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[WA] $100 Fuel Support Payment for People with a Valid Western Australian Driver’s Licence @ ServiceWA App
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trixieb on 07/05/2026 - 19:19 wa.gov.au (1152 clicks)
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The Fuel Support Payment is a cost-of-living measure to help Western Australians with fuel costs.

What is the payment

The one-off $100 payment will be provided to support fuel costs for people with a valid Western Australian driver’s licence, including learner’s permits, provisional and extraordinary driver’s licences from 1 July 2026.

How to claim

The fastest and most convenient way to receive the Fuel Support Payment is through the ServiceWA app. Claims can be made from 1 July 2026 through ServiceWA offers tab.

Once claims open on 1 July 2026 and you are logged in with your Digital ID, the payment will be made available to eligible users.

Alternative claim options will also be available for people who are unable or do not wish to use the app.

When is the Fuel Support Payment available

The payment will be available from 1 July 2026. For more information, visit the ServiceWA Offers page or keep an eye on the WA.gov.au website for the latest information.

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  • yht on 07/05/2026 - 19:22

    They should put the rates, licence, electricty, gas etc increase on hold for the next 5 years rather than hand out the cash.

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    • squattington on 07/05/2026 - 19:28

      but then how do they line the pockets of conglomerates with taxpayer money?

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      • Ironic fear on 07/05/2026 - 20:57

        If only we had a large untaxed group that could start paying some actual tax on the resources they are taking.

        Sadly it would require a state government that isn't participating in the apprenticeship phase of their employment with says large untaxed groups

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        • t25 on 08/05/2026 - 00:13

          It is so sad that Australia's natural resources are used to enrich a select few, whilst her people have to fight for crumbs.

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        • Almost Banned on 08/05/2026 - 10:40

          Sorry - untaxed?
          Who exactly are you referring to?

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        • tsunamisurfer on 08/05/2026 - 10:51

          The gas industry paid $21.9b in taxes last year, how much did you pay please?

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          • Darkness666 on 08/05/2026 - 12:33

            @tsunamisurfer: And their profit was?

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          • Ponsonby on 08/05/2026 - 14:19

            @tsunamisurfer: The gas industry would like you to believe this. Their $21.9b figure (even if accurate) includes royalties, which are in effect a payment to the owners of a resource (the Australian people) for this particular input (the gas) to their production process. The gas industry needs to purchased this input just as it has to purchase other inputs such as labour.
            Royalties can't be counted or seen as a tax just as a farmer's purchase of inputs such as fertiliser or diesel or electricity are not tax.

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    • dufflover on 07/05/2026 - 19:38

      Doesn't matter. Anything these days that reduces cost to people gets branded as "bUt InFlatiOn!!!"

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      • wetsandwich on 08/05/2026 - 07:11

        Which is true. They could invest it in some sort of future fund because one day they'll end up like Victoria if everything is "free".

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    • AustriaBargain on 07/05/2026 - 19:40

      The gas distribution network was privatised in 2000. But electric companies are still owned by the state.

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    • nikoris on 07/05/2026 - 19:40

      so they should give more money

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    • Whiplash on 08/05/2026 - 03:55

      Yah, but I need all my oil & gas shares to rise!

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    • eccaz on 08/05/2026 - 17:19

      If it’s the same effect then what’s the difference where you get your $100 from?

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  • Lizard Spock on 07/05/2026 - 19:27

    Wouldn't it be easier for the government to just deduct $100 from the next car rego bill? (Then they could exclude electric cars if they wanted to be jerks)

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    • chrism238 on 07/05/2026 - 19:54

      Not every driver owns a car; some people own many.

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      • T Man on 08/05/2026 - 12:33

        businesses as well

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    • sunnymel on 07/05/2026 - 20:05

      And some people don’t bother or never find out these schemes. Freebies of these kinds are mere PR campaign. Govt doesn’t really care about people. Unnecessary spending like this one causes more inflation.

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    • Skinnerr on 07/05/2026 - 20:24

      Wouldn't be easier on Roger Cook's wallet though, all the people who let it go unclaimed. Think of the state budget surplus! Plus brownie points for helping the Aussie battler's of the state with this buy off scheme so win/win.

