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1. Jo Cox’s alleged killer “had Neo-Nazi links”
The suspect in the killing of British politician Jo Cox has a history of ties with a neo-Nazi group, according to an organisation that tracks extremist groups.
The Southern Poverty Law Center released receipts on Thursday showing that Thomas Mair, 52, had bought materials from the publishing imprint of a neo-Nazi group called the National Alliance, The New York Times reports.
In 1999, Mr Mair also purchased materials including publications on how to make a gun, the receipts showed.
Cox was shot and stabbed on a street in northern England on Thursday.
2. War veteran responds to sexist note
US war veteran Rebecca Landis Hayes has hit back at the stranger who left a sexist note on her car.
Hayes parked her car in a space reserved for war veterans while shopping in Concord, North Carolina, this week.
When she returned with her groceries, she found a note on the windscreen that read: “This parking is for veterans, lady. Learn to read and have some respect.”
Ms Hayes shared the narrow-minded anonymous note on Facebook, along with her own scathing response.
She pointed out that she was a veteran, having served eight years in the US Navy.
“I’m sorry that you can’t see my eight years of service in the United Sates Navy," Ms Hayes wrote. "I’m sorry that your narrow misogynistic world view can’t conceive of the fact that there are female Veterans.
“I’m sorry that I have to explain myself to people like you. Mostly, I’m sorry that we didn’t get a chance to have this conversation face to face, and that you didn’t have the integrity and intestinal fortitude to identify yourself, qualities the military emphasises."
She ended the powerful post with with: “I served, did you?”
Her Facebook response has been shared more than 10,000 times already.
3. Turnbull and Shorten clash in online debate
The leaders of Australia's two major political parties have battled it out in a live Facebook debate addressing issues including marriage equality and jobs.
More than 1.6 million people saw the debate between ALP leader Bill Shorten and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull in their Facebook newsfeed on by Friday night, ABC News reports.
Those in the live audience judged Shorten the winner, by a rather large margin of 17 to 7, ABC News reports.
During the debate, Turnbull ruled out legislative change to penalty rates in the next parliamentary term if the Coalition is re-elected.
Meanwhile, Shorten criticised the Coalition's stance to hold a plebiscite on same-sex marriage after the election, ABC News reports. Shorten has pledged to legalise same-sex marriage within 100 days if elected, without a plebescite.
4. Orlando shooter's wife faces criminal charges
Orlando shooter Omar Mateen texted with his wife during last weekend's massacre at a Florida gay club Pulse, it's been revealed. Now she could face criminal charges for possible involvement in the crime, according to a Fox News report citing law enforcement officials.
Detectives told Fox that if Noor Salman, 30, did drive her husband to scout locations and buy ammunition -- as some reports have claimed -- she could be found just as guilty as him of committing a hate crime.
It has also been revealed that Salman called her husband soon after 2am that fatal Sunday.
Mateen did not answer, so at 2.30am Salman texted: "Where are you?," a law enforcement official told CNN.
Mateen, who had just started the horrifying massacre at that point, texted his wife back asking: "Do you see what's happening?"
When she replied back texting "no," he wrote: "I love you babe."
Investigators have not revealed if Ms Salman called authorities during the shooting to identify her husband as the gunman.
The devastating hate crime, which targeted the LGBT+ community on Latin Night at the popular gay nightclub, left 49 victims dead and 53 more injured.
Mateen also died during the attack.
5. Australians warned of Zika virus in Indonesia
Pregnant women are being advised to consider postponing travel to Indonesia, ABC News reports.
The Australian government has updated its travel advice, warning that Indonesia is experiencing sporadic transmission of the Zika virus, the mosquito-borne condition that has been linked to microcephaly.
Microcephaly is a birth defect that involves the brain not developing properly, resulting in a small head.
6. CEO sleep-out gatecrashed by homeless
A group of homeless people has gatecrashed the Vinnies CEO Sleepout event being held in Adelaide, ABC News reports.
The annual event involves business executives sleeping outside to raise money and awareness for homeless services. It is held in various locations across Australia.
In Adelaide, marquees and fences were erected for the event in Whitmore Square, which the ABC reports is usually frequented by homeless people.
St Vincent de Paul CEO David Wark told 891 ABC Adelaide the homeless people accused the CEO participants of not truly understanding their plight.
"The homeless people were demanding in one instance, 'can you give us some money', and in other instances 'what are you doing here? Don't think you know what homelessness is like because you're sleeping out for a night', which is a very fair point to make," Mr Wark said.
7. Tigerair: The most complained-about airline in the country
Tigerair has once again been named the most complained-about airline in Australia, Yahoo! News reports.
A 2015 report from the Federal Government-appointed Airline Customer Advocate (ACA) showed 1204 complaints were received about Tigerair.
That figure is six per cent up from 2014.
8. A Current Affair gets rare access to Nauru
Television program A Current Affair has gained exclusive access to Nauru's offshore detention centre, defying a virtual media blackout on the remote island.
The Channel Nine program announced an episode to run on Monday night from inside the detention centre, saying the story would "stun Australia".
"We'll take you inside the Australian-run regional processing centre," the statement, released on Friday, said.
"It marks the very first time that a television crew has been granted access to the controversial facility."
Foreign journalists must pay an $8000 visa fee to visit Nauru. That hefty fee is not refunded if the application is rejected, The Sydney Morning Herald reports.
9. NSW toddler dies after being hit by truck
A three-year-old boy has died after he was struck by a truck in the Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales.
A truck in Arcadia Vale struck the toddler as he was running across the road about 3.50pm on Friday.
Police and paramedics attended, and the boy was taken by ambulance to John Hunter Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
The male driver of the truck, whose age is not yet known, was taken to the same hospital for a mandatory blood and urine sample.
A report has been prepared for the Coroner. Police are conducting inquiries.
Police are urging anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000, or use the Crime Stoppers online reporting page.
10. Canada has changed its national anthem to include women
Canada's parliament has just tweaked its national anthem to make it gender-neutral, Pedestrian.TV reports.
The Canadian Parliament voted to change a line in the anthem, which used to say "in all thy sons command."
The amended line now says: "in all of us command."
The change was driven by Liberal MP Mauril Belanger, who is suffering from the final stages of terminal Motor Neurone Disease.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is a self-described feminist, stood alongside his fellow parliamentarians to applaud Belanger after the vote passed Canada's lower house, Pedestrian.TV reports.
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6. St Vincent de Paul CEO David Wark, you are an idiot!, of course they don't think one night sleeping out in a secured is the same as homelessness, they do it to raise money for YOUR organisation!, money to spend on services decided by YOUR organization!. Do these ceo's need to be harrased by the very people they seek to help?, do you think they'll be raising money for Vinnie's next year now that you've slapped them down?. What you should have done is supported the supporters of St Vincent de Paul, without them what good can you do?
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