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New National Party Leader Matt Canavan is calling for an increase in Australian manufacturing and the birth rate.
The 45-year-old senator from Queensland has been elected the new leader of the party, after the resignation of David Littleproud.
Canavan beat the other contenders - including Bridget McKenzie and former deputy party leader Kevin Hogan - in a three-way party room ballot.
Mr Canavan says, under the present federal government, Australia is losing the things that have made it great.
But he says there is nothing wrong with Australia that can't be fixed by what is right with Australia.
Victorian M-P Darren Chester will be Mr Canavan's deputy.
Mr Canavan was previously Minister for Northern Australia and Minister for Resources in the Turnbull and Morrison governments.
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Two more members of the Iranian women's football team have sought asylum in Australia.
The remaining team members have boarded a plane departing Sydney Airport for Kuala Lumpur last night [[Tue 10 Mar]].
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke says a sixth footballer and a support staff member requested asylum last night.
They join five footballers who accepted the offer of a humanitarian visa on Tuesday [[10 Mar]].
Mr Burke says the situation has been handled with care.
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong says that over 3,000 Australians have returned from the Middle East, with more flights currently en route.
She says with airports closed in Kuwait and Bahrain, Australian officials are working with partner countries on bus transportation to Riyadh enabling passengers to continue their journey on commercial flights.
Senator Wong says the ability to provide consular assistance remains limited, and commercial flights still remain the best way out of the region.
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The US military says it has eliminated 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the Strait of Hormuz.
In a post on social media, US President Donald Trump warned Iran against laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, saying such action threatens a military response at a level "never seen before".
The US-Israel war against Iran has effectively stopped shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, which transport about a fifth of the world's oil supply.
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A study has found almost 60 per cent of Indigenous employees experience racism in Australian workplaces.
The Centre for Indigenous People and Work at the University of Technology surveyed more than 1,100 Indigenous workers and found one in two [[53 per cent]] Indigenous employees still experience race-based comments and assumptions at work.
Only 40 per cent of employees reported that their workplaces were culturally safe.
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South Australian Police have returned to Oak Park Station in the state's north-east as they continue to investigate the disappearance of Gus Lamont.
The four-year-old was last seen at the family property on the 27th of September.
Police have searched several locations across the property - 45 kilometres south of the remote town of Yunta - for evidence.
Authorities continue to insist Gus' parents are not suspects in their investigation.
Police said two other family members aren't "co-operating" with investigators, while a third has also withdrawn their co-operation.
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In football, Liverpool coach Arne Slot says he's still upbeat, despite his side's defeat in the first leg of its European Champions League Round of 16 clash with Turkish side Galatasaray [[Gah-luh-ta-suh-rai]].
A diving header in the seventh minute from Galatasaray's Mario Lemina provided the only goal of the game in Istanabul, giving the Turkish side a one-nil advantage to take to Liverpool for the second leg next week.
But Slot says his side was unlucky - and probably won't be that unlucky again.
In Wednesday morning's [[aedt]] other Round of 16 first leg games... Bayern Munich demolished Atalanta, six goals to one... Atletico Madrid beat Tottenham, five goals to two... and Barcelona played out a one-all draw with Newcastle.
