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The Quicky News: Wednesday May 6th 2026

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🗞️ HEADLINES

  • Pauline Hanson is considering running for the lower house
    Labor to cut the freight rail line from Melbourne to Brisbane designed to take trucks off the roads
  • The US says the ceasefire with Iran is still in place despite both sides exchanging fire
  • The WHO says rare human transmission is behind the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship marooned off West Africa
  • Carlton AFL men's team fined for allowing player suffering a mental health episode on the field

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Host: Claire Murphy

Group Executive Producer: Ilaria Brophy

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