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  MAINSTREAM HEADLINES SKY NEWS https://www.skynews.com.au/ Police arrest 20 at pro-Palestine rally in Brisbane for outlawed chants in first major test of Queensland's new speech laws A Brisbane protest has become the first major test of Queensland’s new hate speech laws, with police arresting 20 people after banned slogans were chanted. GUARDIAN AUSTRALIA https://www.theguardian.com/au Did Harry and Meghan tour Australia to make money – or cosplay a return to royal life? In Aussie parlance, Meghan and Prince Harry’s whirlwind visit down under was the very definition of a “Claytons” tour. Claytons in Australia is primarily known as a cultural phrase for a substitute, fake or ersatz version of something, the saying evolving from a 1970s/80s non-alcoholic beverage marketed as “the drink you have when you’re not having a drink”. Yes, Harry and Meghan are royals. But this was not a royal tour. It was something very different. A $3,200 ‘girls’ weekend like no other’ where you got to mee...