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Message from Australia, Melbourne, returned (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

email

'message' is the definition.
(email is a type of message)

'from australia melbourne returned' is the wordplay.
'from' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'returned' is a reversal indicator.
'liame' is hidden in the letters of 'australia melbourne'.
'liame' backwards is 'EMAIL'.

(Other definitions for email that I've seen before include "Send one online" , "Digital message" , "Spam perhaps" , "Electronic communication" , "Messages between computer terminals" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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