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With millions of people worldwide now seeking refuge, a world premiere by the Queensland Chamber Orchestra Camerata in Brisbane tonight is focusing attention on the universal need for a musical safe haven. The haunting piece 'Reza Barati' by emerging Australian composer Brooke Green, is dedicated to the asylum seeker of the same name who died on Manus Island in 2014. It's one of a selection of classical works featured in the Queensland Music Festival event 'Sanctuary'.

On Business PM: Why borrowers should make the switch away from interest-only loans as pressure from regulators pushes up costs; And how the Wallabies can break the losing streak as calls intensify for the Australian Rugby Union to lift its game off the field.

Health experts are calling for closer monitoring of the number of prescription painkillers in circulation, especially in regional areas. It comes amid reports elderly people are selling prescription opioids to pay bills, with some bullied into it by drug dealers. One doctor has told PM criminals are breaking into people's homes to steal hard core medication.

Check out the ABC's new podcast, Tell Me Straight. In this episode they ask who is Cardinal George Pell? How did he get to head up Vatican finances, and what sort of senior role does he play in the Catholic Church? Is he a conservative or a reformist? Cardinal George Pell has been charged with historical sexual assault offences but has strenuously denied all allegations, saying he will return to Australia and is looking forward to his day in court. Tell Me Straight is a podcast that gets right to the point. Why is this a story, how did we get here and, as the inimitable President Bartlet would say, what's next? If you enjoy this episode, please subscribe to Tell Me Straight in your favourite podcast app.

In a Fox interview, Donald Trump Junior called suggestions of illegal collusion with a foreign power 'ridiculous'. It took place hours after he released a chain of emails in which he said he would 'love' to receive damaging information about Hillary Clinton from a Russian lawyer. The publicist who brokered the meeting has still not explained why he claimed the woman had connections to the Kremlin.

Donald Trump Junior has given his first interview since releasing the emails that led to a meeting last year between senior members of the Trump campaign and a Russian lawyer described as working on behalf of the Russian Government.

The tax office is reassuring tax payers it doesn't 'hack' their phones after revelations on the ABC a junior officer posted details online of the use of Cellebrite technology used to access private data. But it has dodged questions about why the officer received only a reprimand and whether investigation capabilities could have been compromised by the posting. One cyber security expert has told PM the revelation would 'substantially' impact its investigations.

The former lover of Seven West Media boss Tim Worner told the NSW Supreme Court she will be driven into bankruptcy if she is forced to pay the company's legal costs. The former executive assistant who had an ill-fated affair with Seven West Media chief executive Tim Worner argued that any court order against her would be 'punitive and pointless'. Seven has rejected the claims saying Ms Harrison had a 'high degree of revisionism'.

A transgender Canadian parent has successfully fought for their child to be given an unassigned gender from birth. Kori Doty is determined to allow eight month old Searyl to determine gender on its terms. For now, authorities have refused to issue a birth certificate but they have allowed a Health Care Card to be printed without the traditional 'M' or 'F' in the gender category in its place is the letter 'U'.

The New South Wales opposition says the Shenhua Watermark Project should be canned. Today, the New South Wales Government announced it is buying back more than half of the miner's exploration licence at a cost of more than $200 million. The Government says the decision will strengthen the agriculture sector. Farmers are counting today as a win. But could it be short-lived? Shenhua says it still plans on developing its mine plans for the remaining portion of the licence.