Your afternoon Briefing: Palmer opts for Senate bid

Your 2-minute digest of the top stories this afternoon.

Hello readers. Clive Palmer has opted for the easier path to the Senate for the Federal election, and tragedy has struck in rural Victoria, with a man killed by a pet deer.

 

Palmer opts for Senate bid

Clive Palmer will contest a senate seat at the May 18 federal election, abandoning his long-touted tilt to run in the Melbourne Cup field of candidates for the Townsville-based seat of Herbert.

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Housing ‘key risk’ to economy

The flagging housing market is the biggest risk to the economy that will be inherited by the next government, according to Treasury.

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Mandi and Paul McDonald - victims of a deer attack in Moyhu

Man killed by pet deer

A pet deer attacked and killed a man and seriously injured his wife as she tried to save him.

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No messiah, but Wikileaks a cult

Julian Assange exhorts Wikileaks devotees to troll his detractors, especially any who leave its confines, writes Jack The Insider.

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