Today's headlines include:

• A record number of students will start university across the country next year, with nearly 10,000 new placements announced by the Australian Tertiary Education Commission. 
• Typhoon Kalmaegi has made landfall in Vietnam after battering the Philippines, killing at least 188 people.
• Tesla shareholders have approved a trillion-dollar compensation package for CEO Elon Musk. 
• And today’s good news: An international team of scientists has developed an antivenom with proven effectiveness against bites from 17 snake species.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Lucy Tassell
Producer: Emma Gillespie

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