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In Afghanistan, the Taliban government is pleading for international assistance, as the death toll from a powerful earthquake rises sharply. The UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that in one region alone at least 70% of homes have been destroyed.

The surf injected power pop of the Sunnyboys radiates a youthful vigour, and it captured the spirit of the Aussie music scene in the early 1980's. Now the Sunnyboys fab four are back touring and they'll be playing intimate venues more akin to their breakout year of 1981.

Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has bought into the Australian flag controversy enveloping the Party, saying Parliament is a colonial project which she has infiltrated. Incoming Coalition Senator Jacinta Price says Lidia Thorpe is showing contempt for the Australian people and has questioned if she should be removed from the Senate.