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Good morning, readers. Israel Folau reveals he offered to quit rugby union and migration is making Australians wealthier.

Good morning, readers. Israel Folau reveals he offered to quit rugby union and migration is making Australians wealthier.

Wallabies player Israel Folau poses for a photograph after a press conference at the Australian Rugby Union headquarters in Sydney, Monday, October 23, 2017. Folau will play his last game of the season with the Wallabies against the Barbarians on Saturday at Allianz Stadium. (AAP Image/Daniel Munoz) NO ARCHIVING

Folau prepared to walk away

Israel Folau has revealed he offered to quit rugby union if his position with Rugby Australia was considered untenable.

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16/04/2018. Clare Veness is from Edinburgh and came over to Australia on a skilled migrant visa in 2015, she is now a Permanent Resident. Photographed near her home in Waterloo in Sydney's inner South. Britta Campion / The Australian

Migration a net boost to economy

Migration is forecast to add up to one percentage point to GDP growth each year for 30 years.

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Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten speaks to media in Brisbane, Monday, April 16, 2018. Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has thrown his support behind the Queensland government's controversial Cross River Rail project. (AAP Image/Glenn Hunt) NO ARCHIVING

Members fleeing Labor Party

Bill Shorten’s plan to lift Labor Party membership to 100,000 has failed, with those leaving the party outpacing those who are joining.

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PM Malcolm Turnbull at a press conference, Parliament House in Canberra. Picture Kym Smith

Malcolm, do not read this column

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull may ‘stay sane’ by ignoring the ‘negative stuff’, but it won’t go away, writes Maurice Newman.

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16/04//2018: A surfer helps a fellow board rider (L) who has just been attacked by a shark in Gracetown, Western Australia. PIC: Peter Jovic for The Australian

A mate’s helping hand to safety

The surfer mauled by a 4m shark punched it before a mate helped him bodysurf to shore in one of 2 attacks in WA’s Margaret River.