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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Monday 22 May 2017 g New coalmines will worsen poverty – report Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail. Among the stories leading our website this morning: New coalmines will leave more people in poverty and escalate climate change, Oxfam has said in a new report, calling on Australia to commit to no new coalmines and to end public subsidies for coalmining. The Oxfam report, More Coal Equals More Poverty, says the climate change impacts of coal-fired power will disproportionately affect the world's poor and – with most of the energy-poor households in developing countries beyond the reach of electricity grids – new coal-fired power plants won't bring them energy. Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines Revealed: Facebook's internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence Leaked policies guiding moderators on what content to allow are likely to fuel debate about social media giant's ethics Has Facebook become a forum for misogyny and racism? Leaked guides for staff shine light on Facebook's policies as critics say it needs to clean up its act Government warned Australian energy market is at 'crisis point' 'There is an acute danger of politicians panicking' about energy demand and costs, Grattan Institute report warns Mount Everest's Hillary Step has collapsed, mountaineer confirms Tim Mosedale says destruction of rocky outcrop, possibly in 2015 earthquake, may make climbing to summit more dangerous Video: California sea lion grabs girl from dock and pulls her underwater Girl shaken but physically unharmed after large sea lion grabs her dress and pulls her into the water near Vancouver, Canada Australian news and politics Apology to Noel Pearson Apology concerning a story published in January 2017 Andrew Forrest gives away large part of his fortune in huge donation Forrest and his wife Nicola are making one of the largest philanthropic donations in Australian history, to fund a variety of social and medical causes Bill Shorten warns Labor to expect election fight with 'not a shred of complacency' Party leader tells state conference he is focused on winning as Coalition attempts to stoke divisions with Albanese Budget analysis shows some women hit with effective marginal tax rates of 100% Exclusive: Medicare levy increase, freezing of family tax benefits and student loan repayments 'particularly harsh for women' Queensland Labor denies split over Adani 'royalties holiday' Reports suggest Adani could pay just $2m a year for the first seven years of the Carmichael mine's operation Nick Xenophon says levy must include foreign banks or he won't support it NXT leader says including foreign-owned banks would raise an additional $750m or $800m over forward estimates period Revenge porn crackdown: NSW offenders could be jailed for up to three years Penalties include fines up to $11,000 and state will also criminalise threatening to make or distribute revenge porn Around the world Trump vows to meet 'history's great test' by conquering extremism Addressing leaders of 40 Muslim nations in Saudi capital, US president moves away from anti-Islamic rhetoric of campaign Canada eases steps to open supervised drug injection sites amid opioid crisis New legislation streamlines the more than two dozen requirements previously needed to launch facilities, which offer supervision and sterile equipment HR McMaster refuses to say if Trump pressed Russia on election interference National security adviser says controversial meeting at White House should have stayed confidential amid reports president disparaged former FBI director North Korea fires medium-range missile in latest test US and South Korean officials say rocket flew about 310 miles before landing in sea east of the country China 'dismantled' CIA spying operations and killed sources – report Newspaper cites 10 current and former officials in report of serious intelligence breach caused either by a mole or hacking of covert communication system

One last thing Great Australian photographs: Trent Parke – an audio essay In the latest chapter in our audio-visual series on celebrated Australian photographs, we look at the images of Magnum member Trent Parke Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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