Telstra CEO Vicki Brady's pay has been docked by more than $600,000 following last month's nationwide network outage that disrupted triple zero calls, payments and public transport. Despite the 20% bonus cut, Brady will receive $6.8 million, while the telco reports full-year profits up nearly 3% to $2.4 billion and refuses to rule out further price increases after two years of aggressive hikes. More than 30,000 customers have sought compensation, with Telstra distributing just under a million dollars in credits.

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Thousands of children have stormed out of classrooms and into this city for a national student protest against One Nation. On a visit to Spring Street, Barnaby Joyce likened the action to North Korea and accused Labor of turning Victoria into a "manifest car crash". A jury has just found one of Australia's most senior Catholic leaders guilty of sexual assault. The three men accused of attacking AFL legend Mick Malthouse have been committed to stand trial.

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It's a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event, a total solar eclipse. Overnight, for much of Europe, daytime briefly turned into darkness as the moon passed between the sun and the earth.

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Robert Irwin, at 22, will become the youngest ever host of the Logie Awards this Sunday on Seven. Fresh from winning US Dancing with the Stars, he promises to follow in father Steve Irwin's footsteps by bringing wildlife onto the stage, warning front row attendees to prepare for close encounters. He is also nominated for a Gold Logie, while Seven News and Sunrise received nominations for their coverage of the Bondi terror attack and Iran war.

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The NSW Government has released a 20-year plan for Sydney to accommodate 1.3 million new residents and 800,000 homes by 2046, with the city's population expected to surge past 6.6 million. The blueprint focuses on increasing density in Sydney's east and both sides of the harbour, while creating almost a million new jobs predominantly in western suburbs including Parramatta, Liverpool, Bradfield and Campbelltown. Councils like Woollahra and residents in eastern suburbs have expressed concerns about the feasibility of increased density, while developers warn that current construction rates of 20,000 homes per year fall well short of the required 40,000 annual target.

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The Lord Mayor has extended an olive branch to the Salvation Army after a bitter dispute over a broken funding promise.

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Global pop stars the Jonas Brothers will rock the MCG during the NFL's historic Melbourne match next month.

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New South Wales ICAC is investigating allegations that Catholic Schools NSW CEO Dallas McInerney sought donations from federal Opposition Leader Angus Taylor for a secretive Liberal Party faction called the Reformers. The inquiry is examining whether $265,000 in school fees and taxpayer funds were funnelled to the right-wing political group through fake invoices for government relations services. McInerney denies requesting financial support for the Reformers, claiming messages in a group chat suggesting otherwise were boastful lies.

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A 27-year-old Indigenous artist, Djuarn Baker-Adams, was allegedly murdered by her ex-partner in Logan days after seeking police help, becoming the fourth Queensland woman allegedly killed by a partner or ex-partner in 45 days. Seven children, including a 14-year-old girl, have been charged with murder over an alleged carjacking and assault in Kelvin Grove. A jury has just found former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders guilty of sexual assault.

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Anthony Albanese is finding himself in an even deeper mess over the Japanese melon scandal, with a state premier bailing him out of a tricky news conference.

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