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In regional Australia, extreme weather events and underfunding can devastate small towns. In Yackandandah, a small town in northeast Victoria, a risky decision over twenty years ago has made them more resilient to both.

Refugee students are rebuilding new lives in Australia through a new settlement pilot program that connects their university study with industries where there are critical labour shortages like nursing. It has been achieved with the partnership of non-profits, Australian universities and businesses.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson's speech to the National Press Club has been condemned for its targeting of migrants, transgender Australians, new parents and public broadcasters. Accused of lacking a 'credible path' forward, critics of Senator Hanson say her speech was worrying and irresponsible.

The United States and Iran have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for a peace deal to end the war that was triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran in March. While the terms of the deal will be negotiated over months, the US has already lifted its naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

President Donald Trump has signed an agreement with Iran that calls for Tehran to dilute its stockpile of highly enriched uranium and waives U.S.-backed sanctions on the country, immediately allowing Iran to sell its oil freely in a major concession from Washington. The initial deal to end the war takes “immediate effect” according to Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who helped mediate the agreement. Pakistan has been central to the ongoing negotiations between Iran and the US. Huma Baqai, a foreign affairs expert from Pakistan's Millennium Institute of Technology and Entrepreneurship told the Associated Press that Iran may have had a weak hand - but they played it well.