Your morning Briefing: Super raids to pay for weight-loss surgery

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Hello readers. Australians are raiding their super to pay for weight loss surgery, and inside Operation Talisman Sabre.

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Super raids

Australians are tapping their super to pay for healthcare at an unprecedented rate, with over 30,000 requests approved last financial year.

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Business voice

Corporate heavyweights are urging Scott Morrison to reverse his opposition to a constitutionally enshrined ‘voice to parliament’.

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Australian troops on the shore. Australian Forces during a beach assault at Shoalwater Bay. Pic Peter Wallis

Battle royal

For days, the F-35s had been attacking enemy positions up and down Stanage Bay, clearing the way for the coalition landing force. Paul Maley gets a peek into Operation Talisman Sabre.

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Eric Lobbecke Op Ed Cartoon for 17-07-2019. Version: Ozoped Artwork (1280x720 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.

Stand and deliver

The first rule of elections is to be crystal clear about what you promise. The second is to be certain about your ability to deliver it, writes Janet Albrechtsen.

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(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 17, 2016 Hamas politburo member Fathi Hammad speaks during a press conference at his home in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. - The senior member of Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas has encouraged Palestinians across the globe to kill Jews, drawing outrage from both Israeli and Palestinian officials as well as a UN envoy. (Photo by MAHMUD HAMS / AFP)

‘Kill all Jews’

A senior member of Gaza’s Islamist rulers Hamas has encouraged Palestinians across the globe to kill Jews, drawing outrage from Israeli and Palestinian officials as well as a UN envoy.

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Kudelka’s view

Jon Kudelka Letters Cartoon for 17-07-2019. Version: Letters Cartoon (1280x720 - Aspect ratio preserved, Canvas added)COPYRIGHT: The Australian's artists each have different copyright agreements in place regarding re-use of their work in other publications.Please seek advice from the artists themselves or the Managing Editor of The Australian regarding re-use.