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Good morning. Here's what's happening now: The Postcard Bandit will be released from prison this morning but his freedom could be short-lived. WA Police want the notorious bank robber, who escaped two jails, to serve the remaining eight years of an armed robbery sentence which he avoided by escaping prison in 1989 US President Barack Obama has revealed the biggest mistake of his presidency was the lack of planning after the fall of the late Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi. In a televised interview Mr Obama also said his worst day was travelling to Connecticut after a gunman shot 20 young children and six adults at an elementary school A debate about what constitutes a "real woman" made for interesting viewing on Q&A last night. Feminist Germaine Greer had some strong views about transgender women Thirty years after the Chernobyl disaster, the town at the centre of it all has been transformed into an "extreme tourism" theme park. More than 1,000 tourists each week pay to walk through the abandoned town of Pripyat, home to nuclear reactor number four Here's what's coming up: 7:40am AEST: Resources Minister Josh Frydenberg will speak to Radio National 8:05am AEST: Australian Securities and Investment Commission chair Greg Medcraft will do a phone interview with Radio National 9:00am AEST: Senate committee hearing into unconventional gas mining will be held in Darwin 9:30am AEST: The report from Queensland Nickel administrators to creditors will be released 10:15am AEST: The ACCC is taking court action against the maker of painkiller Nurofen, accusing it of misleading customers. The consumer watchdog argues that at least four Nurofen products marketed as treating specific pains all contain the same active ingredient Top Stories Palmer denies being Queensland Nickel shadow director Federal MP Clive Palmer says he "absolutely" did not act as a shadow director at the failed Queensland Nickel, but that he was part of a committee that approved expenditure at the company. 'Postcard Bandit' Brenden Abbott due for prison release One of the nation's most notorious bank robbers wants to live the next chapter of his life in tropical north Queensland, but his bid for freedom is looking precarious. What makes a woman? Germaine Greer weighs in The firebrand feminist author, no stranger to controversy, revives an old controversy on ABC's Q&A regarding her views on men who transition into women. 'Extreme tours' mark 30 years since Chernobyl nuclear disaster Thirty years after the world's most catastrophic nuclear accident, the home of the infamous Chernobyl nuclear reactor number four is transformed into an "extreme tourism" theme park. Australian-Chinese leaders urge support for 'motherland' in South China Sea dispute Leading figures in Australia's Chinese population call on fellow community members to come together to help "safeguard the sovereign rights of China" over growing military tensions in the South China Sea. Obama reflects on presidency, calls Libya his 'worst mistake' Barack Obama says the biggest mistake of his presidency was the lack of planning in the aftermath of the fall of late Libyan leader Moamar Gaddafi, when the country spiralled into chaos. Neighbours urged to be vigilant after death of snatched toddler The uncle of a 15-month-old girl found dead in a Melbourne creek after being taken from a pram pushed by her mother warns people in the community to be careful. British PM David Cameron tightens tax laws after Panama Papers British Prime Minister David Cameron says he is tightening laws to end tax evasion, in hopes of ending scrutiny of his personal wealth following the Panama Papers leak. Bitcoin investors 'owed thousands' by struggling Australian exchange Australian-founded bitcoin exchange Igot appears on the verge of collapse, with dozens of customers and clients claiming to be owed hundreds of thousands of dollars. Witnesses recall horror of Port Arthur massacre Twenty years on, four witnesses to what remains one of the worst mass shootings by a lone gunman recall the harrowing events of that day. 'Dysfunctional' Geelong Council to be sacked by Victorian Government The Victorian Government will move to have the entire Geelong City Council sacked after an independent inquiry found it had a culture of bullying and harassment. Bishop who presided over 'dark days' in Ballarat buried in simple grave Ronald Mulkearns, the Catholic bishop who presided over the Ballarat diocese during some of its worst years of child sexual abuse by priests, is buried in a simple grave rather than the cathedral crypt. Global tiger numbers increase for first time in 100 years: WWF The number of tigers in the wild rises the first time in 100 years, marking a major turning point in the big cat's plight against poaching and habitat loss. 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