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data-elementor-id="221678" class="elementor elementor-221678" data-elementor-post-type="page"> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-52f122b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="52f122b" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2abe987" data-id="2abe987" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e7bd8c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="e7bd8c5" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <p>Star Observer has been setting Australia’s LGBTI agenda since 1979, with a long and proud history of independent journalism.<br>We have 200,000 loyal 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