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And, breathe. That was quite a day to end an extraordinary week. Here's a quick summary of everything that went down today:

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The minister for women, Marise Payne, has called for politicians to own the failings" of workplace culture in parliament, citing what she described as the disturbing, distressing and horrifying" events of the past few weeks.

In a speech to an International Women's Day event hosted by UN Women Australia, Payne said the national parliament was clearly not immune from these sorts of issues that have impacted workplaces around our country and, frankly, around the world for too long".