Episode Details

Today's headlines include:

• A pair of Islamic State-linked women charged with slavery offences will remain behind bars after postponing their bid for bail. 
• The Queensland Government says it’s cleared a backlog of 601 rape kits after a DNA lab scandal prompted a statewide review. 
• Health officials are preparing to quarantine four Australian citizens and a permanent resident after a hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. 
• And today's good news: Dutch royalty has officially opened the 74th Canadian Tulip Festival – an annual tradition commemorating the key role Canadian troops played in liberating the Netherlands during World War II.

Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Rosa Bowden

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