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Medical transfers are the 'backdoor way' for boat people to access Australia | Sky News AustraliaPrime Minister Scott Morrison has vowed the Coalition will vote against an Independent-backed asylum seeker medical evacuation bill, even if it means the government will lose a vote on the floor of parliament.\n\nLabor is supporting the legislation brought forward by Wentworth MP Kerryn Pehelps, which would make transfers for asylum seekers easier by giving the decision-making power to doctors.\n\nCurrently, the Home Affairs department has the final say over whether a refugee or asylum seeker who is housed in an offshore detention centre has the right to be transported to Australia to receive medical treatment.\n\nIf the government loses the vote, which they are expected to, it will be the first time since 1929 that a government has lost a vote on substantive legislation in the House of Representatives.
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Clive Palmer’s United Australia Party sends mass text warning ‘freedom is under threat’ | Sky News AustraliaClive Palmer’s United Australia Party has sparked anger after sending a text message to thousands, warning recipients that their ‘freedom is under threat’.\n\nSky News host Nicholas Reece says Australia has never seen anything like Mr Palmer’s advertising campaign, and that the election will show whether the campaign strategy works. \n\nFormer federal speaker Bronwyn Bishop says these ads have enough content that attracts people’s attention to give him some traction, but his next hurdle is giving voters a candidate for each electorate.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia
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Kate Miller-Heidke to represent Australia in 64th Eurovision song contest | Sky News AustraliaAustralian singer-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke will be representing the nation in the 64th annual Eurovision song contest.\n\nThe classically trained Miller-Heidke beat nine other acts in the running with her song 'Zero Gravity', highlighting her struggles with post-natal depression after the birth of her son.\n\nThe pop star, known for her hit songs 'The Last Day on Earth' and 'Caught in the Crowd', will be Australia's fifth entry into the competition which will be held in May in Tel Aviv, Israel.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Hakeem al-Araibi to return to Australia today | Sky News AustraliaMelbourne based refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi is on his way back to Australia after a Thai court ended its extradition proceedings against him. \n\nMr al-Araibi has been held in a Thai prison for more than two months after he was arrested under an Interpol red notice while entering the country for a holiday.\n\nThe 25-year-old had been sentenced to 10 years' jail in absentia by Bahrain for alleged vandalism, but he denies any involvement.\n\n\n
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More flash flooding forecast for north Qld | Sky News AustraliaFlood-stricken Townsville has seen more flash flooding on Wednesday morning, with 40 millimetres of rain falling in one hour and more rain forecast for Thursday and Friday.\n\nAuthorities have urged residents to be cautious in the clean-up, as the mud in homes could be mixed with sewerage.\n\nMost floodwater has now receded in the north Queensland city, with only a few streets still under water, and 12 schools reopened.\n\n\n\n\n
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No clear indication banking royal commission was leaked: Creigton | Sky News AustraliaThe Australian's Economic Editor Adam Creighton says it's not clear whether the banking royal commission was leaked before it was officially handed down by the government on Monday.\n\nLabor is urging the finance department to investigate whether the report was leaked to investors prior to its official release, prompting a buy-up in bank shares.\n\nCommissioner Kenneth Hayne's report was handed to the Coalition on Friday before its release to the public the following Monday.\n\nPrior to the government handing down the report, investors bought half a billion dollars worth of bank shares, netting them a profit in excess of $22 million dollars within 24 hours.\n\nMr Creighton says no one knows whether anyone passed the details onto investors prior to its release, since people could have guessed that Commissioner Hayne was not going to 'come down hard' on the financial sector.\n\n\n
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Media blames Donald Trump for attack on 'Empire' star: Bolt | Sky News AustraliaBlack, gay singer and actor Jussie Smollett claims he was attacked in Chicago by two racist and homophobic men who shouted slogans used by US President Donald Trump.\n\nSky News host Andrew Bolt says the media blamed President Trump for the incident, and that similar anti-Trump stories have been publicised in the past, that have since proved fake.\n\nMr Bolt says the ‘strange’ story should be a warning against people pushing stories they want to believe are true, but which they ‘cannot know are true’.\n\n\n\n\n\n
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