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20,000 more home care packages are to be available to vulnerable older Australians after the federal government was forced to make a deal with the Coalition. It was the first major test faced by Labor since it was re-elected, which was cornered in the senate to make changes to its aged care reform policy.

The Australian sharemarket has experienced its worst single-day drop since April, with all 11 sectors finishing in the red. For more, Rena Sarumpaet spoke with Perpetual’s Head of Investment Strategy, Matt Sherwood. Plus, Australia’s GDP expanded by a larger-than-expected 0.6% in the June quarter. SBS Finance Editor Ricardo Goncalves spoke with NAB Chief Economist Sally Auld about what that means for the economy.

Thousands of people living in Afghanistan's mountainous Nangarhar province have been left bereaved, homeless and traumatised after Sunday's earthquake. Then, amid ongoing and petrifying tremors, another earthquake came.