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  • Before you go
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      • Travel advice explained
    • Who you are
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      • Dual nationals
      • LGBTI++
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      • School leavers
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      • Adoption
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      • Backpacking
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      • Medical assistance overseas
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      • Armed conflict
      • Assault
      • Cyber security
      • Demonstrations
      • Earthquakes and tsunamis
      • Kidnapping
      • Natural disasters
      • Partying safely
      • Piracy
      • Scams
      • Severe weather
      • Sexual assault
      • Terrorism
      • Theft and robbery
    • Laws
      • Carrying or using drugs
      • Child sex offences
      • Female genital mutilation
      • Forced marriage
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      • Someone died
    • Crime overseas
      • Assaulted
      • Kidnapped
      • Robbed or mugged
      • Scammed
      • Sexually assaulted
    • Crisis or emergency
      • Demonstration
      • Armed conflict
      • Earthquake
      • Severe weather
      • Terrorist situation
      • Volcanic eruption
      • Bushfire
      • Nuclear incident
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      • Arabic
      • Chinese Simplified
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    • Travel advice explained
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      • Documents in Australia
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      • Consular State of Play
      • CHOICE travel insurance guide
      • Fact sheet: Travel Smart
      • Fact sheet: Missing overseas
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      • Fact sheet: Sexual assault overseas
      • Fact sheet: Death overseas
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