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  • 5:00pm AEST: Senator Pat Dodson is expected to make his first speech to Parliament

  • 6:00pm AEST: Senators Mitch Fifield and Penny Wong will speak with Radio National's Drive program

  • 9:30pm AEST: Lateline speaks with Australian Disability Discrimination Commissioner Alastair McEwin

 
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Spy chief sounded alarm about donor links with China last year
Australia's domestic spy chief warned the nation's major political parties last year that some of their donors had strong links to the Chinese Government.
 
Live: Calls for banking probe 'exploiting victims' misery' says PM
Malcolm Turnbull slams Bill Shorten's "hopelessly populist" call for a banking royal commission, accusing him of "exploiting the suffering" of victims of bad financial advice.
 
New laws will allow Defence to target more IS fighters in Iraq, Syria
Australian laws will be overhauled to allow the Defence Force to target more Islamic State fighters in Iraq and Syria, and to reduce the risk of RAAF aircrews being prosecuted for bombing jihadists.
 
Missing Victorian woman found at Yass, but husband still missing
A Victorian woman who went missing with her husband sparking a police search in New South Wales and Victoria is found alive at Yass hospital.
 
12yo boys charged with rape of girl at Sydney primary school
Two 12-year-old boys are charged over the alleged assault and rape of a young girl at a primary school on Sydney's northern beaches.
 
Donald Trump contradicts Mexican president hours after meeting
Donald Trump's war of words with the Mexican president intensifies, with the Republican nominee insisting Mexico will pay for the border wall he plans to build, despite Enrique Pena Nieto saying there's no way his country will foot the bill.
 
Charity bills family for care of disabled man who suffered unexplained burns
A Sydney charity that was looking after a profoundly disabled man when he was severely burned sends his family a $4,000 bill for his care.
 
Murphy's rapid rise puts her in Rio medal frame
In just two years, swimmer Monique Murphy has survived a five storey fall from a balcony to become one of Australia's best medal chances at the Rio Paralympics.
 
Parents of 6yo boy with cancer win fight to stop treatment
The parents of six-year-old cancer patient Oshin Kiszko win another court battle against his doctors to stop him having chemotherapy and radiation treatment.
 
Queensland Government approves mine on conservation land
An in-stream mine on a Cape York property is one step closer after the Queensland Environment Department issued a draft authority for the project, despite the same department buying the land for conservation earlier this year.
 
World's oldest known fossils push evidence for life back by 220 million years
The discovery of the world's oldest known fossils in 3.7 billion-year-old rocks in Greenland by an Australian-led team of researchers pushes back evidence of life on Earth by 220 million years.
 
Hamdi Alqudsi jailed for six years for aiding men to fight with IS
Sydney man Hamdi Alqudsi is jailed for a minimum of six years after being convicted of helping men to fight with extreme jihadist groups in Syria in 2013.
 
Justin Trudeau graces cover of Marvel's latest comic
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — he of the snowboarding, push-ups and quantum computing explanations — can now add "Marvel superhero" to his extensive CV.
 
Analysis and Opinion: The Drum
By political reporter Anna Henderson Political benefits of 'taking out the trash' as Parliament returns
By political reporter Anna Henderson
By Europe correspondent James Glenday Is there a Brexit lesson for Australia?
By Europe correspondent James Glenday
By Ian Verrender Paradox of plenty strikes again as resources boom squandered
By Ian Verrender
By Sarah Macdonald How should we talk to boys about respecting women?
By Sarah Macdonald
 
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Call to shoot brumbies to stop damage to Victoria's alpine region
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World
Sara Connor, David Taylor to be confronted over differences in Bali stories
Malaysia confirms first case of Zika
Spike in asylum seekers shows Europe's migration crisis not over
 
Business
Business investment keeps falling, but plans beat expectations
Home prices continue strong rise in Sydney, Melbourne
China PMI shows manufacturing barely growing
 
Politics
Spike in asylum seekers shows Europe's migration crisis not over
Analysis: Trump, Pena Nieto in Mexican standoff over border wall
US military official urges Australia take stronger stance on Chinese expansion
 
Sport
Giants ready to make big, big sound in first finals campaign
Day belongs to Hastings as Aussies win in Dambulla
Quade Cooper returns to the Reds
 
Science and Tech
You should look for these things in the sky this month
World's oldest known fossils push evidence for life back by 220 million years
5 of the coolest things we spotted at Eureka Prize 2016
 
Environment
Call to shoot brumbies to stop damage to Victoria's alpine region
Queensland Government approves mine on conservation land
Bleached Sydney Harbour coral showing 'signs of recovery'
 

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