Your morning Briefing: Priceless: Shorten’s climate change cost

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Hello readers. Bill Shorten has conceded it’s not possible to put a price on his climate change costs, and a giant of poetry passes.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten during the first leaders forum at the Seven West Media Studios in Perth, Monday, April 29, 2019.

Priceless: Bill’s climate costs

Bill Shorten has conceded for the first time that it is not possible to put a single price on the cost of his emissions-reduction targets. Paul Kelly writes that neither leader won by a knockout or on points in their first debate, while Dennis Shanahan suggests Mr Shorten won the heart while Mr Morrison won the head. Keep up with the latest from the campaign trail in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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The man within the poetry

A giant of the Australian page, Les Murray wrote poems about his home, his beloved wife, his fears. Trent Dalton reports.

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In this undated and unlocated tv grab taken from a video released by Al-Furqan media, the chief of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi appears for the first time in five years in a propaganda video. - The elusive chief of the IS group al-Baghdadi has appeared for the first time in five years in a propaganda video released on April 29 by the jihadist organisation. It is unclear when the footage was filmed, but Baghdadi referred in the past tense to the months-long fight for Baghouz, IS's final bastion in eastern Syria, which ended last month. (Photo by - / various sources / AFP) / 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. RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / SOURCE / AL-FURQAN" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS /

‘More to come’

In an IS video, a man said to be leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi praises the Sri Lanka bombers and vows more attacks.

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One Nation party official Steve Dickson filmed in a strip club in America.Pictured fondling and giving money to one of the strippers in the club..Must Credit Channel 9

Dickson resigns

One Nation senate candidate Steve Dickson has resigned to Pauline Hanson after footage emerged of him groping dancers and making disparaging comments about a woman in a Washington DC strip club. The damning footage was aired on Nine’s A Current Affair.

“I would like to sincerely apologise for my behaviour.”

Steve Dickson

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Kudelka’s view

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