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Morning Mail: Queensland election dance, Australian journalists referred to police, State of the Union

Guardian Australia's Morning Mail                                             
Thursday 22 January 2014
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Queensland election                                                                                                                                         


Queensland LNP MP Ray Stevens responds to David Donovan’s questions. Picture: YouTube 
Queensland LNP MP Ray Stevens has been recorded doing a bizarre, silent 'dance' in response to a journalist's questions about a potential conflict of interest.
Australian news and politics                                                                                                                       

 A boatload of asylum seekers arrive at Christmas island in December 2013. Journalists reporting on asylum seeker policies have been referred to police. Photograph: Jon Faulkner/AAP 
Exclusive: Journalists covering the Australian government’s asylum seeker policies are repeatedly being reported to federal police in a bid to uncover sources, a Guardian Australia investigation can reveal.

The first refugees have been moved out of detention on Manus Island as hunger strike continues and the PNG government threatens to cut off communications for asylum seekers, while two more hunger-strikers have reportedly swallowed razor blades.
The Coalition has signalled it is prepared to do'whatever it takes' to win Senate support to deregulate university fees, including dropping funding cuts.In the search for missing three-year-old William Tyrell, excavation crews were put to work as the police focused on the home of a washing machine repairman.
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President Obama delivers his 2015 State of the Union address 
In his State of the Union address, Barack Obama says "I still believe" as he vowed equality over hostility in an off-the-cuff and full of swagger speech that enraged the GOP. Watch the video here, ourextensive coverage here, and the State of the Union in emoji.

The leader of German anti-Islamisation movement Pegida has resigned after a photo of him posing as Adolf Hitler went viral.

Hamas spokesman calls stabbings on Tel Aviv bus 'heroic'
At least nine people were injured, four of them seriously, in a knife attack on a Tel Aviv bus, with the stabbings described by a Hamas spokesman as "heroic".

The mayor of Paris says she will sue Fox News over a false report saying there were “no-go zones” where non-Muslims and even police feared to tread.

One last thing                                                                                                                                               

 The Parkes radio telescope in western New South Wales, where the fast radio burst was detected. Photograph: CSIRO, ATNF/AAP 
A fleeting but immensely powerful celestial signal has been “heard” live for the first time, radio astronomers in Australia have announced, bringing scientists a step closer to discovering its mysterious origins.

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