THE NIGHTLY FIVE: Rogue Senator fallout, Assange back in Australia & Lehrmann ordered to pay $2 million

LISTEN NOW: MPs furious over Fatima Payman’s soft punishment, Julian Assange’s legal team to seek presidential pardon, Lehrmann ordered to pay $2 million in legal costs and the latest Nepo baby relationship

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On today’s show, the fall out of Senator Fatima Payman’s decision to cross the floor continues to simmer.

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange touches down in Australia.

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Bruce Lehrmann is ordered by a Federal Judge to pay Network 10’s legal costs following the bruising defeat in his defamation lawsuit.

Qantas announces it will begin regular flights to Port Vila in Vanuatu.

And the latest Nepo-Baby relationship no one saw coming.

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Triumphant Taylor outlines his ‘change or die’ recovery mission for Liberals.