Fyles behind in NT election recount – as it happened

Former Northern Territory chief minister Natasha Fyles. Photograph: Glenn Campbell/AAP

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That's it for today, Wednesday 4 September

Here are the main stories on Wednesday, 4 September:

• Australia’s gross domestic product grew 1% in the June quarter – a slightly better-than-expected rate from a year earlier, according to ABS data. The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, said the data backed the government’s response to a cost of living crisis, while the opposition said the data represented an “absolute disaster” for the country.

• Three states and the NT have an increased bushfire risk for spring, following record heatwave temperatures in August.

• A federal government review into private hospitals will not be published in full due to commercial in confidence information shared, but the health minister says a version of the report will be made available for the public.

• The Queensland opposition leader has declared the state’s renewable target is not “possible”, despite the state being currently ahead of schedule.

• The former NT chief minister, Natasha Fyles, is behind to the Greens on a recount in her seat of Nightcliff.

• The treasurer, Jim Chalmers, says the government takes “collective responsibility” for disappointment over LGBTQ+ census question exclusions.

• The Reynolds-Higgins defamation trial is expected to conclude in the WA supreme court.

We will see you back here again tomorrow.

Updated at 9.33am BST

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It’s still blowin’ a gale in Victoria.

Severe Weather Warning for damaging winds.

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Issued at 4:52 pm Wednesday, 4 September 2024.

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