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Hello readers. MP Ernest Wong accused of giving false evidence over $100K donation, and Nick Kyrgios wins while keeping his shirt on.

Ernest Wong arrives at the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) public inquiry into allegations concerning political donations in Sydney, Friday, August 30, 2019. (AAP Image/Dean Lewins) NO ARCHIVING

MP ‘gave false evidence over 100K’

Former NSW upper house MP Ernest Wong has been accused at ICAC of giving “false evidence” after allegedly telling someone the head table for a Chinese Friends of Labor dinner had been “taken for $100,000”. On the table were then Labor leaders Bill Shorten and Luke Foley.

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - AUGUST 29: Nick Kyrgios of Australia celebrates victory during his Men's Singles second round match against Antoine Hoang of France on day four of the 2019 US Open at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center on August 29, 2019 in Queens borough of New York City. Elsa/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

One small blow-up, a giant leap

Controversial Australian Nick Kyrgios has equalled his best result at the US Open in New York, and did so without incident. Almost.

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An anti Brexit demonstrator wears a mask depicting Britain's prime minister Boris Johnson protests outside the Cabinet office in London, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. Political opposition to Prime Minister Boris Johnson's move to suspend Parliament is crystalizing, with protests around Britain and a petition to block the move gaining more than 1 million signatures. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

Rebel MPs plan historic sitting

Tory rebels and Labour MPs plan to go to historic lengths to force an extension to the Brexit deadline. Brendean O’Neill writes that remoaner MPs are in a froth at Boris Johnson proroguing parliament. Who are they kidding?

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Genetic link to same-sex behaviour

The largest study of its kind finds genes contribute to same-sex sexual behaviour, but experts caution environmental factors also play a role.