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A few months ago a Swedish company made international headlines for encouraging staff to be implanted with security micro-chips. Now in a sign the technology is catching on. Sweden's state-run public transport provider 'SJ' has got in on the action. It's now allowing commuters to travel on its trains with just a wave of their hand.

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A prominent member of Victoria's Somali community has called for slain Muslim terrorists to be denied funeral prayers. Hussein Haraco is the secretary of the Somali Australian Council of Victoria. He says Brighton gunman Yacqub Khayre was buried on Friday. While it's not known whether Khayre received Islamic burial rites, Mr Haraco says the view of the wider community is they shouldn't be performed for terrorists.

The former prime minister Tony Abbott has questioned the key recommendation of the Finkel review into Australia's energy system. Mr Abbott says the recommendation for a clean energy target is a 'magic pudding', and if the costs are passed onto consumers then it's effectively a tax on coal. The Government is yet to decide if it will adopt the recommendations, but Labor says the Prime Minister needs to pull Mr Abbott and others into line if he wants to produce a long-lasting, bipartisan policy.

Migration agents are calling for more details about the Immigration Minister Peter Dutton's latest citizenship legislation. At the moment, the Administrative Appeals Tribunal can over-rule the Minister's decisions on whether someone becomes an Australian citizen. But Mr Dutton will introduce legislation this week allowing him to ignore the Tribunal.

Donald Trump has called sacked FBI director James Comey's move to leak information about a private conversation between the pair 'very cowardly', and has suggested it might have been illegal. Mr Comey's supporters say he was within his rights to make public details of the meeting in which he claims Mr Trump asked him to drop an investigation into one of the President's allies.

Deborah Thomas, the high-profile boss of Dreamworld's parent company, Ardent Leisure, has made an early exit from the business, and will leave with one year's pay. Four people were killed when the popular Thunder River Rapids ride malfunctioned on October 25, 2016. The Australian Shareholders Association has a dedicated team of company monitors who meet with company chairmen and directors to discuss issues of importance to members. PM asked a monitor about whether the remuneration coming to Deborah Thomas is warranted.

Researchers have found primary school students performance on NAPLAN tests can significantly predict their career goals. The findings demonstrate just how early on children form ideas about their ability to take on future jobs. The authors hope the results will make educators more aware of the role testing can play in the lives of young students.

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State and Territory Energy Ministers have been briefed on the much anticipated report from Australia's chief scientist. Alan Finkel has outlined what State and Federal Governments should do to improve energy security and affordability, while lowering emissions. All details will be made public tomorrow and then it's up to politicians to agree on a way forward.