Your afternoon Briefing: Labor falls into line as foreign fighters bill passes

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Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton during Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Labor falls into line as foreign fighters bill passes

Scott Morrison’s foreign fighters bill has become law when it passed the Senate this afternoon, after Labor supported it despite expressing concerns about the power it would give Peter Dutton to exclude citizens suspected of aiding terrorists overseas.

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hand holding smartphone when sleeping on bed. Picture: iSTockEscape, sleeping travel wisdom, Natalia Cooper

Rude awakening: parties hang up on robocalls

A string of early-morning calls to irate South Australians has prompted both sides of politics to look at scrapping robocalls.

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PM Scott Morrison during Question Time in the House of Representatives Chamber, at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Coalition won’t bow to GetUp ‘bullies’: PM

Scott Morrison says the campaign against Tony Abbott was one of the “grubbiest” things he’s seen in politics, unloading on the activist group during Question Time. Follow the latest from Canberra with our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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DAILY TELEGRAPH - Pictured is Anita Cobby's murderer Gary Murphy, being released from Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick today after being bashed in prison. Picture: Tim Hunter.

Cobby killer seen in public

Frail, dishevelled, bearded and shackled, Anita Cobby killer Gary Murphy has been sighted for the first time decades after he was marked “never to be released”.

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FILE - This March 28, 2017, file photo, provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows Jeffrey Epstein. A judge denied bail for jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein on sex trafficking charges Thursday, July 18, 2019, saying the danger to the community that would result if the jet-setting defendant was free formed the "heart of this decision." (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP)

Epstein found unconscious in cell

American financier and accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein has reportedly been found injured with marks on his neck in his New York jail cell.