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It's time in office was marred by division and scandal and it received a drubbing at the Northern Territory election in August, reduced to just two seats. But the Northern Territory's Country Liberal Party insists it does have a future and it's begun the task of trying to rebuild. It's commissioned two senior conservative figures to review it's crushing election defeat, the former Federal Director of the Liberal Party Brian Loughnane and the Federal Director of the Nationals Scott Mitchell. Mr Mitchell has arrived in Darwin ahead of the CLP's annual conference this weekend to begin the review.

The Medical Council won't say whether two doctors responsible for giving a woman six months of chemotherapy she didn't need have been sanctioned. The woman was told she had stage four liver cancer by a surgeon who looked at her CT results, but didn't order any other tests. The case has been revealed in the latest annual report from the New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission. The surgeon, the treating oncologist and the hospital have not been named, and the Medical Council won't reveal whether or not any action has been taken.

The Queensland Tourism Industry Council has defended the state's safety reputation after a nightmarish week on top of a horrific month for Queensland tourism. It came after news that a 60-year-old British man died while diving on Agincourt Reef off Port Douglas today during a reef trip. This comes after the death of two French tourists in their seventies while snorkelling near Cairns earlier in the week. The Dreamworld theme park is still closed after four people died in October, when a water ride malfunctioned. The Queensland Tourism Industry Council today has stated that these incidents while tragic, do not point to wider systemic problems.

Archaeologists have unearthed Australia's oldest-known piece of jewellery. They found the ornament, a pointed kangaroo bone worn through the nose, in the Kimberley region of Northern Australia. It's been dated at more than 46,000 years old.

Almost the entire political establishment has been licking its wounds for the last week, because the vast majority in the media, among the pollsters, and in academia got it seriously wrong. One factor was simply turnout - it's estimated that fewer than 50 per cent of eligible Americans voted. A lot of that was due to the failure of Hillary Clinton to energise the electorate. Democratic turnout was well down on four years ago when President Obama was re-elected.

The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will spend this weekend in Peru, for the APEC Summit, the first major world meeting since the election of Donald Trump as the next US President. The Trade Minister Steve Ciobo has been there ahead of him, exploring new trade deals, and reassessing the different world order, after the election of Mr Trump on a protectionist anti free-trade platform. At home, Labor too has been reassessing its approach too - in light of the Trump victory, emphasising its messages on fairness and jobs.

Greg Norman's help in teeing-up last week's phone call between Malcolm Turnbull and Donald Trump has been praised from all sides of politics. Former ambassador Kim Beazley says Mr Turnbull's forthcoming APEC visit is an opportunity to leverage his strong relationship with Mr Trump to help the Asia Pacific region to communicate its views on his policies.

Hillary Clinton has admitted that making her first public speech since losing the presidential election to Donald Trump 'wasn't the easiest' thing to do. Mrs Clinton was favoured to win the race, but in the end lost to Donald Trump because of what is viewed as a protest vote spearheaded largely by white male voters. Many commentators says she should shoulder a large amount of responsibility for the loss, as she failed to connect with these types of voters. During the speech at a children's charity, Mrs Clinton reflected on losing the election and how she wished she could tell her deceased mother about what she has achieved.

Australia's Patent Office has handed the patent for cattle genes to a United States multinational. In a move which has shocked cattle researchers and breeders, two American companies are trying to patent the bovine genome in Australia. Meat and Livestock Australia has lodged action in the Federal Court against the patent approval granted to Cargill and Branhaven.

South Australia may look to Victoria when it next considers legislating for voluntary euthanasia. The push to pass voluntary euthanasia laws got further than ever before, but after a marathon debate overnight, were defeated by one vote. The Victorian Health Minister is currently responding to a proposal for voluntary euthanasia in that state and says a different approach may prove more successful.