AUSTRALIA UPDATES TRAVEL ADVICE FOR LAOS AS CHARGES ANNOUNCED OVER MASS METHANOL POISONING

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Distillery owner could face only three months in jail over alleged poisoning of Australian teenagers Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian government has increased its travel alert… It comes as a distillery owner in Laos was charged after a mass methanol poisoning incident killed six foreign nationals, including the Australian backpackers Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles.

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• World news | The Guardian: Distillery owner could face only three months in jail over alleged poisoning of Australian teenagers Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Australian government has increased its travel alert…
• World news | The Guardian: It comes as a distillery owner in Laos was charged after a mass methanol poisoning incident killed six foreign nationals, including the Australian backpackers Bianca Jones and Holly Morton-Bowles.

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• Topic: TOP — the feed headline centres on AUSTRALIA, UPDATES, TRAVEL, ADVICE, LAOS.
• Original feed: World news | The Guardian.
• Published: 17 Jul 2026, 22:36 UK.
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1. 17/07/2026, 22:36 PRIMARY FEED AUSTRALIA UPDATES TRAVEL ADVICE FOR LAOS AS CHARGES ANNOUNCED OVER MASS METHANOL POISONING (World news | The Guardian • 5 hrs ago) [Story Intel]

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