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Australia leader refuses to attack political foes over virus

by Associated Press
| August 7, 2020 2:03 AM

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s prime minister on Friday rejected demands from within his own conservative party to publicly attack the center-left Victoria state government over its flawed handling of the nation’s worst coronavirus outbreak and an economically damaging lockdown.

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