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The Australian Council of Trade Unions [[ACTU]] has suspended the construction and general divisions of the C-F-M-E-U.
A-C-T-U secretary Sally McManus says the group has a zero-tolerance policy for corruption, criminal activities and violence.
"We will continue to do what is necessary to read our movement of any elements like that. This union movement is resolute in our determination to do so, and also saying, they do not represent us, that behaviour that, behaviour does not represent us, does not represent the trade union movement. It represents a very small section of people within one small section of our union."
The suspension has come hours after the Fair Work Commission's move to appoint an independent administrator to the union.
The Labor party's national executive will meet today on donations from the CFMEU's construction division.
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A joint investigation between Guardian Australia and SBS The Feed has uncovered footage showing children in Queensland being put into isolation cells in police facilities called watch houses.
Of the children who end up in watch houses, some are held for weeks at a time - a situation advocates argue is against their human rights.
Children in the Queensland youth justice system are disproportionately Indigenous, and many also have disabilities, commonly fetal alcohol spectrum disorder.
Brisbane psychologist Tim Spall says the whole system needs to change, to address the underlying issues the children face.
"My argument is, is that consequence should lead to better outcomes for both. If we don’t do that, we’re feeding these kids back into the same system… where they come back out and commit the same offence or similar offences again."
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Police say a group of people found dead in a luxury Bangkok hotel were poisoned with cyanide.
Investigators believe one of the six poisoned themselves and the others.
Bangkok deputy police chief, Noppasin Punsawat, says the motive for the crime is related to a business dispute worth millions of baht.
"Therefore, this case is a personal matter among these six individuals. It is not anything to do with a gang or organised crime that was behind or committing this in Thailand."
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US President Joe Biden has paused his election campaigning after testing positive to COVID-19.
The White House says he's returning to his home state of Delaware where he will self-isolate.
The diagnosis was announced at a planned campaign event for the United States' largest Latino nonprofit advocacy organisation, Unidos-U-S.
Its CEO Janet Murgula says this doesn't mean Mr Biden will be leaving the race.
"I was just on the phone with President Biden... He said to tell my folks that we're not gonna get rid of him that quickly. We're gonna have a chance to hear from him directly in the future. He's just really sorry he couldn't be with us."
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The Netherlands has commemorated the victims of flight MH17 that was shot down over Ukraine 10 years ago.
The ceremony has been attended by families of the victims, as well as representatives from Malaysia, Australia, the UK, Belgium, and Ukraine.
Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus has represented Australia at the ceremony.
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The major telcos are under mounting pressure to ensure every Australian can connect to triple-zero when the 3G network shuts down from next month.
The 3G switchover will happen from September the 1st for Telstra and Optus users.
The latest industry figures suggest there are still 102,000 mobile phones that are not compatible with 4G.
Still, communications minister Michelle Rowland says the government is pleased with the transition process.
She's encouraged customers to contact their service providers for further information.
"The Government is especially concerned about a subset of 4G handsets that have been configured by the manufacturer to rely on 3G for calls to Triple Zero. That's why we stood up a Working Group in March to address this challenge, which initially reported there could be up to 740,000 impacted devices. Thankfully, this figure has dropped by 86 per cent to around 102,000 devices - in large part thanks to the collaboration of mobile operators and the Working Group."
