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The Royal Commission into Antisemitism and Social Cohesion has held its final day of hearings. Over 62 days and nine hearing blocks, the inquiry has heard from 340 witnesses and received more than 20,000 submissions. The commission will now turn to drafting its final report and recommendations, due to be handed down in December.

From the page to the playground, annual Book Week celebrations have long brought Australian children’s stories to life. Now, as national recreational reading rates decline experts and authors say engaging young people with literature is more important than ever.

SBS reporter Alexandra Jones sits down with former Prime Minister John Howard looking back at his government’s approach to boat arrivals on the anniversary of the Tampa affair. It's the incident at sea in 2001 that changed Australia's policy toward asylum seekers. In this wide-ranging interview they also discuss the global security environment and migration.

Country music legend, Dolly Parton, has died at the age of 80. A prolific songwriter and renowned philanthropist, she's being remembered not just for her music but her charitable endeavours, including her Imagination Library. In a career spanning decades she had 10 Grammy wins from 55 nominations, the third-most nominated woman in Grammy history.She died peacefully in Nashville, at the age of 80, after a short battle with cancer.

There are grave concerns for Australia's seal and sea lion populations after a second suspected case of H-5 bird flu was detected in a mammal along the South Australian coast. With vaccine rollouts underway for bird populations, officials say they're still searching for an available vaccine for mammals.