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• Palaszczuk's Adani loan veto decision 'jeopardises mine project'

  03-11-2017 23:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk's decision to not support a concessional Federal Government loan for the Adani coal mine could halt the multi-billion-dollar project, Northern Australia Minister Matt Canavan says.
  
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• Australian football fans hold their breath after Cahill's ankle injury

  03-11-2017 23:25 via abc.net.au
  
  Is a rolled ankle about to cost Australia a place at the World Cup? Even Sydney FC coach Graham Arnold is concerned about Tim Cahill after the Socceroos star went off injured on Friday night.
  
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• Would any former PMs be caught up in this citizenship bungle today?

  03-11-2017 23:23 via abc.net.au
  
  The dual citizenship debacle has seen six politicians kicked out of Parliament. So what would happen if the rules applied to all of our former prime ministers?
  
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• Online betting agency forced to dump TV ad for promoting excessive gambling

  03-11-2017 20:02 via abc.net.au
  
  Australia's newest online bookmaker, Neds, will stop running one of its ads on free-to-air TV ahead of the Melbourne Cup after the commercial was found to breach advertising codes by encouraging excessive gambling.
  
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• 'Their cross to bear': The Catholic women told to forgive domestic violence

  03-11-2017 20:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Does the Australian Catholic Church have the courage to answer the Pope's call to root out the "shameful ill-treatment" of women? And is its all-male hierarchy, still reeling from revelations of child sexual abuse, capable of leading the charge?
  
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• Australian with suspected links to Islamic State detained in Lebanon

  03-11-2017 09:16 via abc.net.au
  
  Lebanese authorities detain an Australian man, identified only as "A.M.", who allegedly planned to travel to Syria in coming days to try to join the Islamic State terrorist group.
  
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• Smith admits spots up for grabs as he prepares for Ashes challenge

  03-11-2017 08:12 via abc.net.au
  
  Facing the biggest test of his short captaincy career, Steve Smith admits there are spots to be won in the Australian XI for the first Test in Brisbane.
  
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• Scammers using fake bitcoin-trading sites to rip off users

  03-11-2017 07:47 via abc.net.au
  
  As bitcoin prices surge to record highs of more than $9,200, scammers are using more sophisticated methods to target users, cryptocurrency experts warn.
  
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• Changing the game: Weir keeps winning from the bush

  03-11-2017 07:42 via abc.net.au
  
  Darren Weir is doing his Melbourne Cup preparations far away from Flemington, and is proving a trendsetter as more trainers head to the bush.
  
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• Send Manus asylum seekers to New Zealand, Shorten urges Turnbull

  03-11-2017 04:51 via abc.net.au
  
  Opposition Leader Bill Shorten calls on the Turnbull Government to seriously consider sending asylum seekers left on Manus Island to New Zealand after the country's Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, renewed an offer to settle 150 asylum seekers currently in offshore detention.
  
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• The Government's own goals keep mounting up

  03-11-2017 04:00 via abc.net.au
  
  Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, as usual, is trying to ride the citizenship crisis out, without making any decisions that might upset the apple cart.
  
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• Grattan: Government crumbling into chaos over Parry affair

  03-11-2017 02:55 via abc.net.au
  
  The Turnbull Government has become like a plane with its engines stalled, hurtling groundwards, with hopes of repowering frustrated at every turn, writes Michelle Grattan.
  
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