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Australia's lowest-paid workers will receive a bigger pay rise than last year after the industrial umpire decided on an $18.80-a-week wage increase.

A Sydney man has been charged over an attempt to import more than 900 kilograms of cocaine into Australia.

A new locally transmitted COVID-19 case has been recorded in the Bondi area of eastern Sydney as authorities scramble to track down the source of the infection.

Soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo's removal of two Coca-Cola bottles during a press conference at the European Championship has coincided with a more than $A5 billion fall in the share price of the drinks giant.

A French court has ordered IKEA to pay a one million euro ($A1.6 million) fine for spying on its French staff after the world's biggest furniture retailer was found guilty of improperly gathering and storing data on its employees.

One in four Australian adults have now received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine, with more than six million jabs administered across the country.

Scott Morrison has hailed a free trade deal with the United Kingdom as the most comprehensive and ambitious in Australia's history.

Telstra has doubled the number of spam calls it blocks in just four months, with its monthly tally now averaging around 13 million blocked calls.

Queensland is aiming to return to surplus as the state government uses a new accounting method to cut debt forecasts.

Australia could take up to four years to start manufacturing cutting-edge coronavirus vaccines like the Pfizer and Moderna jabs.