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Hello readers. Asylum-seekers set sail from Sri Lanka during the election campaign and were intercepted and sent to Christmas Island, and Julie Bishop to hit speaking circuit.

May 2019: 23 Sri Lankans aboard a SIEV are intercepted by the Australian navy, prior to being brought to Christmas Island then deported back to Colombo by plane.

Vote gets boat

The navy sent 20 asylum-seekers to Christmas Island for the first time in five years after intercepting a boat that set sail from Sri Lanka during the election campaign. Simon Benson suggests that people-smugglers follow politics in Australia more intently than most of us do and that presents Anthony Albanese with a test.

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Special counsel Robert Muller arrives to speak at the Department of Justice Wednesday, May 29, 2019, in Washington, about the Russia investigation. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Mueller breaks silence

Robert Mueller refuses to clear Trump, says it wasn’t an option to recommend criminal charges.

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Julie Bishop poses for a photograph at the Witchery and Ovarian Cancer Research Foundation White Shirt Campaign launch in Sydney, Wednesday, April 10, 2019. (AAP Image/Jeremy Piper) NO ARCHIVING

Bishop says no

Julie Bishop rejects state governor’s role for the speaking circuit, charging up to $50k per e vent.

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Brain surgeon Charlie Teo who has left the Cure Brain Cancer Foundation to set up his own charity during a photo shoot in Rosebery. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Prices challenged

Prices charged by surgeon Charlie Teo have been challenged by insurers and Medicare in the past.

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Kudelka’s view

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