Headlines: Hantavirus cruise passengers land in WA

Today's headlines include:

• Passengers from the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak have touched down in Western Australia, where they’ll spend at least three weeks in quarantine.
• The bus involved in yesterday’s deadly crash in Queensland’s Whitsundays region was a tourist charter, officials have revealed.
• Solomon Islands Parliament has elected a new prime minister, a week after Jeremiah Manele was ousted by a no-confidence vote. 
• And today’s good news: A philanthropist in the U.S. has announced he’ll cover the senior-year debts of 176 textile graduates from North Carolina State University.

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