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- A 14-year-old male in custody over a stabbing at the University of Sydney
- Senior Labor politicians reject intimidation claims by Senator Fatima Payman
- Carlos Alcaraz advances to Wimbledon second round after defeating Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal
A man has been hospitalised following a stabbing at the University of Sydney this morning.
Paramedics responded and took the 22-year-old victim to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a serious but stable condition.
Police have arrested a 14-year-old male who is assisting with inquiries.
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Senior Labor politicians have rejected suggestions that suspended Senator Fatima Payman has been intimidated by her party colleagues.
Senator Payman described being isolated by the Labor Party and colleagues after being suspended from caucus for crossing the floor.
The suspension was initially only for a week, but is now an indefinite suspension after Senator Payman said she would cross the floor again to vote in favour of any future pro-Palestinian motions.
Health Minister Mark Butler doesn't believe Senator Payman has been intimidated.
"I've seen no evidence of that. Indeed, there's very clear evidence of colleagues reaching out to Senator Payman over the last several days. There's a photo on the front page of one of the papers this morning with one of the Ministers giving a hug on the Senate floor yesterday when we were swearing in a new Governor-General. So I don't accept that characterisation. We'd like to see Senator Payman return to the Labor fold, but in order to do so she's got to respect other members of the team and commit to accepting collective decisions of that team."
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Live sheep exports will be banned from 2028, raising the ire of angry farmers who say their livelihoods will be ruined.
Last-minute lobbying by West Australian farmers and business owners was not enough to have the legislation blocked, with the bill passing the Senate late on Monday night.
The legislation will mean an end to live sheep exports by sea on May 1, 2028, with a $107 million transition package to flow to affected farmers.
National Director of FOUR PAWS Australia, an animal welfare organisation, Rebecca Linigen,has praised the move.
"FOUR PAWS Australia applaud the Albanese Government for upholding their election promise to phase out live sheep exports, and the Senators who voted in favour of the ban. This vote reflects the views of not only their constituents, but of the Australian community. ... Despite attempts from a small section of the industry to keep this brutal trade going, it has been clear for many years that the era of live sheep export was over. There has been too much cruelty, too much suffering, and too many chances given. Australians have had enough.”
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The Greens say Australians should be able to access major sporting events for free, even if they access the content online.
Anti-siphoning and prominence legislation, that requires major sporting events like the Olympics, State of Origin, and the AFL and NRL grand finals to be shown free to air will be debated in the senate tomorrow.
Currently, the legislation only requires major events to be available for free on television.
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young says the laws need to apply to online content, too.
"It's crazy that in 2024, we have a new rule coming in that would lock out almost half the country from watching sport for free. And if you've got an old school television, you'll be okay. You'll be able to watch the footy, the Olympics, rugby for free, but if you have a smart TV, if you watch sport on your phone or your tablet, you'll be forced to pay hundreds of dollars just to watch your favourite team."
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Analysts say there is hope yet for Presidential Emmanuel Macron's government after his centrist alliance suffered major losses to Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party in first-round elections.
French voters will head to the polls again on Sunday for the final round of voting for the French National assembly.
In electorates where no candidate won outright in the first round, the top two candidates, as well as any candidate with more than 12.5 per cent total registered voters move to a second round.
Dr Romain Fathi is a Senior Lecturer in History at the Australian National University and an affiliated researcher at the Centre for History at Sciences Po in Paris.
He says because of potential alliances against National Rally, it is still not certain it will be able to form a government.
"They are very unlikely to be able to form a government, be that a majority government, or a minority government. This is because moderates of other parties, moderates from the left, moderates from the centre, moderates from the right, will unite in most of the 577 electorates, will get behind one another in order to have candidate running together against the National rally, therefore winning that seat."
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Carlos Alcaraz has begun the defence of his Wimbledon crown with a useful work-out against Estonian qualifier Mark Lajal.
The Spanish 21-year-old dropped serve twice in a two-hour, 23-minute encounter before prevailing 7-6 (7-3) 7-5 6-2.
