A shopper leaves a store in Sydney on Friday as growing optimism that Australia has escaped the worst of the economic crisis pushes consumer confidence to a two-year high. The Australian government has unveiled stimulus spending worth more than $42 billion since the downturn began, including cash hand-outs and infrastructure projects.

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