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    • dogzilla on 07/05/2026 - 21:05

      Agreed…it’s sugar coating but $220m (2.2m registered licences in WA according to interwebs) doesn’t go far…mind you, id prefer it if they built something with the $$$ vs just giving it away for Friday night drinks. A new hospital wing or something might be a better way to spend the loot.

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      • mangoice on 08/05/2026 - 15:11

        Best way to think

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    • R4 on 08/05/2026 - 00:21

      I would prefer that as we're 5 car family for 3 people. My mate down the road who's got 8 and it's just him and his wife

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    • ialam99 on 08/05/2026 - 09:27

      Yes but not all voters own a car. This way, they can win more votes using taxpayer money.

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  • mrpickle on 07/05/2026 - 19:27

    But motor vehicle charges will increase by 3.4 per cent and there will be a 5 per cent increase to the emergency services levy that is added to council rates so no doubt this will cancel it out.

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    • t25 on 08/05/2026 - 00:15

      Dang! That's gotta sting. Trust the government to always deliver a sting even when they are "helping"

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  • dexx on 07/05/2026 - 19:31

    I deleted the ServiceWA app after Covid. I dont really want to install it again.

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    • trixieb on 07/05/2026 - 19:33

      Alternative claim options will also be available for people who are unable or do not wish to use the app.

      For more information, visit the ServiceWA Offers page or keep an eye on the WA.gov.au website for the latest information.

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    • moo on 07/05/2026 - 19:43

      Don’t. Just do not collect $100 when you pass GO. Vroom vroom!

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  • Toilet Paper Hoarder on 07/05/2026 - 19:52

    Any deals on a $100 Toilet Paper 🧻 Support Payment for people with a toilet?

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  • c9 on 07/05/2026 - 20:05

    Nice. Still 55 days to convert my license to WA

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  • Vancomycin 1000mg on 07/05/2026 - 20:07

    Please take that $100 and open a bloody hospital.

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    • frewer on 07/05/2026 - 20:19

      I rather them open up data center for AI, that use all fresh water and pollute the sky with multitude of diesel back up generators. All hail AI overlord

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      • R4 on 08/05/2026 - 00:26

        Yep. The one that's planned down the hill in Hazelmere is going to have 80 (yes, 80) diesel generators! For the population, we're only allowed to have new unreliable wind and solar power - no coal but an AI tech company can install all the fossil fuelled power that it wants. Bullshit and double standards and lies from both state and federal governments. We desperately need change.

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        • frewer on 08/05/2026 - 00:33

          Heretic, how dare you questioning the green initiative of AI company, you will have -99 on your digital id.

          PS: My mate who is engineer, said they are flat out building stuff for coal mining expansion

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          • R4 on 17/05/2026 - 13:15

            @frewer: Coal mining is going well and expanding, it's just that we can't burn it here to to green policies - but if you beleive in MMGW, whether the coal is burnt in China or Australia is immaterial

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        • reecho on 17/05/2026 - 12:59

          You mean the one that has been withdrawn due to community backlash?

          https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/15/developer…

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          • R4 on 17/05/2026 - 13:13

            @reecho: That's the one and this is great news. I'm not particularly opposed to a data centre in that location but not what was proposed. I got the number of generators wrong, it was going to be 18, not 80 (someone told me that number and I failed to check it) generators. Still far too many anyway.

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    • Marty8 on 07/05/2026 - 20:27

      They just bought mt lawley hospital.

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  • Skinnerr on 07/05/2026 - 20:22

    Let the bribes begin!

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  • Checkmate3023 on 07/05/2026 - 20:29

    Meanwhile Victoria sores to record debt closing in on 200bn and has over 100,000 homeless

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  • QuickToThePointless on 07/05/2026 - 20:30

    by July, the $100 will only get you half a tank of fuel :(

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    • cheekymonkey97 on 07/05/2026 - 23:27

      I hope so. It’s nice having quiet roads.

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  • Marty8 on 07/05/2026 - 20:31

    Acting like bad parents treating kids with candy.

