08:00:00 09/11/2016
After a marathon 18 months of campaigning, election day has arrived in America where voting is underway to elect a 45th president of the United States. Both candidates are in New York City where they cast their votes this morning. North America correspondent Stephanie March reports from New York.
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08:04:00 09/11/2016
This morning, Donald Trump has been maintaining his attack on the legality of the US presidential ballot, telling a US news network of possible voting irregularities. Although campaigning is over, both Clinton and Trump have been fighting for votes over the airwaves.
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08:07:00 09/11/2016
The Federal Government is facing another battle in the Senate, this time over the so-called backpacker tax. The Coalition originally wanted the tax set at 32.5 per cent but dropped that to 19 per cent after lobbying from the farm sector and its own backbench. But now Labor and crossbench Senator Jacqui Lambie want to cut the rate even further. The Government argues if the legislation doesn't pass by the end of the year it will enforce the original tax rate.
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08:16:00 09/11/2016
The Government may have to be prepared to compromise if it wants its legislation banning refugees who are in offshore detention from ever visiting Australia to pass the Senate. Nick Xenophon and his party colleagues have been briefed by the Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. The party won't necessarily vote as a bloc, although Senator Xenophon says he'd be more likely to support it if there's an increase to the humanitarian intake. Meanwhile David Leyonhjelm says he's not convinced that the policy can work in practice.
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08:18:00 09/11/2016
Attention will also be in Bali today as an Australian woman and her British boyfriend face court for the first time over the alleged murder of a veteran police officer. Sara Connor from Byron Bay and David Taylor from Britain are facing the full brunt of the Indonesian judicial system with prosecutors appearing determined to convict them both equally of murder.
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08:20:00 09/11/2016
A parliamentary committee examining a possible amendment to the Criminal Code of the war crimes bill has been told that any attempt to widen the definition of who is a targetable member of an armed group could put Australia out of step with international humanitarian law. The committee is examining the war crimes bill in an effort to come to a clearer definition of who is and who isn't a civilian in war.
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08:24:00 09/11/2016
A new study suggests that Australians are wasting nearly $7.5 billion a year trying to save money in all the wrong areas. Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney found that most people try to save on travel, clothes and food shopping rather than on credit cards, home loans and other major investments. What's more, despite pinching pennies in minor areas, many feel that it's not worth the time or effort to seek out a better deal in the major ones. The researchers found that those who considered themselves spendthrifts were actually the ones more likely to seek out the best deals when it came to major life purchases.
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06:11:00 09/11/2016
A grand-daughter of a former prime minister is the joint winner of the top honour in this year's Prime Minister's Literary Awards. Lisa Gorton won for her novel The Life of Houses which looks at relationships between three generations of an Australian establishment family. And she had rich personal experiences to draw on - her grandfather, Sir John Gorton, was a Liberal prime minister and her husband is from a prominent pioneering family. Joining her on the winner's podium was Charlotte Wood who wrote the critically acclaimed book, The Natural Way of Things.
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