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The amount of investments in joint ventures in an entity's separate financial statements. [Refer: Joint ventures [member]]

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The cash outflow to acquire interests in joint ventures (other than payments for those instruments considered to be cash equivalents or those held for dealing or trading purposes), classified as investing activities. [Refer: Joint ventures [member]]

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The cash outflow for expenditure related to development projects.

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The cash inflow from the disposal of non-current assets or disposal groups classified as held for sale and discontinued operations. [Refer: Discontinued operations [member]; Disposal groups classified as held for sale [member]; Non-current assets or disposal groups classified as held for sale]

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The proportion of ownership interest in a joint operation attributable to the entity. [Refer: Joint operations [member]]

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