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Business · CanberraShots fired in Canberra airport. No injuries reported. Gunman believed to be responsible for firing shots. Police are still investigating the cause of the incident. The airport was closed for about three hours as police investigated. The incident is being investigated by the Australian Federal Police and the Australian National Police.See the Story
Canberra Airport evacuated after gunman fires shots in check-in area
47% Right coverage: 34 sources
US & Canada · New YorkAcclaimed author Salman Rushdie remained hospitalized on Saturday with serious injuries a day after he was repeatedly stabbed at a public appearance in New York state, while police sought to determine the motive behind an attack that drew international condemnation.
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Salman Rushdie still hospitalized as attack suspect pleads not guilty
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Scott Morrison · CanberraFormer Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison secretly swore himself in as joint health, finance and resources minister. Morrison used that power to roll his own frontbencher, Keith Pitt, over a plan to drill for gas off the New South Wales coast. Former Finance Minister Mathias Cormann was never informed that Morrison had sworn himself into his portfolio in March 2020. Mr Albanese said he would seek legal advice about the decisions, calling them "unacceptable" and "just weird." The governor-general's office told Reuters the appointments were valid under the constitution, did not require a swearing-in ceremony.See the Story
Australia's PM says former PM Morrison took on secret ministerial roles during COVID
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OceaniaSky News host Chris Kenny says it is nice Malcolm Turnbull has "come to his senses" on the Voice to Parliament but worries the former prime minister's support would garner an even more strident opposition.
Mr Kenny said then prime minister Mr Turnbull once aligned in 2017 with then deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce and Tony Abbott in creating a "scare campaign" on the Voice – calling it a third chamber of parliament.
"Well those days are done …See the Story
Malcolm Turnbull ‘comes to his senses’ on Voice to Parliament
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Scott MorrisonThe lack of transparency around former prime minister Scott Morrison secretly assuming power over a range of government portfolios is extraordinary, Sky News host Chris Kenny says.
Mr Morrison secretly swore himself into additional portfolios during the pandemic which included health, finance and resources portfolios.
"Now you might be able to make a case for this doubling up of responsibility in a crisis – it's a big ask in my view," Mr Kenny See the Story
‘Unfettered power’: Scott Morrison just about ‘minister for everything’ as PM
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Oceania · AustraliaSky News Business Editor Ross Greenwood says BlueScope Steel's profit has hit a "record level" for the past financial year.
Mr Greenwood said the company’s revenue is “up 47 per cent” and their profit has “more than doubled” to $2.81 billion.See the Story
BlueScope Steel’s profit hits ‘record level’
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OceaniaDoctors are expecting the national bulk billing rate to drop as low as 30 per cent over the next two years unless action is taken - as thousands of Australians struggle to find an affordable General Practitioner.See the Story
Concerns grow over Australia's bulk billing crisis
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OceaniaThere's a fair bit happening in America right now but the president is back on his bike and preoccupied with ice cream and bathing suits, Sky News host Rita Panahi says.
"Given the president's obvious cognitive decline it's probably best to send him to the beach house as often and for as long as possible," Ms Panahi said.See the Story
‘Obvious cognitive decline’: Joe Biden ‘back on the bike’ and preoccupied with ‘bathing suits’
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Gold Coast City · Gold Coast CityIt is one of the great truisms of life that whenever there is a big pot of government money, rorting or fraud or theft will follow, Sky News host Chris Kenny says.
"That's one reason government should always be small as possible, and that's why it was always clear that the National Disability Insurance Scheme would be rorted in some way," Mr Kenny said.
"According to the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission, organised crime and other crim…See the Story
It was ‘always clear’ NDIS would be rorted: Kenny
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Donald TrumpThe FBI investigating Donald Trump for potential breaches of the Espionage Act is "the ongoing vendetta" of the Democratic Party against the former US president, Center of the American Experiment President John Hinderaker says.
The FBI seized 11 sets of classified information from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property earlier this week, including some materials marked as "top secret/SCI", according to a search warrant.
The unsealed search warrant r…See the Story
FBI Trump investigation part of Democrats’ ‘ongoing vendetta’
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‘Serious numbers’ about cost of living crisis
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