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Good morning. Here's what's happening now: In Rio, Usain Bolt is celebrating his third consecutive gold in the 100m sprint and the Boomers have beaten Venezuela 81-56 in men's basketball. The Kookaburras and Sharks were knocked out of the competition, ending their respective hockey and water polo campaigns Senator Pauline Hanson has distanced herself from an anti-Islam group that disrupted an Anglican church service wearing mock Islamic garb A man has been given a 12-month prison sentence for supplying ecstasy to a friend at the Stereosonic music festival, which may have caused her death. Daniel Huynh pleaded guilty to supplying two tablets to his friend Sylvia Choi at the festival last year An Iraqi-born bull-rider has shared his story of becoming instantly hooked on the sport after moving to Australia. Haider Al Hasnawi was introduced to bull-riding two years ago and says "as long as I'm riding a bull, I'm happy". Here's what's coming up: 6:06pm AEST: Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas will discuss the GST on RN Drive. It will be followed by an interview with Finance Minister Matthias Cormann 9:36pm AEST: Industry, Innovation and Science Minister Greg Hunt, shadow human services minister Linda Burney, physicist Brian Cox, mathematician Lily Serna and One Nation senator-elect Malcolm Roberts will be on Q&A 11:00pm AEST: The Australian women's hockey team will take on New Zealand in a quarter-final in Rio 2:00am AEST Tuesday: Ashley Stoddart will be fighting for Australia's first sailing medal in Rio when she lines up in the women's laser radial race Top Stories 'Lightning' strikes thrice as Bolt completes 100m hat-trick Usain Bolt roars into Olympic history, capturing an unprecedented third consecutive 100 metres crown to confirm his place in the pantheon of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen. Inside Australia's 'horrendous' dairy crisis On a freezing winter evening, truckload after truckload of dairy cows are delivered to the saleyards at Camperdown in south-western Victoria. They are destined for slaughter, casualties of a price cut which farmers say is milking them dry. Pauline Hanson puts anti-Islam group at arm's-length Senator Pauline Hanson distances herself from an anti-Islam group which disrupted an Anglican church service, saying the stunt was "counterproductive" to One Nation's "serious arguments". Leyonhjelm makes Human Rights complaint over 'angry white male' claim Senator David Leyonhjelm tests a law he wants abolished after being labelled an "angry white male" and "hate-speech apologist" by a newspaper columnist. Backpacker tax review gets underway Farmers and tourism operators have less than a month to make submissions to the latest government review of controversial backpacker tax changes. Royal commission hearings into detention centre abuse claims not ruled out Allegations of child abuse in immigration detention centres could be investigated by the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse, as pressure builds after the release of the Nauru files. Man jailed after drug death of friend at Stereosonic festival A man is given a 12-month prison sentence for supplying ecstasy to a friend at a Sydney music festival, which may have caused her death. From bullets to bull-rider: Iraqi-born Aussie cowboy on the ride of his life After his family fled war in his homeland of Iraq, Haider Al Hasnawi, swaps bullets for bulls to become one of Australia's first Iraqi-born rodeo stars. 'A low-life act': Bike stolen from man on charity cycle around Australia Thieves snatch a bicycle from a man who was resting at a caravan park south of Perth three months into a solo ride around Australia to raise awareness about depression. Porter backs GST floor introduction in 2019-20 Senior Federal Government frontbencher Christian Porter says he thinks 2019-20 would be a logical time to introduce the GST floor Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has proposed. Furious EPL fans blast Optus coverage of opening weekend Premier League fans take to social media to rage about technical difficulties that affected Optus' coverage of the opening weekend. 'Long, destructive' US, China war possible: ex-Obama adviser US President Barack Obama's former chief intelligence adviser warns a war between the US and China would be long, destructive and could erupt if regional disputes already underway overheat. Woman, dog pulled from submerged car in Baton Rouge floods Dramatic footage shows rescuers in Louisiana cutting open the roof of a convertible to save a woman and her dog, trapped inside the quickly sinking vehicle. 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