At least 77 Covid deaths; Albanese pays tribute to Abe; NSW counts cost of floods – as it happened
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Foreign minister Penny Wong meets her Chinese counterpart in Bali, breaking three years of diplomatic hostility. This blog is now closed
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Collaery case: only stress if you're being shot at'
One of the biggest stories of the week was the announcement from the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, that the government would drop its long-running case against lawyer Bernard Collaery.