Australia news live: Pauline Hanson opposes major gun buyback agreed in wake of Bondi terror attack

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Legislation for plan passed parliament earlier this year and is set to commence in NSW from November. Follow live updates

Pauline Hanson says she is opposed to a major gun buyback being announced by Anthony Albanese and the NSW premier, Chris Minns, in Sydney shortly.

Legislation for the plan passed parliament earlier this year, part of the response to the Bondi beach terror attack. It will be run in two phases, with the cost split 50:50 between the federal and NSW governments.

A different gun is for a different purpose, and you have to understand guns. I’ve got my own gun license, so I understand these people.

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How to beat an earthquake: The Colombian city where no one died – The Washington Post

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  1. How to beat an earthquake: The Colombian city where no one died  The Washington Post
  2. Hopes fade in Colombia as more bodies recovered days after powerful quake  Reuters
  3. Groom-to-Be, 24, Found Dead in Rubble of Collapsed Building Days Before His Wedding  People.com
  4. A Bright Spot in Colombia as Rescuers Free Quake Victim  The New York Times
  5. Colombia’s earthquake tore apart this family with triplets. Only one survived  CNN
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Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia’s coast, killing at least 47 – NPR

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  1. Magnitude 7.7 earthquake strikes off Indonesia's coast, killing at least 47  NPR
  2. Rescuers search for survivors of powerful Indonesia earthquake  BBC
  3. Rescuers search for survivors as Indonesian quake death toll rises to 47  RNZ
  4. 2 powerful earthquakes hit Indonesia in one day, killing at least 47  CBS News
  5. Magnitude-7.7 quake hits off coast of Indonesia, killing at least 47  NBC News
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Qatar denies capturing three Iranian pilots after downing fighter jets – BBC

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  1. Qatar denies capturing three Iranian pilots after downing fighter jets  BBC
  2. Iran Says Qatar Captured Its Pilots Months Ago, a Claim Qatar Rejects  The New York Times
  3. Iran claims Qatar is holding pilots, Israeli strikes kill 11 in Lebanon, and other Middle East news  AP News
  4. Qatar denies detaining Iranian pilots, says it found remains of one  Reuters
  5. Qatar denies it is detaining three Iranian bomber pilots  Al Jazeera
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One Nation senator says parents who support their trans children are engaging in ‘child abuse’

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‘There’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness,’ Tyron Whitten says on YouTube show

One Nation senator Tyron Whitten has claimed parents supporting their children who identify as transgender are engaging in “child abuse”, telling a fringe YouTube show: “there’s male, there’s female, and then there’s mental illness”.

Guardian Australia has unearthed several incendiary comments from Whitten and fellow One Nation senators Pauline Hanson and her longtime lieutenant Malcolm Roberts, about transgender Australians.

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Zimbabwe boat accident death toll hits 68 as 22 more bodies recovered

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Eighteen children among the people killed after ferry capsized on Lake Kariba

Twenty-two more bodies have been recovered after a boat accident in Zimbabwe, taking the death toll to 68, police said on Saturday.

The ferry capsized on Tuesday on Lake Kariba, on the border with Zambia. An investigation has suggested it was overloaded when it turned over during heavy winds.

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Roman shipwreck believed to be over 2,000 years old discovered in Sicily’s newly unearthed ‘underwater museum’ – New York Post

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  1. Roman shipwreck believed to be over 2,000 years old discovered in Sicily’s newly unearthed ‘underwater museum’  New York Post
  2. Italian Diver Discovers ‘Treasure at the Bottom of the Sea’ in Sicily  The New York Times
  3. Fishermen find ancient Roman shipwreck off coast of Sicily  CNN
  4. Video: Roman-era shipwreck from over 2,000 years ago discovered at bottom of ocean near Sicily  FOX Weather
  5. Roman shipwreck with 500 amphorae found off coast of Sicily  The Guardian
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Thousands of Bonnie Tyler fans gather to pay respects as coffin brought home

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Fans line streets, singing Total Eclipse of the Heart ahead of Welsh singer’s Swansea funeral

Thousands of Bonnie Tyler fans lined the streets of her home town in south Wales to pay respects to the singer as her coffin was brought back to her former home.

The singer, whose real name was Gaynor Sullivan, died unexpectedly on 8 July in Portugal at the age of 75.

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