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‘Alarm bells’ as remote Australians live shorter lives

People in Australian cities live far longer, on average, than those in outback regions.
Stephanie Gardiner in Orange, AAP

People in remote NSW have far shorter lives than city-dwellers and are much more likely to die from preventable illnesses […]

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