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Good morning. Here's what's happening now:

  • Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is in Japan today. He's going to meet a robot and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. It's part of his push to promote innovation in Australia but the fallout from yesterday's tax report, which showed many large companies paid no tax at all, will still be on the agenda at home

  • At least two prisoners have died during fighting between inmates at Bali's Kerobokan prison. There were no reports of injuries to the Australians inside, which includes members of the Bali Nine drug smuggling syndicate

  • Many of New South Wales's councils will be forced to merge to create larger municipalities, significantly reducing the number of local governments. The ABC understands the mergers will be announced by Premier Mike Baird today

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Here's what's coming up:

  • 8:30am AEDT: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will arrive in Japan

  • 9:30am AEDT: The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal will hear the case of Ella Ingram. She has clinical depression and was refused travel insurance by QBE

  • 11:10am AEDT: Mr Turnbull will visit Japan's National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation

  • 1:15pm AEDT: A rally will be held in Brisbane against the Queensland Court of Appeal's decision to downgrade Gerard Baden-Clay's murder conviction to manslaughter

 
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