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Good afternoon, readers. Labor has created a citizenship hit list and why Bill Shorten wants to ban alcohol from political events.

Good afternoon, readers. Labor has drawn up a citizenship hit list of 14 MPs and Senators and why Bill Shorten wants to ban alcohol from political events. Plus, The Australian launches a ground-breaking, major podcast series - The Teacher’s Pet.

Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Penny Wong holding a doorstop on proposed amendments to the marriage equality bill at Parliament House in Canberra.
Shadow Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus and Leader of the Opposition in the Senate Penny Wong holding a doorstop on proposed amendments to the marriage equality bill at Parliament House in Canberra.

Labor’s Coalition citizenship hit list

Labor has drawn up a hit list of 14 Coalition MPs and Senators who it says fail the government’s test of possible dual citizenship. But there is one main problem, according to Peter Van Onselen.

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Malcolm Turnbull  the Prime minister with a person giving the finger between the PM and Ross Vasta MP, meeting the locals at the Carindale Hotel, Carindale , Brisbane, on Thursday May 17, 2018. Politics in the Pub Westfield Shopping Centre. (AAP Image/Steve Pohlner)
Malcolm Turnbull the Prime minister with a person giving the finger between the PM and Ross Vasta MP, meeting the locals at the Carindale Hotel, Carindale , Brisbane, on Thursday May 17, 2018. Politics in the Pub Westfield Shopping Centre. (AAP Image/Steve Pohlner)

‘Best not to serve alcohol, PM’

Bill Shorten has called for Malcolm Turnbull to ban alcohol from political events after a man was fined for allegedly abusing the Prime Minister and ‘giving him the finger’ at a pub.

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This picture from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on May 7, 2018 and released on May 9 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a speech during his visit in the Chinese city of Dalian. Chinese President Xi Jinping met Kim Jong Un in China for the second time in six weeks on May 7 and 8 and later spoke with Donald Trump, in an intensifying whirlwind of diplomacy as the North Korean and US leaders prepare for a historic summit. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / KCNA VIA KNS / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT   ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP.  /
This picture from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on May 7, 2018 and released on May 9 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivering a speech during his visit in the Chinese city of Dalian. Chinese President Xi Jinping met Kim Jong Un in China for the second time in six weeks on May 7 and 8 and later spoke with Donald Trump, in an intensifying whirlwind of diplomacy as the North Korean and US leaders prepare for a historic summit. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / KCNA VIA KNS / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. /

‘Kim will be very, very happy’

Donald Trump has offered Kim Jong-un a guarantee: surrender your nuclear arsenal and stay in power — or meet the same fate as Colonel Gaddafi.

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John Setka Twitter account‏@CFMEUJohnSetkaCommon sense prevails today but the battle continues. This dispute has always been about safety and always will be. #auspolSetka and Shaun Reardon
John Setka Twitter account‏@CFMEUJohnSetkaCommon sense prevails today but the battle continues. This dispute has always been about safety and always will be. #auspolSetka and Shaun Reardon

I don’t know if I trust Bill: Setka

Militant construction union boss John Setka says he doesn’t know whether he trusts Bill Shorten, and plans to give the Labor leader six months to prove himself as prime minister.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 27, 2017 Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancée US actress Meghan Markle pose for a photograph in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in west London on November 27, 2017, following the announcement of their engagement. Prince Harry, who marries US former actress Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018 has been transformed in recent years from an angry young man into one of the British royal family's greatest assets. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
(FILES) In this file photo taken on November 27, 2017 Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancée US actress Meghan Markle pose for a photograph in the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in west London on November 27, 2017, following the announcement of their engagement. Prince Harry, who marries US former actress Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018 has been transformed in recent years from an angry young man into one of the British royal family's greatest assets. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS

A family like most others

Australians see much of their own families in the Windsors, and even Jack the Insider, a republican, sees this wedding as a cause for celebration. Here’s why the nation will be fixed to their screens as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle wed.

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