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- Donald Trump not considering an extension of the ceasefire with Iran;
- The Home Affairs Minister slams the coalition's immigration policy proposal;
- Egyptian-born Australian boxer Mai Soliman to fight at the Great Pyramids of Giza.
United States President Donald Trump says he is not thinking about extending the two week ceasefire with Iran.
He's made the remarks to the US ABC News outlet.
The statement follows earlier comments to the New York Post that a new round of talks with Iran could take place in Pakistan over the next two days.
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The Sultan of Brunei has welcomed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to his Royal Palace for formal talks on fuel supplies.
The bilateral meeting with the monarch - who has ruled the oil-rich Asian nation since 1967 - has taken place following a visit to a fertiliser plant which supplies Australian producers.
Along with securing Australia's long-term fuel supplies, Mr Albanese is hoping to use his visit to boost imports of fertiliser-grade urea, which have also taken a hit.
The Sultan has told Mr Albanese he considers Australia to be a close friend and trusted partner, while Mr Albanese says at a time of such global uncertainty, regional cooperation is more important than ever.
"We are both feeling, of course, the consequences, as are countries right around the world, about changes to supply, and Australia has a lot to benefit from engaging with our neighbours in this region. Brunei supplies nine percent of Australia's diesel imports. And more than that 11 per cent of our fertiliser grade urea imports."
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Australia's Immigration minister Tony Burke has accused the Coalition of politicising Palestinians fleeing Gaza in their immigration policy announcement.
Mr Burke says the opposition's rhetoric about migrants who don't come from a liberal democracy attempts to take the country in a different direction, one he says does not align with who Australians are.
Mr Burke says the suggestion that Palestinian refugees present a risk because of where they fled from ignores the story of so many Australians.
"There are countless Australians where that's the story of their parents. People who are living in areas which are being run by horrible people tend to want to flee. And a big part of the Australian story, whether it be people fleeing Eastern Europe, whether it be people fleeing Vietnam, whether it's been people who've come here as international students, has seen our democracy and have said, I want to be part of that, is a good, strong, positive Australian story."
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The rising number of First Nations deaths in custody has been denounced, as the nation marks thirty-five years since the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody handed down its final report.
Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has told NITV that there have been at least 630 Indigenous deaths in custody since the inquiry - and that the majority of the Commission’s 339 recommendations had not been properly implemented.
The landmark inquiry concluded in 1991 that the disproportionate number of deaths was linked to the over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in custody.
According to data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Indigenous adults are still 17 times more likely to be imprisoned than non-Indigenous Australians, while Indigenous children are 26 times more likely to be incarcerated.
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Doctor's appointments to get a prescription for the pill could soon be a thing of the past as pharmacists prepare to offer their services to millions of women.
Up to 60 pharmacists will start in a New South Wales government program when it begins with more expected to join once they've done the training to prescribe the contraceptive to women over the age of 18.
New South Wales is the latest state to join the growing trend towards expanding access to contraception beyond the GP's office, with Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania all having enacted similar changes.
Health Minister Ryan Park says it's his job to improve access, so everyone can get the healthcare they need.
"I need to make it easier to navigate. I need to make it easier for women and families to access healthcare in a time when people are extremely busy to do that. I've got to use the highly trained individuals like pharmacists like GPS in our community that are highly trained, highly respected to make sure that they can do what they need to do."
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A man from Paris has won a Pablo Picasso painting worth around 1.4 million dollars - with a 160-dollar raffle ticket.
Sales engineer Ari Hodara is now the proud owner of Picasso’s 1941 Head of a Woman after purchasing a ticket in the raffle that sold 120,000 tickets worldwide to raise $20 million dollars for Alzheimer's research.
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To sport,
Egyptian-born Australian boxer Mai Soliman has declared it will be a 'full-circle moment' when she fights for the super flyweight world title at the Great Pyramids of Giza.
The 28-year-old says it feels like 'fate and destiny' to return to her homeland and face Mizuki Hiruta on May 23 at such an iconic location, which matches the magnitude of the fight.
The bout is part of the 'Glory in Giza' card, headlined by Ukrainian heavyweight superstar Oleksandr Usyk defending his WBC title against Rico Verhoeven.
