Today's headlines include:

• Wages increased by 3.4% in the year to September, according to new data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
• The Australian Federal Police has told a Senate inquiry that rates of child abuse are worsening across the country.
• Both houses of the U.S. Congress have voted to force the release of all the files from the Department of Justice’s investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. 
• And today’s good news: Hundreds of dachshunds have taken part in the annual Paris Sausage Walk to help support a local rescue organisation. 

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Orla Maher

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