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  • savemesomemoney on 07/05/2026 - 20:40

    This isn't even enough for a full tank. This amount is a birthday present from family/friends..

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    • icarus255 on 08/05/2026 - 17:10

      The government is our friend ;)

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  • Manny Calavera on 07/05/2026 - 20:54

    Inflation isn’t a problem.

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  • DrScavenger on 07/05/2026 - 20:58

    I wish VIC would do the same

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    • dixy on 07/05/2026 - 21:49

      And add to the current debt.

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      • DrScavenger on 07/05/2026 - 22:36

        So do it only if you are CFMEU, you say? Hmmmm

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    • perhaps on 08/05/2026 - 02:25

      It's just putting $100 straight in the pockets of the fuel co's instead of saving it.

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  • hippyhippy on 07/05/2026 - 21:04

    Buying votes again…

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    • Sim69 on 07/05/2026 - 21:30

      People are stupid - pay taxes and then happy to receive a tiny part of it back in the form of a "support payment", just like the Federal energy subsidiesl Buying votes with your own money…

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      • MeesusEff on 07/05/2026 - 21:41

        And you would be even more stupid to think that without these 'support payments' that those increases wouldn't have happened ANYWAY. Better to get something compared to nothing back.

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        • Sim69 on 07/05/2026 - 21:52

          I never implied that?? The Government should just tax us less instead of using our own money to buy votes and hide inflation.

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          • MeesusEff on 08/05/2026 - 15:03

            @Sim69: Lowering taxes?? We know that will never happen (of course I'm ALL for it). My point is that whatever increases in the pipeline is going to happen regardless of whether they give out all these 'support payments', so might as well take it.

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  • JAF on 07/05/2026 - 21:34

    I appreciate wa government trying to “help” with all the synergy bill relief in last few years and now this but I really wish they’d just keep the cash and use it for the state. For the love of god build another metro hospital as Fiona Stanley is already broken and at capacity after it’s only been around a decade and please fix the Kwinana freeway as it’s just blocked up from 6am-9:30am and 2:30pm-6pm every single weekday now it’s so frustrating!

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    • dogzilla on 07/05/2026 - 22:03

      All they have to do is spend a few hundred on keep left signs for all the road warriors who won’t move over blocking the right lane on the freeway

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    • DMFD on 07/05/2026 - 22:05

      People dont like being told how it really is.

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    • trixieb on 07/05/2026 - 22:13

      @SquareCereal724 @DMFD @rplusr In the post description:

      Alternative claim options will also be available for people who are unable or do not wish to use the app.

      For more information, visit the ServiceWA Offers page or keep an eye on the WA.gov.au website for the latest information.

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  • backslashio on 07/05/2026 - 21:44

    Thought it was $1000! Well, that's basically nothing and a complete waste of a system when money really needs to go elsewhere..

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  • jaboday423 on 07/05/2026 - 21:59

    Hopefully, for all those kids who gets their license after July 2026 are also eligible.

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  • DMFD on 07/05/2026 - 22:04

    Gift card and requiring a tracking app to do so? Yeah hard no.
    How about Penny Wong give 30million to Australians for fuel relief.

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    • Lizard Spock on 07/05/2026 - 22:11

      In for a Penny out for a pound. Two Wong's don't make a white.

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      • cobknob on 07/05/2026 - 22:23

        You son of bit#$ classic 😆

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    • trixieb on 07/05/2026 - 22:15

      Alternative claim options will also be available for people who are unable or do not wish to use the app.

      For more information, visit the ServiceWA Offers page or keep an eye on the WA.gov.au website for the latest information.

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  • cobknob on 07/05/2026 - 22:22

    Someone's probably said it already but all payments should be means tested. Wealthy people don't need free cash!!! 🤬 And the government needs to budget better in many areas!

    It's well damn time they introduced a social security card for everyone! Automagically linked to taxation, payslips, super, Medicare, etc

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    • cheekymonkey97 on 07/05/2026 - 23:30

      You sound like someone who thinks $100k/year is wealthy lol

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      • cobknob on 08/05/2026 - 00:41

        That's not wealthy 😆 not in today's currency, maybe 15 years ago. Not anymore!

