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Nov 2023
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Police have charged Erin Patterson, the woman at the centre of an alleged mushroom poisoning case, with murder. It follows the deaths of three of her family members in August.

Also, as some Australians finally make it out of Gaza, we hear about the current military strategy and whether more can be done to prevent civilian casualties.

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