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Your 2-minute digest of the day’s top stories.

Hello readers. Bob Hawke’s widow says it’s time to “smile again” in an emotional tribute to her late husband, and the US releases an explosive video.

Paul Keating, left, and Blanche D'Alpuget have paid tribute to the late former prime minister Bob Hawke at his state memorial service at the Sydney Opera House.

It’s time to smile again after grief: Blanche

Bob Hawke’s widow Blanche d’Alpuget marks the transition from loss to the “celebration of a magnificent man and a life triumphantly well lived,” at a packed memorial ceremony for the much-loved and arguably greatest ever PM.

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This June 13, 2019, image released by the U.S. military's Central Command, shows damage and a suspected mine on the Kokuka Courageous in the Gulf of Oman near the coast of Iran. The U.S. military on Friday, June 14, 2019, released a video it said showed Iran's Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz, suggesting the Islamic Republic sought to remove evidence of its involvement from the scene. (U.S. Central Command via AP)

Explosive limpet mine video

The US military has released a video it said showed Iran’s Revolutionary Guard removing an unexploded limpet mine from one of the oil tankers targeted near the Strait of Hormuz | WATCH.

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20/05/2019. Kerryn Phelps press conference conceding defeat in the seat of Wentworth, Double Bay.Jane Dempster/The Australian.

Failed independents get $10K

Prominent independent candidates — including Kerryn Phelps, Rob Oakeshott and Julia Banks — have received a $10,800 taxpayer-funded cash payment despite failing to win seats.

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‘Family’ cult leader dead

Cult leader Anne Hamilton-Byrne – notorious for founding the Victorian-based sect The Family and considering herself to be the reincarnation of Jesus – has died in a Melbourne nursing home at age 98.

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No fist pumps until you leave

People with cancer measure it in increments. Enjoy the good. Deal with the bad. Jack has some good.