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Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I’m Martin Farrer, bringing you the best breaking news this morning before I hand the news baton to Krishani Dhanji.
Bob Carr, the former Labor foreign affairs minister, has defended his attendance at Xi Jinping’s carefully staged gathering of world leaders this week, but he avoided the controversial photocall with Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un in which Daniel Andrews appeared. More coming up.
The Reserve Bank of Australia governor, Michele Bullock, said last night it is possible that the uplift in economic growth revealed on Wednesday could dash hopes for another cut in interest rates. “There may not be many interest rate declines left to come,” she said. More coming up.
