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Good morning and welcome to our live news coverage. I’m Martin Farrer, bringing you some of the best overnight stories before my colleague Mostafa Rachwani guides you through the main action of the day.

The commonwealth will argue in two high court challenges today that the constitution allows the government to detain non-citizens while their protection visa applications are processed, even if they will be released after a decision either way. It will urge the court to reject the cases that seek to extend the landmark NZYQ decision on indefinite detention to a new cohort of people in immigration detention. We will bring you the latest when it happens.