Michael Koziol is a journalist with Fairfax Media.
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Australia will attempt to salvage what is left of the moribund Trans Pacific Partnership after US President Donald Trump used his first full day of business to formally withdraw from the free trade deal, as he had long promised.
A 31-year-old man detained at Australia's offshore processing centre on Manus Island has been charged with raping a young woman in the provincial centre of Lorengau, Papua New Guinea police said.
He complained the case was primarily handled by a "junior staff member" rather than by the president, Gillian Triggs, or one of her close aides.
The Turnbull government's proposed version of marriage equality would further entrench discrimination by allowing civil celebrants and service providers to refuse to undertake gay weddings, the peak law body says.
The Turnbull government is making further moves toward establishing a government backed-bond vehicle for affordable housing as Treasurer Scott Morrison heads to Britain to seek guidance on Australia's housing affordability crisis and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull prioritises the issue.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd says Donald Trump should be given a chance to calm his temperament and "grow into the job" once he is officially inaugurated as US President on Saturday.
"We're talking about a trust crisis that is causing a systemic meltdown."
Passengers would be whisked through immigration and customs without stopping or encountering humans under a radical overhaul due to start this year.
Immigration Minister also backs the wearing of Islamic dress in public.
"I have taken out insurance just to not encourage anymore fights. I have amended my signature!"
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