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Hello readers. Deputy Labor leader Tanya Plibersek will not be vying for the party’s top job, and Israel Folau hasn’t given up on playing professionally again despite his contract with Rugby Australia being torn up.

Shadow Employment Minister Tanya Plibersek delivers a speech at the Labor Party campaign launch for the 2019 Federal election at the Brisbane Convention Centre in Brisbane, Sunday, May 5, 2019. A Federal election will be held in Australian on Saturday May 18, 2019. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

Plibersek: ‘Now is not my time to run’

Tanya Plibersek has ruled herself out of the running for the Labor leadership.

Ms Plibersek, who campaigned alongside Bill Shorten as his deputy, argues she would have had strong support to contest the leadership, but is concerned about the impact on her family. Keep up with the latest in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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Israel Folau has responded after his Rugby Australia contract was torn up. Picture:

‘No confidence they’ll treat me fairly’

Israel Folau says he has “no confidence” in rugby’s governing body to treat him fairly as he formally severed all ties with Australian rugby after he missed a deadline to appeal against the termination of his contract.

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Dr. Kerryn Phelps concedes defeat to Liberal candidate for Wentworth Dave Sharma as she is joined by her supporters in Double Bay in Sydney, Monday, May 20, 2019. Scott Morrison and the Coalition have claimed a majority victory in the Federal Election, winning at least 76 seats after Dave Sharma re-claimed Wentworth for the Liberals. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

‘We put up a great fight’

Independent MP for Wentworth Kerryn Phelps has conceded defeat after losing to Liberal challenger Dave Sharma. Dr Phelps won the blue-ribbon Sydney seat last year against Mr Sharma in a shock after Malcolm Turnbull resigned. But on Saturday, Liberal voters returned to the government.

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Jaqui Lambie and Steve Martin at Sky News forum in Launceston. Photographer: Chris Testa

New-look Senate to benefit PM

Tony Abbott called them “feral”.

Paul Keating described them as “unrepresentative swill”.

But the new batch of senators starting on July 1 should be more open to talks with the Morrison government.

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Kit Harington as Jon Snow in Game Of Thrones. Photo: Helen Sloan/HBO

Who claimed the iron throne?

SPOILER ALERT | There was a mixed reaction to the long-awaited finale, after it aired on Foxtel today.