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Coalition and Labor received Huang Xiangmo donations despite warnings | Sky News AustraliaThe Coalition and Labor party continued receiving political donations from Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo despite warnings from ASIO, News Corp senior correspondent Charles Miranda says. \n\nMr Miranda has told Sky News that Mr Huang made 'multiple million dollar donations' even after ASIO had warned former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull and Labor leader Bill Shorten that the Chinese property developer was potentially an 'agent of influence' on the Chinese Communist Party payroll. \n\nMr Huang's citizenship application was stopped and his permanent residency cancelled by the Home Affairs office on Wednesday.\n\nThe decision from the department, made while Mr Huang was offshore, leaves him unable to re-enter Australia, where he has lived with his family since 2011. \n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n
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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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Coalition playing politics over border security: Labor | Sky News AustraliaLabor frontbencher Andrew Leigh says the government is running a ‘fear campaign’ over border security as parliament resumes this week.\n\nThe lower house is preparing to debate a bill first brought forward by Wentworth MP Kerryn Phelps, which gives doctors greater discretion to transfer sick refugees and asylum seekers to Australia from offshore detention camps.\n\nLabor leader Bill Shorten will receive an ASIO briefing on the legislation, with security agencies allegedly warning that the legislation could result in over one thousand refugees and asylum seekers transferred to Australia from offshore camps.\n\nMr Leigh says Labor is ‘open to a middle way’ that maintains Australia’s border security but allows sick asylum seekers and refugees to secure the medical treatment they need.\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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Coalition defends submarine delay | Sky News AustraliaFULL INTERVIEW: Defence Industry Minister Steven Ciobo has defended the delay in the rollout of Australia’s newest batch of submarines, which will not be fully commissioned until 2034.\n\nOn Monday, Defence Minister Christopher Pyne and French Armed Services Minister Florence Parly signed the $50 billion submarines agreement in Canberra.\nIt follows years of negotiations with the French shipbuilder and delays over budget.\n\nMr Ciobo told Sky News the first submarine will be undergoing ‘sea trials’ well before 2034.\n\n\n
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Hakeem al-Araibi to arrive in 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
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