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The remains of the digger were discovered in 2017 before archaeologists identified them as Australian.
A group of Australian Army soldiers were present at the ceremony on Friday to honour the unknown man.
Chief of Army Lieutenant General Simon Stewart said it was a "genuine and rare honour" for serving troops to lay an unknown soldier to rest.
"Army's commitment to identifying our fallen soldiers is an important duty," he said.
"And our ongoing work continues to identify unknown World War I soldiers and bring peace to their families."
The ceremony was conducted at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission's Tyne Cot Cemetery in Zonnebeke, Belgium.
The man is believed to have fought in the Battle of Menin Road in 1917, alongside British and South African troops, where Australian forces sustained some 5100 casualties.
It was essentially a frontal assault on entrenched German positions, with the battle noted for the intense nature of British artillery support.
The battle was successful, giving Allies more ground on the war's Western Front.
World War I was one of Australia's costliest wars, the Australian War Memorial says.
Of nearly half a million enlisted men, 60,000 were killed and 156,000 wounded or taking prisoner.
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Australia's Agriculture Minister Murray Watt will head to Jakarta for high-level talks with the Indonesian government over its response to foot and mouth disease.
The highly contagious livestock disease was detected in the archipelago in May and spread to Bali last week.
"They are as concerned about this as we are, if not more so because it is running through their country," Senator Watt told a press conference in Sydney on Tuesday.
The spread of the disease to Bali has increased the chances of the disease reaching Australia, which is free of foot and mouth, because of the large traveller numbers between the two countries.
"We know how serious this is and we are determined to stop it getting into our country," Senator Watt said.
"I will be making clear to the Indonesian government that we are more than happy to continue supporting them in their efforts."
Senator Watt, who will head to Indonesia on Wednesday, told AAP the government is taking action to stop the disease from reaching Australia.
"This two-pronged approach is about strengthening our biosecurity defences at home, and supporting Indonesia to manage and contain its own outbreak," he said.
Last week, biosecurity measures were strengthened at Australian airports after the livestock disease was discovered in the holiday destination of Bali.
Each flight returning from Indonesia or coming in from Indonesia is being boarded by biosecurity officers and a message is being played to passengers about the threat of foot and mouth disease, and what they can do to stop it.
Extra detector dogs are also operating at Darwin and Cairns airports.
Foot and mouth disease would cost the domestic agriculture industry $80 billion if it spread here.
Last week, the minister met with about 80 farm, food and biosecurity groups to share information on the government's new measures.
"We have increased the number of passengers who are being screened. We have increased the luggage that's being screened. We've increased parcels that are being screened," Mr Watt said on Tuesday.
Also travelling to Indonesia are National Farmers' Federation president Fiona Simson and Australia's Chief Veterinary Officer Mark Schipp.
Ms Simson, who is flying to Jakarta on Tuesday, says Australia must help Indonesia fight the disease.
"Indonesia is one of our most important trade and diplomatic partners," she told AAP.
"We're working closely with Minister Watt and supporting him on this trip to Indonesia to understand the situation first hand and explore options for how we can support our partners in Indonesia."
Farmers are also urging people returning to Australia from holidays in Bali to throw out their thongs before arriving to help stop the spread of foot and mouth disease.
Ms Simson said travellers who buy themselves a new pair of shoes after their holiday will be performing an act of national service.
"Foot and mouth disease loves to hitchhike on shoes," Ms Simson said.
"That means your dirty old holiday pluggers could be the thing that brings this disaster to our shores."
Travellers should clean off their footwear, wash their clothes, avoid going near any animals while abroad and avoid animal contact when they return.
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North Melbourne head coach David Noble during the AFL Round 17 match between the Collingwood Magpies and the North Melbourne Kangaroos at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Saturday, July 9, 2022. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett)
North Melbourne have sacked coach David Noble after a run of 14 successive AFL losses.
Noble had held the post for less than two seasons - a period which delivered just five wins from 38 matches.
Assistant coach Leigh Adams is expected to fill in as interim coach for the remainder of the 2022 campaign for the bottom-placed Kangaroos.
Adams' first game in the hot seat will be against Richmond on Saturday.
An official statement from the club is expected later on Tuesday.
Noble's tenure was increasingly insecure given the string of poor results and the pressure intensified when North brought in former administrator Geoff Walsh to review the football department late last month.
But Noble remained steadfast that he was the man for the job despite a widespread expectation that he would be removed.
"I believe in what I'm doing. I believe in the group that we have got," Noble said after Saturday's loss to Collingwood.
"We're resolute on where the direction needs to go.
"If there's feedback for me as an individual to get better, I'm all for improving as a coach.
"But having been around the block, I think I've got a clear idea as to what needs to happen and that is what we're pursuing."
North have been approached for comment.
With Noble departing, the Kangaroos are certain to sound out four-time Hawthorn premiership coach Alastair Clarkson, who played for the Roos.
Clarkson, taking a year away from coaching, has spoken to GWS about taking on their vacant head coaching job from next season but is yet to signal his intentions.
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Matt Ebden and Max Purcell have dug deep to join some of the legends of Australian tennis as Wimbledon men's doubles champions.
Two days after saving five match points in the semi-final, Ebden and Purcell battled for four hours, 11 minutes on Saturday to defeat Croatia's defending champions Nikola Mektic and Mate Pavic 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (3-7) 4-6 6-4 7-6 (10-2) in an equally epic title match.
Runners-up to Nick Kyrgios and Thanasi Kokkinakis in the Australian Open doubles final in January, Ebden and Purcell are the first Australians to reign at the All England Club since Mark Woodforde and Todd Woodbridge won the last of their six Wimbledon crowns 22 years ago.
Victory for Ebden also went some way towards atoning for his mixed doubles final defeat with veteran Aussie great Samantha Stosur on Thursday.
It was no surprise that Ebden and Purcell could barely believe it when they raised their trophies to rapturous applause on tennis's most famous centre court after pulling off victory.
As well as fighting off five match points in the third set of their semi-final against top seeds Rajeev Ram and Joe Salisbury, the dynamic duo also fended off three match points in their tournament opener against Ben McLachlan and Andre Goransson.
"I thought we were out of here first round," Purcell said.
"We were love-40 down in the fifth, three match points, and then we just won Wimbledon - how good's that?"
While the spectacular triumph earned Purcell his maiden grand slam title, it was No.2 for Ebden, who teamed with Jarmila Gajdosova to take out the Australian Open mixed in 2013.
Ebden graciously paid tribute to the vanquished No.2 seeds after Pavic played the entire final with a broken right hand following injury in the semis.
"It was incredible from these guys. They've been the No.1 team the last couple of years and they almost beat us with an injury," Ebden said.
"We're very lucky to win and that just shows how great a team they are. Even with a big problem, they still just about won Wimbledon.
"Hopefully we have some more incredibly great battles with you guys and I can't believe it."
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