Today's headlines include:

The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has reduced the cash rate to a two-year low of 3.85%. 

The National party has split from the Coalition, ending its long-standing alliance with the Liberal Party. 

Qantas and Virgin have increased their earnings and market dominance since the collapse of domestic airlines Bonza and Rex, the ACCC says. 

And today’s good news: Another day, another good news story from the world of chimps! New research suggests wild chimpanzees share a similar mother–infant bond as humans. 

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