Headlines: Minimum wage to increase by 3.5%

Today's headlines include:

The National Minimum Wage will increase by 3.5% from 1 July, following a decision from the Fair Work Commission, Australia’s national work watchdog.

The Queensland Coroner will investigate the death of a 32-year-old woman who was charged with the murder of her three-year-old daughter. 

A fresh search for Madeleine McCann’s body is beginning this week, nearly two decades after the three-year-old girl went missing during a family holiday in Portugal. 

And today’s good news: Four female gorillas will be reintroduced into the wild in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, boosting a small and critically endangered population. 

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