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1. No jab, no pay: Abbott Government closes “religious” loophole for vaccination objections.

By Susan McDonald

Social Services Minister Scott Morrison has closed a loophole allowing some parents not to vaccinate their children on religious grounds.

The Federal Government had already moved to deny childcare and family tax benefits to parents who claimed a conscientious objection to vaccination.

Last week, Mr Morrison said he only expected a very small number of families to be exempted on religious grounds, if they were registered with their church or similar organisation.

He said there are no mainstream religions that have objections registered and it is believed his latest move follows consultations with religious leaders.

A version of this story was originally published on ABC.

2. Kings Cross nightclub rapist Luke Lazarus to appeal conviction.

Luke Lazarus, the man found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman behind a nightclub owned by his family, is set to appeal his conviction in the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal.

Along with an appeal against his guilty verdict, solicitors for Lazarus are also preparing to challenge the maximum five-year sentence handed down by Judge Sarah Huggett.

Lazarus was convicted by a jury in late February for the rape of an 18-year-old woman in an alleyway behind Soho Nightclub. He told his victim that he was a part-owner of the venue, and that he would take her to a VIP area and to meet the DJ. Instead, he led her to an alleyway behind the club and anally raped her.

Judge Hugger described the rape as ‘spontaneous and opportunistic’ and Lazarus as a young man with a sense of ‘power and entitlement’.

Lazarus continues to maintain that the sex was consensual.

3. Police seek to detain 18-year-old man without charge over suspected Anzac day terrorist plot.

Police in Victoria have applied to detain an 18-year-old man without charge after his arrest in counterterrorism raids in south-east Melbourne.

The man from Hampton Park is one of five men who were arrested yesterday in raids across Melbourne.

It is alleged they had been planning to carry out an Islamic State-inspired terrorist attack on Anzac Day next weekend.

Yesterday, another 18-year-old man, Sevdet Besim, of Hallam, was charged with conspiring to commit a terrorist act and appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates Court.