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Nineteen-year-old charged with riot and affray over unrest in wake of alleged attack on bishop; former Victorian premier on list of 200 banned people. Follow today’s news headlines
Good morning and welcome to our rolling news coverage. I’m Martin Farrer and I’ll be running you through some of the main overnight stories before my colleague Emily Wind picks up the slack.
The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, and the finance minister, Katy Gallagher, have hailed Australia’s new position as second in the global fiscal management rankings as a “remarkable achievement”. Australia’s overall budget balance is the second strongest among G20 nations, behind only Canada, according to the International Monetary Fund’s latest fiscal monitor.
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