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Job ID PD841237. The Senate chamber proceedings on Monday 4th September 2017. Senator Katy Gallagher in the Senate. Picture Gary Ramage

Citizenship catches up with ‘shifty’ Shorten

Labor’s vaunted citizenship vetting process was under attack last night as Bill Shorten resisted moves to refer senior frontbencher Katy Gallagher to the High Court despite her admission to contesting last year’s election as a dual British citizen. Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce labelled ­Mr Shorten a “total and utter unrepentant hypocrite” over the dual-­citizenship crisis after yesterday’s confirmation Senator Gallagher was British until two months after nomin­ations closed for the 2016 election. Stay abreast of the latest from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

“Watch this guy, he’s shifty, you can’t trust him.”

Barnaby Joyce on Bill Shorten

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Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU) President Ged Kearney at the National Press Club in Canberra, Tuesday, May 23, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Super ‘slush fund’ laws shelved

Malcolm Turnbull has been forced to shelve wide-reaching reforms to tackle hidden payments in the union-controlled, $2.3 trillion industry super funds after Senate crossbenchers pulled their support yesterday. It followed aggressive lobbying by the industry to kill off greater scrutiny and the imposition of ­independent directors.

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Controversial Alt Right figure MILO YIANNOPOULOS speaks at the Melbourne Pavilion in Flemington. Polce use pepper spray to disperse warring protesters. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Milo melee in Melbourne

Extra security measures are to be put in place when controversial alt-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos visits Parliament House in Canberra today, after police came under attack outside a speaking engagement he hosted in Melbourne last night. Protesters pelted police with rocks, glass bottles and sticks, as left and right-wing groups clashed violently outside the Melbourne Pavilion. Numbers swelled to more than 500 at the violent protest, which saw several brawls break out and police forced to deploy capsicum spray in a bid to stop the fighting.

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Gretel Packer at her 50th birthday dinner held at Chiswick Restaurant in Woollahra. Picture: Jonathan Ng

Gretel Packer goes ka-ching

Two years after David Gonski and Lloyd Williams administered the late Kerry Packer’s will, serious money is still migrating Gretel Packer’s way as another lazy $100 million lands in her purse, reveals Margin Call.

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England bowler Chris Woakes celebrates the wicket of Australian captain Steve Smith on Day 3 of the Second Test match between Australia and England at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, Monday, December 4, 2017. (AAP Image/Dave Hunt) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY, IMAGES TO BE USED FOR NEWS REPORTING PURPOSES ONLY, NO COMMERCIAL USE WHATSOEVER, NO USE IN BOOKS WITHOUT PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT FROM AAP

Smith gives Poms a sniff

They couldn’t, could they? Well, if they can’t nobody told them. And, if they do, Steve Smith will live all his life regretting not enforcing the follow-on, writes Peter Lalor. Swings and roundabouts have allowed England back into a Test match they had all but played themselves out of leading into the last session of the third day.

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Clement’s view

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