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Australians who paid a premium for Nurofen's range of targeted pain relief products are now eligible for compensation. The ibuprofen manufacturer has agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement in a class action lawsuit. It's the second case against the pharmaceutical company in less than a year - costing them close to ten million dollars for misleading consumers about four products, which were in fact, exactly the same.

The former deputy director of the US National Security Agency says governments should help to facilitate a conversation about privacy and security, given the amount of personal data being collected by private companies. Chris Inglis says the aggregation of personal data by the private sector is happening somewhat 'unchecked'.

The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has arrived in Western Australia's Kimberley this evening where the state coroner has been investigating the suicides of 13 young Aboriginal people. The youngest a 10 year old girl who killed herself at the Looma Aboriginal community.

There's evidence emerging of a new type workplace discrimination. The ABC understands job seekers are being declined permanent roles because of their history of fixed term, or casual employment. Employment experts claim it's a widespread problem and say there's no obvious end in sight to this 'catch-22' for workers.

With all his talk of trade restrictions, US President Donald Trump may be drawing criticism from economists and pro-trade commentators. But he enjoys great support among farmers and ranchers who feel the president is unshackling them from unpopular and onerous regulations.

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After nearly 10 months of wrangling, Australia's cricket dispute that threatened to cancel this summer's Ashes series, is finally over. A peace deal has been reached between the game's governing body, Cricket Australia, and the players' association. The two parties have agreed on a modified revenue-sharing model and the new deal will also give women cricketers the biggest pay rise in the game's history.

The results of the sexual harassment and assault survey has quantified what the National Union of Students has long suspected, with spokeswoman Abby Stapleton calling it a 'monumental moment for students', as universities fail in providing duty of care to students. Ms Stapleton says it's probably even worse that what's being shown today and it's all to do with the way the questions were asked, resulting in an artificially low number of reports.

The Human Rights Commission survey results show there clearly is a problem, but how do we begin to tackle it? Professor Catharine Lumby has had that experience; she's worked with both the National Rugby League and the Australian Defence Force on achieving cultural change and she spoke with PM about the importance of widespread ethics education within organisations.

In today's official interest rate announcement, the Reserve Bank has singled out the higher Australian dollar as a threat to economic growth. The comments came as the central bank left the official cash rate on hold at 1.5 per cent, as widely expected. But in the RBA's policy statement, the governor expressed concern that the rising dollar is weighing on both the jobs market and GDP.