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Good morning, Thomas Morgan here with your AM NewsMail. Labor has been hyping up its Productivity Roundtable in recent weeks, promising business, unions and government can work together to fix the country's issues. But we've got our hands on some of the potential outcomes, a week out from next week's meeting.
We'll also have the latest on what could be about to unfold at Friday's landmark summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin. Plus, is it possible to worry about everything? One study of 125,000 people is going to try.
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Here's what you need to know today
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Here are some of our key stories this morning
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Here's what else you should know this morning
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Quote of the day
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— One sick child is anxiety-inducing enough for any parent, but four kids, all at once, struck down with dengue fever? That was Taloa Lam Shong's reality as the mosquito-borne virus swept through Samoa.
But mosquitoes, and the bugs they carry, don't follow borders. Our team has been looking at why much of the Pacific is experiencing the largest outbreak of the disease in a decade.
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One more thing … the exposome
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Every day, we waft through life blissfully unaware of exactly what we may be exposing ourselves to or how all those things may change us.
So how do we track the impact of physical, chemical, psychological and social exposures we all face in a lifetime? A study will track the lives of 125,000 members of "Gen V" for what will hopefully be many decades, and in doing so may unlock the secrets of the mysterious-sounding "exposome" …
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And that's it for today. Thanks for reading. We'll be back at the same time tomorrow with more.
Thomas and the ABC News Digital team.
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The leaked advice reveals what the government expects to achieve at next week's productivity roundtable, recommending a freeze of the National Construction Code, and an AI plan to cut environmental red tape.
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