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Liberal Senator James Paterson has criticised a One Nation volunteer after the pair clashed at a polling booth in the electorate of Farrer.
Video footage of the incident shows the One Nation volunteer confronting the Senator about a sign criticising the One Nation candidate, before allegedly grabbing Mr Paterson's phone.
Senator Paterson says he was prompted to film the altercation when the volunteer allegedly became aggressive.
Speaking to Sky News, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has apologised for the incident.
"We apologised to him for what happened and we've assisted, said we'll make every assistance possible if you want to undertake a police investigation that we'll encourage our volunteers who witness it to make their statements."
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Four women and nine children linked to the I-S group are set to return to Australia from detention camps in north-east Syria later today, with some of the women expected to face criminal charges on arrival.
At least one woman and a child are expected to land in Sydney this evening, with the remaining women and children due to arrive in Melbourne.
Australian Federal Police say some of the women could be arrested if there is enough evidence to charge them, while the children are expected to undergo reintegration and counter-extremism support programs.
Independent ACT Senator David Pocock has told Channel 9 that the children should not be blamed for decisions made by adults.
“I think the thing that we really have to distinguish here is between grown adults and children who have had no say in going overseas, and surely we want them back here in Australia, where they can both face the full force of law and also be deradicalised, rather than over somewhere else in the world where they can be radicalised and at some later date come back. So I've found the whole debate, or particularly around the children, really, really disappointing. ... Australian children deserve a second chance.”
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At least 16 people are dead after a passenger bus collision with a fuel tanker on Indonesia's Sumatra island.
Authorities say the crash happened on the Trans-Sumatra Highway in North Musi Rawas regency of the South Sumatra province, when an intercity bus carrying at least 20 people struck a tanker truck travelling in the opposite direction.
Four bus passengers have survived the crash and have been taken to a nearby health clinic.
Three have suffered severe burn injuries and one has sustained minor injuries.
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A warning, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this story includes the name of an Indigenous person who has passed away.
A candelight vigil will be held in Alice Springs and cities around the country, to give a community the chance to grieve the death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby.
The vigils will take place on Thursday evening at the request of the little girl's family.
Attendees have been asked to wear pink, her favourite colour.
Alice Springs Mayor Asta Hill says the family has requested that their "sorry time" be respected, with the vigil to allow community to gather and hold their grief collectively.
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To sport,
FIFA fans are rejoicing after the Victorian Premier reversed a decision not to broadcast the Socceroos World Cup matches at Fed Square.
Jacinta Allan stepped in after a flood of complaints about the original ruling, saying she disagrees with the cancellation and will overturn it.
The Melbourne Arts Precinct had announced on Wednesday that it would not air the matches at the iconic location, citing inappropriate behaviour during previous World Cup screenings.
But Ms Allan has said in a statement to her social media accounts that behaviour comes from a small cohort, and there will be zero tolerance for bad behaviour on site.
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