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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Martin Farrer

Morning Mail: gender super gap revealed, Thorpe denies dating former bikie, UK to block asylum claims

A mother pushes a stroller
Women earn $1m less on average over their lifetimes than men and retire with $136,000 less in superannuation, an Australian study shows. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

Morning, everyone. After so much discussion of super reforms, we’re launching our coverage of International Women’s Day with a report flagging the huge difference in lifetime pay and retirement balances between women and men. Elsewhere, Lidia Thorpe says lawyers acting for her former party the Greens made her say she was dating a former bikie boss.

Overseas the UK government has announced a rather familiar-sounding “stop the boats” policy preventing people arriving from across the Channel by boat from claiming asylum. And, on the lighter side of things: we investigate why desserts are turning purple.

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