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Studio 10 host called ‘racist’ in Australia Day debate | Sky News AustraliaStudio 10 co-host Kerri-Anne Kennerley has been labelled ‘racist’ by television and radio presenter and fellow panelist Yumi Stynes during an Australia Day debate.\n\nSky News host Rita Panahi says that using term racist in a discussion is a ‘predictable, lazy response’ that is used by many on the left argue to silence their ideological opponents. \n\nThe Outsiders host added that she applauded Ms Kennerley who 'put herself in the firing line' and raise the issue about the rates of abuse 'which should be talked about'. \n\n\n
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Three -year-old boy critical after near drowning | Sky News AustraliaA three-year-old boy is in critical condition after he almost drowned in a backyard pool in the Hunter Valley.\n\nThe boy was pulled from the pool by his mother just before 3pm on Saturday at a rural property near Singleton.\n\nShe began CPR before he was airlifted to the Children's Hospital at Westmead.\n\n\n\n
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Thai cave rescue divers named first-ever dual Australians of the Year | Sky News AustraliaHeroic cave divers Dr Craig Challen and Dr Richard Harris have been selected as this year's joint Australians of the Year. \n\nThe pair made headlines after aiding in the international effort to rescue twelve members of a Thai soccer team who became trapped in an underwater cave.\n\nDr Suzanne Packer was awarded Senior Australian of the Year for her work on children’s rights while Indigenous rapper and musician Danzal Baker was named as the Young Australian of the Year for pioneering rap music in his native language. \n\nThe 2019 Australian Local Heroes was awarded to the parents of Dolly Everett, Kate and Tick, for their work on promoting awareness for the effects of bullying and an anti-bullying campaign following the tragic death of their daughter.\n\nImage: Twitter \u002F ScottMorrisonMP\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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AMP collecting $100m a year from inactive 'zombie' accounts | Sky News AustraliaFinancial services company AMP has been collecting more than $100 million in fees every year from inactive 'zombie' superannuation accounts.\n\nThe firm, plagued by scandal in the banking royal commission, is made up of more inactive accounts than active ones.\n\nIt matches Productivity Commission estimates that a third of all super accounts are unintended multiple accounts.\n\nThe government is now working to return lost savings to Australians under a 'Protecting Your Super Package'.\n\nEfforts to pass the plan have so far been thwarted by super funds seeking amendments.\n\nImage: News Corp Australia\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Qld govt building in flies upside down half-mast flag on Australia Day | Sky News AustraliaThe Australian flag was at half-mast and upside down outside a government building in Mackay on Australia Day.\n\nThe Joan Seden building is where the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service is based. \n\nManager Alanah Munro told the Mackay Mercury that it was done on purpose due to January 26 being ‘a day of mourning’ for some.\n\nSky News host Peter Gleeson says that the act ‘politicised an Australia federal department and that probably needs to be investigated’, and that the major of Australians are ‘completely over this sort of grandstanding’. \n\n\n\n\n\n
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