty offenses after waking from a coma. He's
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  Speaker 1: awaiting trial in Goldwyn's Supermax prison and has yet to
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  Speaker 1: enter a plea. As he presented the award at a
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  Speaker 1: special ceremony on Wednesday night, Waverley's mayor praised Ahmed al
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  Speaker 1: Ahmed for his bravery in running towards danger and said
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  Speaker 1: he saved countless lives. The hero said he hopes for
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  Speaker 1: peace for Australia and around the world. Australia could be
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  Speaker 1: out of fertilizer within weeks. That's because the conflict in
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  Speaker 1: the Middle East is making it more expensive to get
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  Speaker 1: fertilizer into the country, and that means supermarket shelves could
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  Speaker 1: look emptier than usual if growers can't harvest their crops.
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  Speaker 1: The organization representing grain growers in Australia warned there could
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  Speaker 1: be serious ramifications for Australian households if the situation doesn't improve.
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  Speaker 1: Grain Growers chief SHAWNA. Gaull said limited or cost prohibitive
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  Speaker 1: access to fertilizer and fuel could mean that some growers
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  Speaker 1: will not be planting a crop in twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: Gall added that decision would mean farmers take a massive
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  Speaker 1: financial hit after years of drought. Quantus has downsized the
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  Speaker 1: plane's flying domestic routes, but it's not because of the
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  Speaker 1: ski irocketing cost of fuel. The airline needs a three
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  Speaker 1: thirties and Boeing seven eight sevens to keep up with
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  Speaker 1: demand for flights to Europe, and it's added fourteen hundred
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  Speaker 1: seats per week as travelers skirt stopovers in the Middle East.
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  Speaker 1: Check out those stories live right now at the Australian
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  Speaker 1: dot com dot au and come back to the front
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  Speaker 1: first thing in the morning for a look at the
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  Speaker 1: billionaire women wielding their power quietly on the list Australia's
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  Speaker 1: Richest two hundred and fifty that's right here, Friday morning,