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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Tuesday 22 November 2016 g Australia failing to protect Barrier Reef from shipping disasters 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, environmental lawyers say the government is failing to protect the Great Barrier Reef from the effects of shipping disasters. They say inaction to secure remediation funds will become a bigger problem as shipping traffic increases. When the Chinese coal carrier the Shen Neng 1 ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef in 2010, it scraped a three-kilometre scar along the surface of the reef and left behind tonnes of toxic paint. Cleaning up the mess was delayed for six years, because the government didn't have any funds available for restitution of "non-pollution" damage, and recommendations made to deal with that delay are yet to be implemented. 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 Hostility towards immigrants on rise as Australians despair over government Annual Scanlon report on social cohesion finds a generally tolerant and confident country. But there is a loss of faith in Canberra's politicians and more Australians from ethnic minorities are reporting discrimination Q&A recap: panellists clash over race, Bill Leak cartoon and 18C Aboriginal playwright Nakkiah Lui criticises columnist Greg Sheridan for defending Leak's controversial cartoon saying it was 'very, very racist' Registered organisations bill passes as National senators cross floor on guns – politics live One of the bills that triggered the double dissolution election has passed the Senate. Follow it live... Melbourne hit by thunderstorm and asthma spike after day of extreme heat Rain and strong winds on Monday afternoon churned up pollen and other irritants causing a flood of calls to Ambulance Victoria from asthma sufferers Labor says it would use Productivity Commission to 'enshrine' equality of opportunity Exclusive: Chris Bowen says a Labor government would require commission to measure equality and social mobility Australian news and politics Senate passes union regulator bill after Coalition whistleblower concession Nick Xenophon Team and Derryn Hinch negotiate new protections, which they say government will extend to corporations and the public sector Labor holds its lead over Coalition in latest Newspoll Newspoll shows opposition remains at 53% to the government's 47% in two-party preferred terms Nationals senators break with Liberals and vote to end Adler shotgun ban Coalition strained as two cross the floor to support Leyonhjelm motion on the controversial weapon Twice bitten: outback worker's venomous snake double whammy Man, 18, was bitten twice in three days, probably by the eastern brown snake, one of the world's most venomous reptiles Malcolm Roberts says Trump's election 'the beginning of the western spring' – as it happened Senate debates climate change motion after Peter Dutton says 'second and third-generation Muslim background' are charged with majority of terrorism charges laid. As it happened... Around the world Jeff Sessions: Trump's attorney general pick accused of racial slur in 1981 Sessions offered a false explanation when later questioned by Senators about the alleged incident involving Democratic county commissioner Douglas Wicks Fillon calls for 'transformation' after first-round win in French primary Former PM sets out proposals, including cutting 500,000 public sector jobs, ahead of runoff with Alain Juppé to become centre-right's presidential candidate Isis claims responsibility for Kabul mosque suicide bomb blast Dozens killed and more than 80 injured in attack on mosque in Afghan capital in latest attack targeting Shia community Guardian Jakarta week live – one day in the life of a megalopolis The Guardian Cities team is live in the Indonesian capital to get under the skin of south-east Asia's greatest megacity. Here's a snapshot of what we found on Day 1 Samsung and Panasonic accused over supply chain labour abuses in Malaysia A Guardian investigation reveals that migrant workers assembling goods for the electronics brands claim they are being subjected to exploitation and abuse

One last thing Historian finds German decree banishing Trump's grandfatherA historian has discovered a royal decree issued to Donald Trump's grandfather ordering him to leave Germany and never come back. Friedrich Trump was ordered to leave Bavaria and never come back after he failed to do military service. Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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