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Kathleen Folbigg is set to seek a record compensation payout from the NSW government. Disaster recovery funding has been made available for North Queenslanders and regional councils. Victorians could soon be forced to switch to electric cooktops. Two new budget vehicles have scored zero-star safety ratings. King Charles will lead a megastar line-up honouring Barry Humphries at a state memorial today in Sydney.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Cyclone Jasper’s expected to bring a storm tide along the north Queensland coast this morning as the weather system weakens while moving inland. The duo charged with the murder of South Australian pediatrician Michael Yung have been identified as a young Adelaide couple. The NSW government has announced a wages deal for paramedics. A Royal Commission into domestic, sexual and family violence will probe how to better protect women and children in South Australia. The federal government has shunned additional cost-of-living relief measures to improve the Budget bottom line.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Cyclone Jasper has intensified to a Category 2 and is expected to make landfall this afternoon. A young boy and a man have perished in a light plane crash northwest of Grafton in northern NSW. Victoria Police are expected to arrest a man wanted interstate weeks after the High Court ruled he could not be kept in immigration detention indefinitely. SA Police are investigating whether a series of crimes are linked to a prominent doctor being attacked in his home. Barbie has topped the newly revamped Golden Globes film nominations.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Builders and construction industry leaders have expressed “shock” and “disappointment” over the Albanese government’s migration changes. Shock shift in who MPs believe should become Queensland’s next Premier. A court has heard the driver of a BMW that ploughed into the beer garden of a rural Victorian pub last month ­received nine alarms to treat his low blood sugar. NSW Police are investigating if a man’s been the target of two firebombings in three months. One of South Australia’s most eminent doctors is fighting for life after being attacked during a home invasion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Brittany Higgins’ former boyfriend says she told him in a phone call the morning after her alleged rape that “we brought the party back to Parliament House”, the Federal Court was told yesterday.  Sweltering heat and dry conditions predicted for this summer could see Victoria’s most bushfire prone areas spend more than $140bn in rebuilding costs.  A second top private school in South Australia will charge parents tuition fees of more than $30,000 for its senior students next year.  Police have not hired any of the 114 new specialist domestic violence officers budgeted for, a year on from a damning inquiry which recommended they increase the number of cops in their vulnerable persons unit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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FBI agents have arrested a man in the US in connection to the Wieambilla police shooting, alleging he incited violence and sent “Christian end of days ideology” to extremists before the tragedy.  A hotel on one of North Adelaide’s best-known strips was quietly used to house “high risk” immigrant detainees for more than 18 months before one smashed a window and ­escaped – sending a nearby private school into lockdown.  Victoria’s public service has been sabotaged by a culture of fear and secrecy under Daniel Andrews, an alarming Ombudsman report has found.  Fast food giant McDonald’s has been hit with a $100m class action from current and former employees alleging they were forced to work before and after their rostered shifts for free. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The areas of Sydney that will be targeted for higher density housing and deliver tens of thousands of new homes can finally be revealed, after the Department of Planning accidentally published the full housing blueprint online.  An elderly man who suffered a catastrophic fall in his Hervey Bay home has died after an ambulance failed to show up in time to help him despite multiple frantic calls  South Australian Police say a joint operation with federal authorities responsible for monitoring former immigration detainees is “working well”  King Charles and Queen Camilla’s long awaited visit to Australia will take place in late October next year.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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An emotional Anthony Albanese yesterday announced his good friend, Labor MP Peta Murphy, had died after a lengthy battle with cancer, aged 50.  Destination NSW was dealt a $125m budget blow in Labor’s September budget, further fuelling fears that Sydney could be set to lose major events such as the Australian Open golf tournament.  After more than three months of deadlocked negotiations and two rounds of strike action, the SA teacher’s union is set to agree to the state government’s latest pay offer.  Gold Logie nominated actor Mark Coles Smith was told to “mind your own business” after disturbing a group of offenders carrying out an arson attack on a Collingwood convenience store.  Queensland is bracing for its first cyclone of the season as the Bureau of Meteorology keeps a close eye on a tropical low that is expected to develop into a category 3 tropical cyclone by Thursday. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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