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Scott Morrison and Boris Johnson talk Ukraine, ‘peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific’; Australia’s largest coal-fired power plant to close seven years earlier than scheduled; character test legislation and firearms trafficking bill, as well as national security, on agenda for last sitting day before pre-election budget; NSW records 14 Covid deaths, Victoria records nine. Follow all the day’s news live

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Here’s the latest from that Little Bay shark attack:

Speaking of not being politicised … here’s Amanda Meade on ABC managing director David Anderson’s new book:

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