A former student has accused alleged murderer Chris Dawson of grooming and abusing her in high school before the pair entering into a relationship.

After decades of campaigning NSW has become the last state in Australia to pass laws allowing people with a terminal illness to voluntarily end their own life.

A sub-four per cent unemployment rate and only a modest rise in the number of people employed suggests record levels of job vacancies will go unfilled for now, economists say.

Scott Morrison has joked the local Devonport football team could use him as a "bulldozer" for their new grandstand after knocking over a child during a mock match.

Kathleen Folbigg's convictions for killing four of her children will be the subject of an inquiry ordered by NSW Governor Margaret Beazley.

A former student taught by Chris Dawson has revealed how he would call her "petal" and his "beautiful bub", and leave secret love letters in her schoolbag.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is blaming Australia's cost of living crisis on inflation, which he says is outside his control.

Australian wages are growing at less than half the rate of inflation, but economists warn that won't stop the the Reserve Bank of Australia from raising the cash rate again next month.

A re-elected Morrison government aims to save an additional $1 billion over the next four years by requiring the public service to make even more savings to its operations.

Alleged murder victim Lynette Dawson was greatly distressed before she vanished in 1982 after becoming "cowered" by her husband Chris Dawson, a court has been told.