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Nearly half of the 56 million abortions performed worldwide each year are unsafe, according to the WHO. Antoinette Lattouf reports.

World financial markets could be facing a major correction over packaged student loans, which may even lead to another global financial crisis. David Taylor reports.

One million Australian households will be the target of an automated phone poll on same-sex marriage, conducted on behalf of conservative Senator Senator Cory Bernardi. Tom Iggulden reports.

Senator Bernardi to canvass 1 million landlines with "robo-calls" to poll same-sex marriage opinions; a global report on abortions finds almost half are unsafe; and a finance researcher warns packaging of student loans by major investment firms may trigger a new GFC.

Tonight on Business PM: A bump in the harvest - how the dismal wheat crop is putting Aussie export markets at risk. Elysse Morgan has more.

The World Bank has taken an audit of education standards and outcomes, and says that while more and more children in developing nations are going to school, they're not actually learning. Penny Timms reports.

It's almost a week since Hurricane Maria tore through Puerto Rico. Before that, they were hit by Hurricane Irma. Some say the island needs more than assistance; it needs a Marshall Plan, a reference to America's massive post-war recovery plan for Europe.

Australian researchers have shown they can use drones to monitor a person's vital signs from the air, without skin contact. David Coady reports.

One of AFL's most passionate supporters, former vice president of the Western Bulldogs Football Club Sue Alberti, thinks there will be a women's team for every men's one within five years. Felicity Ogilvie reports.

Prescription drug-related deaths have reached alarming rates in Australia - the highest number in two decades - Australian Bureau of Statistics figures show. Antoinette Lattouf reports.