Good morning. Here's what's happening now: Four Corners has revealed that Federal MP Clive Palmer was the final approver for millions of dollars of spending at the Queensland Nickel refinery. Authorities are investigating whether Mr Palmer acted as a shadow director despite claiming to be retired from the troubled business Doctors without Borders say they have treated 260 people for breathing problems, wounds from plastic bullets and other injuries after police fired tear gas at asylum seekers on the Greek-Macedonian border. A Macedonian police source said three officers were also injured by protesting asylum seekers throwing stones The Fair Work Commission will today hear final submissions in a long-running case brought by employer groups who want to reduce double-time Sunday penalty rates to match time-and-a-half Saturday rates. Unions have threatened to use the decision, which is expected in early June, against the Government in this year's election campaign Two survivors of the Port Arthur massacre, Peter and Pauline Grenfell, have broken their silence to tell of their horrifying experience ahead of tonight's Australian Story episode. The 20th anniversary of the tragedy is on April 28 Here's what's coming up: 10:00am AEST: Five people charged over the murder of a key witness in a major drug case are set to face trial in the NSW Supreme Court, almost five years after the contract killing of Gemahl Maika. He was due to testify against a cocaine syndicate known as the Golden Gun ring 1:45pm AEST: Alan Jones will chair a meeting of workers from the troubled Queensland Nickel Refinery 8:00pm: Australian Story looks back at the legacy of the Port Arthur massacre 8:30pm: Four Corners charts the rise and fall of MP and businessman Clive Palmer Who's who in the race to be UN chief? | An ex-president, three former prime ministers, several ex-foreign ministers and even a part-time poet are all campaigning to become the next UN secretary-general. Take a look at the eight declared candidates so far. | | About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. This message was sent to you at starnewsposting@gmail.com. Please add newslists@your.abc.net.au to your email address book to see images by default and stop the email being treated as spam. This email address is not monitored - Please don't reply to this email. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. Add or remove topics | Unsubscribe | Contact Us | |
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