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Treasurer Jim Chalmers said he had got the economic balance right in the budget.

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Australia news LIVE: GDP figures show worst economic growth in decades; Dutton faces possible probe over terror leader’s detention

Treasurer Jim Chalmers said high interest rates were largely to blame for measly growth of 0.1 per cent in the March quarter. Plus, a Victorian Supreme Court judge found “a serious interference with the administration of justice” occured when the opposition leader helmed Home Affairs. Follow live here.

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by Lachlan Abbott

Police hunt nine males who allegedly forced their way into a home in Sydney's south-west. — 1:00

Residents allegedly assaulted in Sydney home invasion

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Sydney police appeal over man wanted for allegedly committing a lewd act on a bus. — 0:20

Police seek man for allegedly committing a lewd act on a Sydney bus

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A road rage attack that terrified a car full of people in broad daylight has been caught on film in Sydney. — 0:48

Sydney road rage attack caught on film

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An Adelaide woman charged after allegedly killing both her parents by poisoning them has pleaded not guilty. — 1:13

Woman charged after allegedly poisoning parents pleads not guilty

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Healthcare

Mental health

‘They were grown men with guns. I was in my PJs’: The crises where police aren’t wanted

Police should be relegated to back-up support for mental health workers or not respond at all to call-outs for severely mentally ill people in crisis, a major state inquiry has concluded.

by Kate Aubusson

Joanna is calling for the hair-removal industry to be regulated after she was left with a painful burn.

Healthcare

Joanna just wanted a simple beauty treatment. But the pain was ‘hell on earth’

After being burnt on her genitals during a traumatic beauty procedure, Joanna has joined medical experts to call for tighter regulations on the laser hair-removal sector.