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There are concerns that by placing himself at the exit of the Manchester Arena, the bomber may have avoided security screening. Speaking from Kuala Lumpur earlier, Deakin University terrorism expert Professor Greg Barton told me the attack had all the hallmarks of a suicide bombing.

The Prime Minister and Opposition Leader have expressed their sympathies to those impacted by the Manchester blast. The leaders spoke about the terror attack during Question Time. But the focus soon turned back to politics of the day, with the bank tax and funding for the NDIS dominating Question Time.

A counter-terrorism investigation, involving months of preparation and surveillance, has resulted in a successful arrest. A 22-year-old woman living in South Australia is now in the process of being charged with being a member of a terrorist organisation - Islamic State. Police have emphasised there is no current threat to the community. Police say they are concerned, however, that the age of those being radicalised is getting younger.

Cyber law and policy experts say Facebook's strategy for monitoring violent and explicit content must become more transparent. A leak to The Guardian revealed over a hundred internal Facebook documents outlining the social media network's guidelines for content monitoring. The same report also detailed how staff who were often overwhelmed by the sheer volume of explicit content that needed to be reviewed.

CommInsure and a customer battle over dodgy building work, Vodafone boss confirms mobile costs set to continue to fall as TPG brings more competition to the market and Federal Government backing helps the big four banks avoid a downgrade.

The Federal Government and opposition have traded increasingly personal blows over two key budget measures. Labor used the first question time of the week to scrutinise the big banks tax, despite promising it won't stand in the way of the measure. The Government has sought to exploit reported divisions within the Labor party, over whether to support the full plan to increase the Medicare levy to pay for the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

Secret recordings have been released of Pauline Hanson's Chief of staff outlining how One Nation could make money from next year's Queensland election. James Ashby insists it was only a suggestion and the proposal has been dumped. But Labor is asking Federal Police to look into the matter. While the Prime Minister says he's seeking advice from the AFP and Attorney General.

A former head of Israel's national intelligence agency Mossad says that the United States should be punished if Donald Trump leaked high level intelligence information to Russia, and that the mistake may affect Israel's willingness to share intelligence in the future. Danny Yatom ran Mossad between 1996 and 1998 and later served as chief of staff and security adviser to former Prime Minister Ehud Barak.

New research from Sydney University has found Australians are paying too much for funerals. Authors of the nationwide study have labelled the funeral business secretive and predatory, warning unethical practices such as upselling are commonplace. The industry denies that's the case, and argues the vast majority of funeral directors do the right thing.

The world's first centre for studying the southern hemisphere's oceans is being set up in Hobart. Scientists from around the world will be recruited to study things such as how the oceans are absorbing carbon and how climate change is resulting in more severe droughts and flood on land.