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Making headlines today:
Peter Dutton has been elected to be the new leader of the Liberal Party, while David Littleproud has defeated Barnaby Joyce to become the Nationals leader.
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden have offered comfort to a city gripped by grief and anger as they paid respects at a memorial to 19 students and two teachers slain in a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school.
Thousands of seized firearms including rifles, shotguns and pistols will be destroyed this month by New South Wales Police in an effort to keep weapons off the streets and out of the hands of criminals.
And, a Ukrainian family now calls Queensland home after fleeing war-torn Kyiv with the help of their Aussie family in Poland.
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