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Around 500 world leaders and dignitaries have been invited to Queen Elizabeth's funeral on Monday (19. 09. 22).

Russian President Vladimir Putin hasn't been invited to Queen Elizabeth's funeral. The 69-year-old politician and other Kremlin representatives have all been blacklisted by Buckingham Palace, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine earlier this year. Dignitaries from Belarus and Myanmar have also been overlooked by the palace, while Iran will only be represented at the funeral on an ambassadorial level.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief For Asian media operators, the death of Queen Elizabeth II occurred in the middle of the night — Buckingham Palace made its announcement at 6.30 p.m. BST on Thursday — which meant some needed to play catch-up. That was achieved quicker by online and TV outlets than print media. In Australia, a Commonwealth country which has also lost its monarch, public radio and TV broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corporation newsreaders dressed in black. Programming has switched to reflect the Queen’s life and seven decades of reign. News Corp., which operates major print news brands in Australia, said it will publish souvenir issues on Saturday. These will include the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, The Courier-Mail and The Advertiser.

The news of her death has obviously thrown the UK into a flurry of activity, along with mourning their monarch the country has to crown it’s new King and organise a state funeral.

A post shared by John Travolta (@johntravolta)To honor the late Olivia Newton-John: many of our U.S. theatres this weekend will show her classic 1978 hit movie Grease, again on the big screen. An inexpensive $5 admission price, and through our charity AMC Cares we will donate $1 per sold ticket to breast cancer research.

Judith Durham, an Australian folk music icon whose voice graced several international hits with her group, The Seekers, has died at 79.

ACT Chief Minister Andrew Barr, Australia’s only out gay head of state, has an important message for public health authorities dealing with the monkeypox outbreak. Barr said that it was important to get the message out that this was not some “niche disease” that only impacted gay men. Barr was speaking to the media following Thursday’s National Cabinet meeting where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, state premiers and territory chief ministers met to coordinate the national response to COVID-19, foot and mouth disease and monkeypox. Barr said that some of the commentary around monkeypox was “concerning”.  “This monkeypox is not a gay man’s disease. Monkeypox is transmitted by close, personal contact.

Last night’s episode starred Kitty Flanagan, Aaron Chen, Amanda Keller, Ed Kavalee and Sam Pang alongside host Tom Gleisner. 

WATCH: Anthony Albanese's personal messages to partner Jodie and son Nathan during his victory speechWhile she doesn’t really have an official title as it stands, we can expect to see a whole lot more of Jodie over the coming months and years as Mr Albanese settles into his new role.RELATED: Abbie Chatfield lashes out over election results - read here.She’ll most likely be living with him between the PM’s residences in Canberra and Kirribilli, NSW, attending flashy events and meeting important people on his arm.So who is Jodie and why is she going to be a woman to watch in the next few years? Keep scrolling to find out.Jodie and Mr Albanese (who shall be affectionately known as Albo for the rest of this piece) met in 2020 at an event in Melbourne, where they bonded over a love for the Rabbitohs.He called for any South Sydney NRL supporters in the crowd to make themselves known and Jodie called out “up the Rabbitohs!”.Not the most romantic way to start things, but soon after Jodie “slid into his DMs” on Twitter and made the first real move.“I knew that we both followed the same footy team, we both have a love for the Inner West and I think I said in that direct message: ‘hey, we’re both single’,” she told news.com.au.Can you believe Jodie “slid into his DMs” on Twitter?Albo, who had split from his wife of almost 20 years in 2019, wasn’t looking for love when he agreed to meet Jodie for a drink – but that’s what he got.“We had what I thought would just be a drink at Young Henrys in Newtown, and we got on really well.

WATCH BELOW: Abbie Chatfield reacts to angry liberal supporters after election. The former Bachelor star was among many celebs who took to social media on Saturday night to react to news Anthony Albanese will be Australia’s new Prime Minister.Posting a snap of her and a number of unidentified friends flipping the bird to a phone streaming Scott Morrison’s concession speech, Abbie made her stance on the election very clear.RELATED: Your definitive guide to all the Bachelor rumours in 2022 - read here.“Bye babe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hope you know everyone in this club was happy when I told them u lost,” she captioned the bold photo, adding, “Yes, we are watching the election at a bar.”Mr Morrison’s supporters didn’t take kindly to the post, flooding Abbie’s inbox with angry messages which she responded to in a series of straight-talking stories on Sunday night.Abbie made her political opinions known before and during the election.“There are so many liberal party voters abusing me in my DMs like they were Trump supporters when Trump lost in 2020,”“I’m just like, it doesn’t matter. You lost.

Hundreds of people rallied in the rain at Sydney’s Town Hall against the Religious Discrimination Bill on Saturday afternoon.Organised by the Community Action for Rainbow Rights (CARR), speakers included NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge, Sydney Girls High year 10 student Sumaya, and CARR’s co-convenor April Holcombe.Sumaya, who identified as a queer Muslim, rallied the crowd with a passionate call to action, saying, “the Bill means that queer people across all areas of public life must live in fear. At the very best, we hide who we are. At the very worst, we lose everything.”Holcombe spoke of the continuing threat of the Bill, which was indefinitely shelved by the government on Thursday. “It might have been shelved this week, but it is not dead.

A consultation called by Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese to discuss the proposed Religious Discrimination Bill has concluded with no clear outcome. In attendance were members of the Labor Party and key community stakeholders. 

By Rita Bratovich