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Fastest Growth Among Major Western Industrialized Nations: Data released last week shows Australia’s economy grew 3.3% in the year ended June 30. The result was boosted by a higher than expected 1.2% rise in the June quarter, the fastest rate of quarterly growth since the end of the economic boom in 1989.
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