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Palmer United?
Clive Palmer has labelled Jacqui Lambie a liar and said she was “planning to set up an alternate political party”; in return she has accused him of conducting “sly personal attacks” and declared she will “not be told how to vote”.
Lambie’s decision to vote against the PUP and the Coalition, along with a U-turn by Motoring Enthusiast party senator Ricky Muir, meant the Coalition’s changes to financial advice were defeated in the Senate last night.
Jerusalem synagogue attack
The attack prompted promises of a harsh response from Israeli prime minister Binjamin Netanyahu, who condemned it as a “cruel murder of Jews who came to pray” by two cousins who were shot dead themselves.
Israeli security forces destroyed the home of a Palestinian who last month ran over and killed two people at a Jerusalem tram stop, as Netanyahu vowed to speed up the demolition of the homes of the men who carried out the synagogue attack.
Australian news and politics
• Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young has lambasted Australia’s $40m resettlement program with Cambodia as “bribe money”, telling the Phnom Penh post, “There’s no future here.
• ABC and SBS funding is to be cut by $308m over five years; communications minister Malcolm Turnbull says this should not affect what Australians see or hear.
• French president Francois Hollande has committed to a process of identifying Indigenous remains held in French museums, with an expert committee to guide possible repatriation to Australia.
• Australia has won the third ODI against South Africa to go 2-1 up in the series.
Around the world
• While visiting Australia,French president Francois Hollande has insisted that the green climate fund which Tony Abbott rejected must be part of any international emissions reduction deal in Paris next year.
• US “pick-up artist” Julien Blanc has been barred from entering the UK, weeks after he was forced to cut short his Australian tour when his visa was cancelled.
• Gun sales are spiking around Ferguson, Missouri, in advance of a grand jury’s decision on whether to charge a white police officer who shot dead Michael Brown, a black 18-year-old who was unarmed.
• Prince Charles will continue to speak out on issues that matter to him once he becomes king, according to allies who say he is ready to reshape the monarch’s role.
• A snowstorm in New York state has killed at least five people.
More from around the web
• Among the most read on the Guardian this morning: Fuse ODG explains why he turned down Band Aid.
• Julie Bishop has used a UN address to urge the international community to do more to tackle terrorism, the ABC reports.
• Malcolm Turnbull has defended Tony Abbott’s pre-election comment that there would be no cuts to the ABC, saying he had made it clear that the ABC and SBS couldn’t be exempt from attempts to address the budget deficit, Fairfax reports.
• Severe storms have caused chaos in south east Queensland, news.com.au reports.
One last thing
Inside the oil fields fuelling the Isis insurgency.
Have an excellent day – and if you spot something I’ve missed, let me know on Twitter @newsmary.
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