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Hello readers. Greens say they don’t respect the government’s mandate, and are the Wallabies better off without Israel Folau?

Greens Senator Nick McKim speaks to the media outside Parliament House in Hobart on Thursday May 16, 2019.

‘No mandate’

Greens senator Nick McKim has says the government has “no mandate” in the upper house. Keep up with the latest from parliament in our live blog, PoliticsNow.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 17: Israel Folau of the Wallabies takes a high ball and score a try during the International Test match between the Australian Wallabies and Scotland at Allianz Stadium on June 17, 2017 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

Better without Folau?

For only the second time since 2013, the Wallabies will pick a side this week that doesn’t include Israel Folau. Wayne Smith wonders: Will they really miss him?

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Former Greens leader Bob Brown poses for a photograph during a press conference in Hobart, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Bob Brown was responding to the latest developments surrounding the Adani coalmine and the Queensland state government. (AAP Image/Matthew Newton) NO ARCHIVING

Protest HQ

Former Greens leader Bob Brown is raising $500,000 for anti-Adani protest headquarters.

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22/11/2010 WIRE: LOS ANGELES - NOVEMBER 22: TSA agents stand near an Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) full-body scanner at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on November 22, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. AIT scanners see through clothing to photograph the entire body to reveal undisclosed objects. Increasing use of the scanner at airports by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is being met with outrage by many US travelers. Passengers who refuse an X-ray scan are required to undergo an intimate pat down by TSA agents. David McNew/Getty Images/AFP== FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY == Pic. Afp

X-ray revolution

No more removing laptops or water bottles, amid a five-fold increase in passenger screening as the X-ray revolution comes to an airport near you.

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Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers after holding a doorstop at Parliament House in Canberra.

Clutching at straws

Deputy Opposition Leader Richard Marles concedes that Labor is grieving after its electoral loss. If so, writes Judith Sloan, the party’s Treasury spokesman, Jim Chalmers, is stranded in the denial phase of that grieving.