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Whatever Cabinet decides, the Government will have to get it through Parliament.

In a marathon partyroom debate on Tuesday night, the Coalition decided against granting its members of parliament a free vote on marriage equality before the general election.

Following Tuesday’s decision to enforce his party’s opposition to same-sex marriage, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has gone one step further, saying any ministers who break ranks will be forced to resign their positions.

Mr Brandis said he’s not sure whether that will happen at Monday’s cabinet meeting, its first since the coalition joint party room opted for a plebiscite or referendum over a conscience vote on same sex marriage.

Australian Nick Kyrgios has been fined $10,000 and may face further punishment for the insulting comment he directed at Swiss Stan Wawrinka during a match at the Rogers Cup, the ATP said on Thursday.

Thanasi Kokkinakis is another Australian tennis player who is a teammate of Kyrgios with the Davis Cup team.

China’s central bank cut its reference rate by 1.9 percent, triggering the yuan’s steepest one-day loss since the nation unified official and market exchange rates in 1994.

Tony de Brum, the foreign minister of the Marshall Islands, which is a low-lying Pacific island nation, criticized the Australian government’s target as well.

Rapper Tyler, The Creator has cancelled his Australian tour following a slew of protests from women’s rights groups.

It came on the eve of Australia’s ultimately successful Davis Cup quarter-final tie against Kazakhstan, from which Tomic was dumped after a tirade against Australian tennis administrators following his Wimbledon exit.

Tennis star Nick Kyrgios has arrived back in Sydney confirming he will not be quitting the sport in the wake of his controversial Wimbledon tournament.

But with rackets in their hands, this has been a one-way street: Williams has won 17 of their 19 career meetings, including the past 16 in a row.

Her strength was, as usual, the moment she picked to hit winners.

Kyrgios, a 26th-seeded Australian, reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals past year in his debut appearance.

It was a successful day for American women as CoCo Vandeweghe and Madison Keys joined Serena Williams in reaching the quarter-finals.