Australia will have a budget surplus for the first time in 15 years, Barry Humphries’ state funeral will be held in Sydney, after his family “declined” an offer for a service in Melbourne, Donald Trump’s civil rape trial is down to closing arguments, In the AFL, another Indigenous player has been racially vilified by a fan, Britney Spears’ memoir has been put on hold after the publisher received strongly worded legal letters from a couple of A-listers, John Farnham’s family has given an update on the singer’s health

Australia will have a budget surplus for the first time in 15 years, Barry Humphries’ state funeral will be held in Sydney, after his family “declined” an offer for a service in Melbourne, Donald Trump’s civil rape trial is down to closing arguments, In the AFL, another Indigenous player has been racially vilified by a fan, Britney Spears’ memoir has been put on hold after the publisher received strongly worded legal letters from a couple of A-listers, John Farnham’s family has given an update on the singer’s health

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