        But people exceeding 150-175k$/yr - yes that is!

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    • sween64 on 08/05/2026 - 08:24

      It costs more to means test a subsidy.

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  • RI4V4N on 07/05/2026 - 22:35

    Nothing like some government inflation

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  • tjmarx on 07/05/2026 - 22:38

    What a phenomenal way to push the price of petrol and diesel up further.

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  • rustproofhydra on 07/05/2026 - 22:50

    Is it applicable for L platers as well?

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    • trixieb on 07/05/2026 - 22:51

      In the post description:

      The one-off $100 payment will be provided to support fuel costs for people with a valid Western Australian driver’s licence, including learner’s permits, provisional and extraordinary driver’s licences from 1 July 2026.

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    • ErgoSpazmo on 10/05/2026 - 09:43

      Yep, I have a happy 16yr old haha

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  • cheekymonkey97 on 07/05/2026 - 23:23

    This government is a joke. Screw us with CGT at the federal level and then buy state and federal votes by giving away money further fueling inflation. Never again am I voting labor.

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    • wetsandwich on 08/05/2026 - 07:16

      Seems to be now the national Labor playbook, don't fix anything that's wrong with society or the economy, just borrow "free money" and throw it wildy at everyone. But I guess it works, they get voted in all as things get visibly worse. I would have thought totally broke Victoria would be a good cautionary tale about exactly why not to do this, when Vic can barely afford to operate the police and hospitals.

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  • R4 on 08/05/2026 - 00:10

    More bollocks from Cook and Saffiotti. I know WA has a big surplus but maybe use that to pay down some of the state debt rather than this nonsense. That's how you would really help us in the long term.

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    • wetsandwich on 08/05/2026 - 07:21

      Every government seems to have decided record debt just doesn't matter at all.. and they have a disturbing number of chatgpt economists ready to defend the irresponsible practice.

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      • cmoddoo on 08/05/2026 - 08:33

        All they think about is their chances in the next election

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  • The hogboy on 08/05/2026 - 00:31

    I was wondering how they would find a way to get everyone to sign up for digital id…..

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  • Ry34 on 08/05/2026 - 01:39

    for some people, $100 doesn't even cover the cost of a weeks worth of diesel (and thats just travelling to work and back)

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  • Kawaii on 08/05/2026 - 02:26

    Can I get when I use byd cars only?

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    • cycleri3 on 08/05/2026 - 11:13

      BYD makes hybrids

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  • wetsandwich on 08/05/2026 - 07:14

    Are they having an election over there already?

    Seriously, invest all this "free money" in infrastructure or something useful, so you aren't just going to be borrowing that $100 back on credit just to get by during the bad times (much like bankrupt Victoria right now). Throwing away money during good times is what my gambling addict uncle would be expected to do, not a state government.

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  • gasman70 on 08/05/2026 - 07:32

    An an EV driver, I will feel guilty taking it.

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    • team teri on 08/05/2026 - 08:12

      Nah, not guilty, smug.

      That pays for many thousands of kilometres of driving when mostly charging from solar :-)

      And look how well second hand EV values are holding up these days. Once the general public realises that batteries last for 20+ years and service costs get lower as EVs age rather than higher as with ICE EVs will be proper "investments" ;-)

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      • gasman70 on 08/05/2026 - 22:17

        Yeah, that’s exactly where things seem to be heading.

        As battery longevity becomes better understood and people see servicing costs staying low over time, EVs are starting to break the usual depreciation narrative. Not “investments” in the pure sense, but definitely a step change in long‑term value for cars.

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  • Gm2540 on 08/05/2026 - 07:46

    Everyone in my family has EVs and we’ll get the $100. Just insanity

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  • cmoddoo on 08/05/2026 - 08:32

    Vote buying in force.

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  • evanprichards on 08/05/2026 - 08:46

    Let me guess, we require Digital ID to be able to receive the handout. Another rotten carrot on a stick.

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    • trixieb on 08/05/2026 - 10:14

      Alternative claim options will also be available for people who are unable or do not wish to use the app.

      For more information, visit the ServiceWA Offers page or keep an eye on the WA.gov.au website for the latest information.

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