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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Thursday 24 November 2016 g AMA head criticises 'demonisation' of big pharma by anti-vaxxers Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail. Sign up here for our Guardian Today email, sent every day at noon, and you can sign up to our new Guardian Australia sport email here. Among the top stories on our website this morning, the president of the Australian Medical Association, Dr Michael Gannon, says it has been disappointing to see a growing "demonisation of pharmaceutical companies" by the anti-vaccination movement in an attempt to promote distrust of proven medicines. Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, including the launch of our special investigation on the private health insurance system, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines Far-right terrorist Thomas Mair jailed for life for Jo Cox murder Unemployed gardener, 53, given whole-life sentence for murder of MP that judge said was inspired by white supremacism Arias 2016: Flume, marriage equality and lockout laws dominate music awards Crowded House inducted into hall of fame as Kylie Minogue makes surprise appearance at event Ruby Rose dubs 'a huge win for the LGBT community' Trump chooses Nikki Haley and Betsy DeVos for administration posts – live South Carolina governor picked to be UN ambassador while DeVos chosen to lead education department, as the first women named for top-level positions Australian teen Jamie Murphy walks free in Bali after negative drug test Indonesian police say teenager is 'very lucky' to be leaving island after tests show white powder allegedly found on teen did not contain illegal drugs Coalition loses vote after One Nation no-show – politics live Pauline Hanson and Brian Burston fail to show up after promising to back a $5 increase in the passenger movement charge. Follow the day's developments … Australian news and politics Federal government 'dragging its heels' on child abuse redress scheme Victoria says the government is keeping survivors in the dark as they await further detail on how scheme would work Brisbane man sues Google for $750,000 over defamatory search results Jarrod Sierocki won a record payout last year over the appearance of online slurs. He now alleges Google has made the material available again Di Gipey: 'You have no idea what's normal' In the third in a series of portraits of women tackling Indigenous domestic violence, the woman who runs the only Alice Springs shelter talks about how she was drawn into the sector by her own experiences Police​ charge teenager over alleged illegal radio transmissions to aircraft Over two months there were 16 unauthorised transmissions at Victorian airports, forcing at least one plane to abort its landing Indigenous overrepresented in every category of child or infant death in NT Report examines 38 child deaths and 35 stillbirths which occurred in Northern Territory in 2015 Pauline Hanson reasserts control of One Nation after chaotic day Embattled senator Rodney Culleton says he has his party leader's full support after delayed meeting with her Emma Husar's tearful domestic violence speech greeted with applause – video The Labor backbencher recounts in parliament the story of her childhood living with domestic violence – a life spent in shelters and hotel rooms above pubs, living in constant fear Around the world Nato chief tells EU: spend more to secure Trump's support Jens Stoltenberg urges European countries to follow UK's example by spending at least 2% of GDP on defence Nikki Haley chosen to serve as Trump's US ambassador to United Nations South Carolina governor is first female – and first non-white – cabinet-level nominee in Donald Trump's budding administration Jill Stein prepares to request election recounts in battleground states Green party presidential candidate seeks donations to fund efforts in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin over 'compelling evidence of voting anomalies' Israel police to probe alleged Netanyahu submarine scandal Investigation ordered into allegations about involvement of prime minister's lawyer in defence procurement deal Venezuela's opposition says Vatican-brokered talks are 'frozen' Opposition accuses President Nicolás Maduro of non-compliance with promise to free political prisoners as mediators scramble to save talks

One last thing Barnaby Joyce tells voters to 'stop eating so much' in attack on sugar taxThe deputy prime minister rejects Grattan Institute's suggestion of a sugar tax,  saying the tax office 'is not going to save your health'. Joyce says Australia has an obesity problem because "people are sitting on their backside too much and eating too much food".Barnaby Joyce on a sugar tax: 'If you want to lose weight, eat less' – video Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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