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Good afternoon. Here's what's happening now: The ABC has been told Malcolm Turnbull is seriously considering a double dissolution election on July 2, if the Senate rejects an IR bill next month. In response, Labor leader Bill Shorten has outlined his election-year pitch to voters. Researchers have discovered the Paleo diet could cause significant and rapid weight gain. The team had set out to prove the benefits of going Paleo, so that's a little awkward. It's Friday afternoon, so you should take our news quiz. Your humble NewsMail correspondent got seven out of 10... Whatever you're doing this weekend, it's not as hardcore as the few days ABC camera operator Tim Stevens spent embedded with the Australian Army in Iraq. Check out his story here. Here's what's coming up today: 5.00pm AEDT: Nominations close for NSW Federal Liberal-held seats 5.00pm AEDT: New Zealand Prime Minister John Key will take a cruise around Sydney Harbour 7.00pm AEDT: The AFL pre-season competition continues with Fremantle v Richmond 7.10pm AEDT: Melbourne Victory play their first game since FFA sanctions for crowd misbehaviour. They play Adelaide United at AAMI Park 9.30pm AEDT: London Fashion Week starts Top Stories Shorten makes election pitch as PM tosses up early poll date Opposition Leader Bill Shorten sets out his election year pitch to voters, as the ABC is told Malcolm Turnbull is considering calling a double dissolution poll in early July. Australians banned from travelling to Nauru Nauru abruptly cancels all visitor visas for Australian and New Zealand passport holders, according to the country's airline. Paleo diet could cause rapid weight gain, research finds Researchers who set out to prove the benefits of the Paleo diet instead discovered it caused significant and rapid weight gain in mice. Export wool industry faces 'full-scale implosion', merchant warns Australia's $3-billion export wool industry risks a "full-scale implosion" over animal welfare issues, according to Europe's biggest processor of raw wool. Sydney mother 'shattered' after maths tutor sexually abused kids The mother of two children sexually abused by a Sydney maths tutor tells a court she felt "broken, useless and helpless" as her son developed depression and "said he wanted to die because of flashbacks". All the presidents' heads: Giant busts of 43 presidents sit crumbling on farm One man from Virginia chose to save 43 giant busts of American presidents from destruction by keeping them on his farm. Now he needs the money to give them a proper home. Apple wins support of Facebook, Twitter in FBI dispute over San Bernardino shooter's phone Facebook and Twitter back Apple's refusal to help the FBI break into an iPhone used by a shooter in the San Bernardino attack, saying that complying would set a dangerous precedent for privacy. Police will not charge protesting pair who climbed Arts Centre spire Victoria Police says it will not press trespassing charges against two women who scaled Melbourne's Arts Centre spire to protest against offshore detention. Nearly $2m of political donations missing from AEC disclosures Some $1.7 million of political donations are missing from the financial disclosure declarations of major Australian parties and companies, according to a ABC analysis of electoral commission data. 'This man is not a Christian': Pope lashes Trump over immigration Pope Francis intervenes explosively in the US election campaign, saying Donald Trump cannot claim to be a Christian while vowing to build a border wall to keep out immigrants. Australian snapper wins World Press Photo prize Warren Richardson, a freelance photojournalist based in eastern Europe, wins one of the world's most prestigious photography prizes for a shot of an asylum seeker passing a baby through a barbed wire fence on the Hungary-Serbia border. Dirty money: Australia's missing $100 bills in hands of criminals, tax cheats, expert warns Australia's missing $100 bills could be being stockpiled by criminals or those seeking to avoid taxes, an expert says, amid worldwide pressure to axe high-denomination bills. Cahill's criticism of the A-League 'off the mark', FFA boss says Football Federation Australia chief executive David Gallop says Tim Cahill's suggestion that the A-League lacks vision is "off the mark". Terminally ill blue heeler Buddy ticking off bucket list A Brisbane dog owner wants to help tick all the things off her terminally ill dog's bucket list in his last remaining days. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum An election fought over policies? No, this isn't fantasy By Annabel Crabb 'Not Christian': Will the Pope's attack hurt Trump? By Lucia Osborne-Crowley Take it from me, tiny apartment life isn't so bad By Alex McClintock Canny criminals can communicate securely, so why shouldn't we? 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