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New teacher not good about Australia: 'It's a tiny country' (5)

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I believe the answer is:

nauru

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'tiny country' is the definition.

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(Other definitions for nauru that I've seen before include "Small Pacific republic" , "Smallest Pacific state" , "Pacific republic, formerly Pleasant Island" , "Pacific island country" , "SW Pacific republic" .)

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