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Top Stories 'We've lost our little Sara': Second Australian confirmed dead after London attacks The family of Sara Zelenak say they are "distraught" after she was identified as the second Australian to have died during the weekend terror attacks in London. Robb 'didn't break rules' by taking $880k job with Chinese billionaire Special Minister of State Scott Ryan defends former trade minister Andrew Robb, who began working as a consultant to a Chinese billionaire days after the 2016 federal election. Trump's Russian links will dwarf Watergate scandal: former US chief spy The man privy to America's darkest intelligence secrets for the past six years says the 1970s Watergate scandal will pale when compared to the Trump administration's links to Russia. 'Something puzzling going on' in UK polls, says election night pioneer The man who popularised the swingometer on TV election coverage says the swing going on in the UK election is the greatest he's ever seen and that 'somebody is going to get hurt by the results and we don't know who yet'. Australian women's cricket team changes official name after questions from businesswoman The national women's cricket team will no longer be officially known as the Southern Stars, in a move that appears largely cosmetic but carries "considerable weight", according to Cricket Australia. Parole board was 'never told' Brighton siege gunman was on terror watch list The head of Victoria's Adult Parole Board says it was not informed the Brighton gunman was on a terror watch list before it decided to release him from custody. 'You were my hero': Slain policeman Brett Forte remembered by thousands A Guard of Honour made up of hundreds of past and present Queensland police officers line a Toowoomba street as part of the farewell to Senior Constable Brett Forte, who was shot dead by a gunman late last month. Bomb victim who lost eye arrested in car with guns and details of alleged bomber The victim of a parcel bomb explosion was arrested 10 months later with high-powered weapons, ammunition and the bail details of the man accused of sending the bomb, a jury hears. Is a Chinese popular term for Australia affectionate or condescending? It's an online slang widely used in Australia's boisterous Chinese-language media outlets. But its meaning remains a hot topic of debate. Will Britain's snap Brexit election backfire for May? It was meant to be the ballot that massively boosted Theresa May's parliamentary majority but it has not gone entirely to plan. Economy grows at 0.3 per cent in March quarter dragged down by exports, housing Australia's economy avoids the ignominy of contracting but only narrowly grows at a sluggish 0.3 per cent in the first three months of the year. 'The impossible is possible': Prince Harry launches Invictus Games countdown Prince Harry pays tribute to victims of recent terror attacks in the UK while launching the countdown to the 2018 Invictus Games, with the competition for wounded war veterans set to take place in Sydney next October. Rare glass spearhead 'used to hunt quokkas' found on Rottnest University students discover a rare emerald green glass spearhead on Rottnest Island, believed to have been made by Aboriginal prisoners and used for trade and hunting quokkas 100 years ago. Andrew Bolt fights back against glitter attackers Conservative newspaper columnist and TV host Andrew Bolt is sprayed with glitter and a "sticky liquid" during a book launch in Melbourne's inner north, and apologises for giving one of the masked men a "big bruise" in retaliation. Hammer attacker shot by police after bringing terror to Notre Dame Terrified tourists were locked inside the landmark Notre Dame cathedral in Paris, and more fled in panic, as a man armed with a hammer and yelling 'This is for Syria' attacked police officers outside. The man was shot by police after injuring an officer and is now under arrest. Women should grow their hair long, help their male colleagues 'shine', conference speaker says An evangelical Christian conference in Sydney that suggested women should be "helpful" to male colleagues and not cut their hair short has reignited debate over the meaning of male headship. NZ man jailed for rape after failed bid to deport him A New Zealand-born man is jailed for raping a woman in her Melbourne home two years after the Immigration Department tried to have him deported over his violent criminal history. Live donkey fed to tigers in China zoo spat Horrified witnesses watch on as disgruntled shareholders of a Chinese zoo toss a live donkey into a tiger enclosure in an ongoing dispute with zoo management. Boy from famous Aleppo bombing photo reappears in pro-regime video A young Syrian boy who became a symbol of suffering in Aleppo when an image of him stunned and covered in dust and blood made news worldwide appears in a video posted by a pro-government television presenter. Theatrics and drama: Curtains open on Cosby trial Comedian Bill Cosby's trial in the United Sates is full of theatrics and courtroom drama very different to the static, more reserved scenes we're used to in Australia, writes North America correspondent Conor Duffy. 'Any work 4 me?' Jobless man's roadside appeal Leslie Devlin is a regular fixture by a busy road in Perth with his sign seeking work, but despite persistent age discrimination in the Australian job market and increasing casualisation, he refuses to give up. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum The free market will teach Trump the error of his ways on climate policy By business editor Ian Verrender Latest London attack puts Australia's military call out powers back in the spotlight By defence reporter Andrew Greene LeBron James can become a giant of American civil rights movement By Tracey Holmes In the face of terrorism, Britain keeps calm and will carry on By Europe correspondent James Glenday Just In What caused the Qatar crisis and how is Donald Trump involved? 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