What we learned, Monday 16 March
That’s where we’ll leave you. Here are some of the top stories from today:
The captain of the Iranian women’s football squad has become the fifth member to withdraw her claim for asylum and leave Australia. Now only two of the seven members who sought asylum remain in Australia.
Matt Canavan, the new Nationals leader, announced changes to the party’s frontbench lineup, with former leader David Littleproud surviving on the frontbench.
An area of low pressure currently building in the Coral Sea off Queensland has a high chance of becoming a cyclone later this week as it heads for the state’s far north coast, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
The federal infrastructure minister, Catherine King, said on Radio National that Australia will not send ships to the strait of Hormuz.
A Virgin Australia flight from Brisbane to Melbourne was met by firefighters after smoke was seen coming from a vape on board.
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One of the two remaining Iranian soccer players in Australia posts Instagram story
One of the two remaining Iranian soccer players in Australia, Fatemeh Pasandideh, has uploaded an Instagram story.
It shows Pasandideh smiling alongside Fifa’s head of football, Jill Ellis, with the caption: “everything will be fine” – followed by smiley and peace sign emojis.
We reported earlier that the captain of the Iranian women’s football squad had left Australia after withdrawing her claim of asylum.
She was the fifth member of the football cohort to change her mind after initially taking up an offer to stay in the country after the Asian Cup.
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