Good morning. Overnight, the Coalition decided not to allow a free vote on same-sex marriage. A bipartisan bill is now certain to fail, but Tony Abbott's open to a free vote or plebiscite after the next election. Investigators think they've found fragments of a Russian-designed BUK missile at the MH17 crash site. And Greece agreed on a new $A130 billion bailout deal that requires further pension changes and asset sales - the very changes its government vowed never to accept.
Coming up today: At 7.35am AEST, Labor senator Penny Wong will be on Radio National (listen live here). At 8.05am AEST, Christine Forster, the PM's sister, is due on ABC News Breakfast (watch live here). At 10.30am AEST, there's a marriage equality prayer breakfast at Parliament House. At 11.45am AEST, Greens leader Richard Di Natale will speak on the issue. And at 12.30am AEST, Trade Minister Andrew Robb is at the National Press Club.
Ministers, MPs and senators say the ramshackle same-sex marriage debate and slow dispatch of former speaker Bronwyn Bishop have rekindled doubts about Tony Abbott's judgement and leadership.
The family of a female Iranian asylum seeker, who was allegedly raped three months ago in Nauru, say the Federal Government has refused to allow her to be treated in Australia.
Doctors should get extra pay if their patients' health improves, according to a new report by healthcare experts who suggest sweeping changes to Australia's healthcare system are also needed.
Disciplinary action is initiated against 28 athletes after the IAAF retests samples from the 2005 and 2007 World Championships and finds 32 adverse findings.
Police in central Sweden increase security at asylum lodgings, fearing a backlash after two Eritrean asylum-seekers are detained suspected of murdering two people at an IKEA store.
An asylum seeker denied refugee status by the Australian Government is being flown home, in defiance of Afghanistan's attempts to stem the flow of forced repatriations.
Tony Abbott says Australia's climate targets strike the right balance between protecting the economy and the environment, but green groups believe the Government's commitment is inadequate and does not go far enough to avoid dangerous climate change.
An Irish cyclist is seriously injured after a shocking high-speed collision during stage six of the Tour of Utah, which then saw two other cyclists injured.
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