WED 16 DEC: Australia refers China to WTO - a podcast by ABC Radio

The trade dispute between Australia and China has escalated, with the Federal Government announcing it will take its case against China to the World Trade Organisation. Australia is formally appealing to the WTO over China's tariffs on Australian barley.

Also today:

* A new case of coronavirus in the community in NSW, as plans for vaccine distribution in Australia are outlined.

* After a six year legal battle in Israeli courts, it appears the former school principal Malka Leifer will be returned to Melbourne to face child sex abuse charges.

* Rates of domestic violence in regional Australia are consistently high.. and now new research spells out the particular barriers faced by Indigenous women reporting abuse.

* Super Netball is refusing to re-evaluate its salary cap, after one of the teams in the competition was caught breaking the rules.

* And.. the Islamist extremist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for the weekend abduction of several hundred students from a Nigerian secondary school.

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