Your morning Briefing: Boris to call election after losing crucial vote

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Hello readers. Boris Johnson is set to call a general election after MPs won a crucial vote stopping a no-deal Brexit.

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London on September 2, 2019. - Prime Minister Boris Johnson chaired an emergency cabinet meeting Monday on the eve of a showdown with parliament over Brexit, amid growing speculation he could call an early election to ensure Britain leaves the European Union next month. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

Boris to call election after losiong crucial vote

Boris Johnson is to call a general election after MPs won crucial vote aimed at stopping a no-deal Brexit, writes Anne Barrowclough.

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Visa shake-up for economy

Skilled-migration occupation lists will be overhauled in a shake-up of foreign worker visas.

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Peter Dutton says if the Tamil family stays there will be 6000 others wanting the same.

Tamil case sets path for 6000 others

Almost 6000 asylum-seekers whose refugee claims were rejected after they arrived by boat under the previous Labor government are engaged in legal appeals to stay.

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Nine Entertainment Chairman Peter Costello (left) and CEO Hugh Marks pose for a photograph ahead of the Nine Entertainment Annual General Meeting in Sydney, Wednesday, November 14, 2018. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING

Fairfax throwbacks foam over Lib event

Nine newspaper journos have expressed alarm at $10,000-a-head Liberal fundraiser hosted by their boss.

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Shadow Minister for Immigration and Citizenship Kristina Keneally addresses the media at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Melbourne, Monday, September 2, 2019. Keneally has made a statement addressing the Morrison government's response to the deportation of the Biloela Tamil family. (AAP Image/James Ross) NO ARCHIVING

Keneally keen on sermons, not policy

The show pony senator sides with the Greens and exposes Labor border protection doubts, writes Janet Albrechtsen.

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Australia's Mitchell Starc takes part in a nets session at Old Trafford, Manchester, England, Monday Sept. 2, 2019. The 4th Ashes Test cricket match between England and Australia will begin on Wednesday Sept. 4. (Simon Cooper/PA via AP)

Starc prepared for rebirth

Mitchell Starc and Peter Siddle are vying for a seamer’s berth in the fourth Ashes Test in Manchester, writes Peter Lalor.

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Kudelka’s view

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