The two men were trapped by blizzard conditions in the Snowy Mountains and took shelter in Seamans Hut, located just off the popular Mt Kosciuszko summit walk.
The latest national accounts showed Australia's gross domestic product rose 0.8 per cent in the March quarter, compared with 3.6 per cent in the previous period.
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