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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Gallagher

Morning Mail: murderer among detainees released by ministerial discretion; warning over payday lenders; Murdoch marries again

View of the High Court of Australia in Canberra
Those ex-detainees released into community detention include a murderer and three people convicted of domestic violence offences. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Good morning. Today we reveal that 25 of the 153 people affected by the high court’s ruling on indefinite detention had already been released into the community under ministerial discretion – including one murderer and one person convicted of “attempt or solicit murder”.

Plus, we detail how payday lenders are targeting Australia’s most vulnerable – and the ongoing “whack-a-mole” fight to crack down on them.

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