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Alcaraz gives point to Shelton on racket fling

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内容摘要:Democracy sausages are served everywhere Australians vote. Ahead of Saturday’s ballot, and on election day, they were due to appear at polling places for citizens abroad on nearly every continent — at Australian embassies in New York, Riyadh, Nairobi and Tokyo, and even at a research station in Antarctica.

Democracy sausages are served everywhere Australians vote. Ahead of Saturday’s ballot, and on election day, they were due to appear at polling places for citizens abroad on nearly every continent — at Australian embassies in New York, Riyadh, Nairobi and Tokyo, and even at a research station in Antarctica.

While companies across industries have already shared weaker or, larger impacts on their bottom lines may not be seen until farther down the road. The Xbox price hikes were announced just one day after Microsoft

Alcaraz gives point to Shelton on racket fling

For the January-March quarter, the Redmond, Washington-based company raked in $70.07 billion in revenue, with a net income of $25.8 billion. Microsoft also saw a 6% increase for revenue in its personal computing unit, which includes its laptop business and Xbox services. But that was before many of Trump’s latest tariffs took effect.WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Many Australians arriving aton Saturday followed their civic duty by eating what’s become known as a democracy sausage, a cultural tradition as Aussie as koalas and Vegemite, and for some just as important as casting their vote.

Alcaraz gives point to Shelton on racket fling

The grilled sausage wrapped in a slice of white bread and often topped with onions and ketchup is a regular fixture of Antipodean public life. But when offered at polling places on, the humble treat is elevated to a democracy sausage — a national, if light-heated, symbol for electoral participation.

Alcaraz gives point to Shelton on racket fling

Or, as a website tracking real-time, crowd-sourced democracy sausage locations on polling day notes: “It’s practically part of the Australian Constitution.”

But the tradition is far from political. Cooking and selling the snacks outside polling places is the most lucrative fundraising event of the year for many school and community groups.Veteran Affairs Minister Matt Keogh said the “booing was led by someone who’s a known neo-Nazi.”

“We’re commemorating some of those soldiers who fell in a war that was fought against that sort of hateful ideology and so it was completely disrespectful and it’s not something that is welcome at Anzac Day commemorations ever,” Keogh said.Police said a 26-year-old man had been directed to leave the service.

The man had been interviewed over an allegation of offensive behavior and would be issued a summons to appear in court, a police statement said.A heckler also disrupted the Welcome to Country at the main dawn service in the Western Australia state capital Perth.

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