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

  • West Australian Liberal MP Murray Cowper has joined calls for Premier Colin Barnett to be replaced, saying he had lost his support during the Yarloop bushfires. A partyroom meeting will be held tomorrow

  • Former Health Services Union boss Kathy Jackson has appeared in court to face 70 charges of theft and deception. She was granted bail on the condition she surrender her passport

  • Game of Thrones has won three more Emmy Awards, becoming the most successful narrative series ever. It now has 38 Emmys, one more than sitcom Frasier. Australian Ben Mendelsohn won the best supporting actor Emmy for his role in Bloodline

Former farmer Terry Hardy moved to a lone house on the remote Nullarbor Plain six years ago with his wife Claire. But life is far from lonely with a steady stream of grey nomads and migrating southern right whales passing through

Here's what's coming up:

  • 8:00pm AEST: Country music star and same-sex marriage campaigner Beccy Cole will feature on Australian Story

  • 8:30pm AEST: Four Corners investigates whether the "justice reinvestment" experiment in the NSW town of Bourke is working to combat high crime rates

  • 9:35pm AEST: Actor Magda Szubanski and musician Jimmy Barnes will join politicians Jacqui Lambie, Tony Burke and Fiona Nash on Q and A

  • 10:30pm AEST: PM Malcolm Turnbull will attend the UN summit on refugees and migrants

 
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Mendelsohn defeats Jon Snow in Emmys battle but Game of Thrones wins the war
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Share market trade halted again amid technical difficulties
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Port of Melbourne lease sold to consortium for $9.7b
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Couple's remote home never lonely thanks to whales and tourists
Living by themselves along an isolated stretch of the Great Australian Bight, Terry Hardy and his wife Claire have experienced all the joys and challenges that come with living remotely.
 
Enhanced safety measures aimed at curbing violence against health workers
More Queensland doctors and nurses will use body-worn cameras, CCTV cameras will be upgraded and more security officers will be hired to reduce physical and verbal violence against health workers.
 
Government under pressure to resolve backpacker tax
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'Get a life': Sheedy has a message for the GWS haters
AFL legend Kevin Sheedy reckons the "sooks and whingers" complaining about Greater Western Sydney's meteoric rise need to "get a life".
 
Charmian Carr, actress best known as The Sound of Music's Liesl, dies
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Australian knights punch above their weight as jousting undergoes renaissance
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World
Mendelsohn wins best supporting actor Emmy
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Politics
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Australia's intelligence agencies to be reviewed
 
Sport
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Environment
Canada to impose nationwide carbon price
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