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It's nice to have a buddy. And in humans, friendships are associated with longer, healthier lives. That, it turns out, is true of dolphins too. At least as far as the males go.A new study suggests long-term dolphin bromances don't just shape behaviour they may actually slow biological ageing.

The research draws on more than forty years of data from Shark Bay in Western Australia looking at a group of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins.

There have been many calls for unity in the wake of the Bondi attacks but it's fair to say that hasn't been what we've seen from some politicians this week.

There have been protracted debates about whether gun reform is necessary pressure on the federal government to launch a royal commission and accusations from the opposition that Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hasn't done enough to combat antisemitism.

So how is this all being received by the public? 

The Coalition says the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is "always too little and too late," after he said he'd recommended changes to family travel entitlements for politicians to the Remuneration Tribunal for consideration.

Mr Albanese sought advice from the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority after almost two weeks of criticism of MPs' use of family travel entitlements.

• Guest: James McGrath, Shadow Special Minister of State.
• Producer: Isadora Bogle

The government says both the Hate Crimes Database and the National Firearms Register are being "accelerated," after the deadly Bondi terrorist attack.

It has announced sweeping reforms to clamp down on antisemitism and committed to strengthening gun laws with the states and territories after the incident.

The federal government is refusing to heed calls for a royal commission into the Bondi shooting despite pressure from the opposition, a former High Court judge and some of its own backbenchers.

It's the last hurrah for the Sydney Fish Market - with just hours left before Christmas to secure vital seafood supplies. It's also just a few weeks before the market is set to move into its new premises a swooping $700 million facility next door in Blackwattle Bay.

Thailand and Cambodia are set to hold military talks later today, as fighting along their border enters a third week. The talks come after a ceasefire brokered earlier this year by ASEAN, the US and China collapsed, with both sides resuming air strikes, rocket-attacks and accusations of new landmines.

US President Donald Trump has sparked a new diplomatic row, after appointing a special envoy to Greenland.  Trump says the United States "has to have" the Arctic island for national security, and that Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry will quote, "lead the charge."

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