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“Australia's national interest is best served when Candace Owens is somewhere else.”
Immigration Minister Tony Burke confirming conservative and controversial media commentator Candace Owens has been refused entry into Australia ahead of her speaking tour. Burke said Owens “has the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction”.

34 million
The number of Americans who have already voted in the Presidential Election, according to data reported by U.S. news outlets. The election is on November 5.

1916
A plebiscite to determine public support for conscription in Australia was held in October 1916. It failed – with a majority of Australians saying they do not support conscription.

The Liberal National Party (LNP) has won the Queensland state election, defeating the nine-year incumbent Labor Government.

LNP leader David Crisafulli will become the next Queensland Premier.

It’s the second time the LNP has won power in Queensland since 1989.

Outgoing Labor Premier Steven Miles conceded to Crisafulli in a phone call yesterday morning, with results so far showing the ALP is set to lost about 15 seats.

Results show Labor lost about 15 seats to the LNP - mostly outside Brisbane, including regional seats around Townsville, Mackay, and the Sunshine Coast.

The LNP won 48 seats, while Labor has won about 30 seats, meaning the LNP is set to form a majority government - it needed at least 47 seats to do this.

The ABC is projecting the LNP is projected to win 51 seats.

Counting will continue over the next few days, meaning some seats could still change hands.

The Greens also previously held two seats in Queensland’s state Parliament. Current results show they could be on track to lose one or both seats, although they remain in doubt as counting continues.

Labor leader Steven Miles did not officially concede defeat last night during his speech to his supporters, where he said: “I gave this election everything I had”.

Miles has since called Crisafulli this morning to concede.

Crisafulli thanked hundreds gathered at an LNP function last night, saying Queenslanders had “voted for hope over fear”.

He pledged to return the state “to the powerhouse we know it can be.”

Reporting by Harry Sekulich.

Australia’s telcos are completely switching off their 3G networks from today.

Telstra and Optus say the switch is necessary to improve the capacity, speed, and reliability of their 4G and 5G networks.

Vodafone already completed its 3G shutdown earlier this year.

Following the switch-off, devices relying on the 3G network will be unable to make or receive calls, send texts, or access the internet. This includes emergency calls.

In December last year, Vodafone became the first telco to shut down 3G. Following this, Optus and Telstra said they would shutdown their 3G network later in the year.

The telcos plan to reallocate technology used to run their 3G networks to support 4G and 5G services instead.

According to the Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association, the 3G closure will mainly impact older devices.

Newer devices are built with VoLTE technology, which enables them to operate on the 4G and 5G networks.

Some devices don’t have VoLTE capacity or revert to 3G when calling emergency services. With the 3G network shutting down, those devices won’t be able to make emergency calls.

Any medical devices, security devices, or EFTPOS machines on a certain 3G spectrum will also lose coverage.

To check your phone’s network , look at the status bar at the top of your screen for indicators like 3G, 4G, 5G, VoLTE, or LTE. If you see 5G, no action is needed.

For 4G, ensure all software updates are installed and VoLTE is enabled (iPhone 6 and later will automatically have done this).

If your device shows 3G, it will not work after the shutdown, and you will need to replace it.

Reporting by Chloe Christie.

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Paleontologists from the University of Colorado discovered the Heleocola piceanus in their state – which they say weighed about the same as a chicken. Believed to be a cousin of modern-day marsupials, it would have predominately lived in and around swamps.

It’s believed the little swamp dweller would have lived around 70-75 million years ago at a time when central-west America would have been largely underwater – in what scientists say is a rare discovery of a new species from the Cretaceous period.

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Reporting by Harry Sekulich.

Do you think it should be legal to take leave to care for your sick pet? That's what a proposed amendment to New York City's Earned Safe and Sick Time Act would allow.

The proposal, called Introduction 1089, would make it legal for any pet owner to use sick time to care for a pet.

Councilman Shaun Abreu, who introduced the bill, said: “We want to make people feel comfortable taking care of their animals."

He added, the legislation would improve the mental health of people living in the city, citing research that shows pet ownership can reduce stress, improve physical activity and support social connection. “Keeping our pets healthy keeps us healthy,” Abreu said.

Kathryn Wylde, the president of the Partnership for New York City, an influential business group, shared her concerns with The New York Times about the potential negative precedent set by allowing leave for “discretionary” activities.

She said: “These benefits cost money… at some point we have to recognise the limitations of what Government can or should mandate.”

Reporting by Chloe Christie.

Late last week, Richard White - the CEO of one of Australia’s biggest tech company, WiseTech Global - stepped down after a significant investigation by Nine Newspapers into the billionaire founder of the software and logistics business.

In today’s deep dive, we profile Richard White, and what this scandal could mean for one of Australia's most prolific publicly listed companies.