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Good morning. Here's what's happening now: The Human Rights Commission says 95 per cent of adolescent detainees who have lived in Nauru are at risk of serious mental illness. We're due to see the commission's full report into the impact of detention on children later this morning Peter Dutton has spoken to AM this morning about offshore detention. He says "we have to be compassionate on one hand, but we have to be realistic" Andrew Robb will put pen to paper on the Trans-Pacific Partnership deal today. The signing ceremony will be in Auckland and protesters in the area have started assembling About 20 Coalition MPs and senators are opposed to a rise in GST. They're worried about electoral damage, saying voters would not accept an increase to 15 per cent as fair This story about Lord Lucan is popular now. He was a British aristocrat was vanished 42 years ago after the murder of his children's nanny. The London High Court has now officially declared him dead, allowing his son to inherit the title Here's what's coming up: 8:30am AEDT: The TPP documents will be signed at the ceremony in Auckland 10:00am AEDT: The Human Rights Commission will release its report into the impact of detention on children 12:00am AEDT An expert on the Chinese economy David Dollar will speak at the Lowy Institute lunch in Sydney Top Stories Coalition MPs fear electoral damage over potential GST hike Some Coalition MPs fear Treasurer Scott Morrison has already decided on raising the Goods and Services Tax to 15 per cent and that voters will punish them for it on election day. Childcare changes could boost economy, modelling shows Proposed childcare changes could provide a $3 billion boost to the economy and get nearly 20,000 back in the workforce, research shows. Former Nauru detainees among most traumatised children doctors have seen Ninety-five per cent of adolescent detainees who previously lived in Nauru are at risk of serious mental health issues, doctors say. Couple stabbed outside home in Melbourne's west A man and woman aged in their 60s are stabbed outside their Maidstone home in Melbourne's west, with the man suffering critical injuries and being rushed to hospital. ANZ credit card fee battle reaches High Court Bank customers could be eligible to be reimbursed hundreds of millions of dollars in credit card late payment fees if a challenge in the High Court in Canberra today succeeds. Blast on Somalia airliner points to bomb: experts A blast that ripped a hole in a commercial airliner shortly after take-off from Somalia's capital was probably caused by a bomb, experts and the pilot who landed it say. Closing the gap targets a waste of time without inclusion in 'real economy': Mundine Indigenous Advisory Council chairman Warren Mundine says the Closing the Gap targets will never be reached while Indigenous Australians are pushed out of the "real economy". Syria peace talks suspended until February 25 Troubled Syrian peace talks aimed at ending the country's brutal civil war have been suspended, the UN special envoy for Syria announces. Palmer not sure whether he authorised PUP donations Clive Palmer says he does not know if he authorised a hefty donation from Queensland Nickel to the Palmer United Party in January last year while he was director of the company. States cast doubt over TAFE funding overhaul The NSW and Victorian Governments cast doubt over a federal plan to have government-owned colleges funded at the same level as private training providers. Lord Lucan declared dead 42 years after disappearing Lord Lucan, a British aristocrat who vanished without trace 42 years ago after the murder of his children's nanny, is officially declared dead by London's High Court, allowing his son to inherit the title. Secret lives of Great Barrier Reef's bull sharks revealed Bull sharks not only spend a lot of time on coral reefs, they can can swim surprisingly long distances down Australia's east coast in summer to give birth in the river estuaries and coastal areas, radio tracking of sharks living on the Great Barrier Reef shows. Cheesed off with banks, dairy co-op issues bonds guaranteed by Parmesan Fed up with their banks' reluctance to lend, an Italian dairy cooperative raises 6 million euros by issuing bonds guaranteed by huge wheels of Parmesan cheese. Melbourne man advised paedophiles on rape and torture A Melbourne man described by the FBI as one of the most prolific child sex offenders admits encouraging a Russian paedophile to kidnap, rape, torture and murder a five-year-old girl. Drone vision shows obliterated state of war-torn Syrian city As Europe pushes to close the access points to the continuing wave of asylum seekers from the Middle East, drone vision emerges of the bombed ruins of the Syrian city of Homs. 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