Good morning. In breaking news overnight, two journalists have been shot dead during a live-to-air interview on a US TV station. The fiancée of one victim was working in the station's control room and watched the attack unfold. In other news, Wall St closed up 4%, federal ministers tell the ABC they're angered by Joe Hockey's push to revive the republic debate, and there's nothing funny about a plagiarised joke, especially when it wins an award.
Coming up today: at 7.30am AEST, Tony Abbott travels to Injinoo in Cape York. At 10.00am AEST, Melbourne's tram workers begin a four-hour strike. At 12.00pm AEST, Defence minister Kevin Andrews makes a speech on the US alliance. At 12.30pm AEST, Education minister Christopher Pyne promotes his book at the National Press Club. And from 2pm AEST, there'll be a public farewell in Sydney for Australia's rugby union world cup squad.
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A disgruntled former employee of a US television station shoots dead two journalists during a live broadcast before killing himself following a police pursuit.
More than half of alleged foreign sex slavery victims in Australia are left without government support due to legislation that gives the police the authority to exclude suspected victims from the aid program.
Floodwaters in the Shoalhaven, in south-east New South Wales, are expected to remain for at least another 24 hours, as a dam west of Sydney looks set to spill following days of heavy downpours.
Scores of children have been saved from abuse at the hands of a global paedophile ring after an elaborate sting in which Queensland Police detectives took on the online persona of "depraved" Adelaide childcare worker Shannon McCoole.
Australian 21-year-old Caleb Ewan wins the fifth stage of the Vuelta ahead of sprint stars Peter Sagan and John Degenkolb, while Dutchman Tom Dumoulin takes the overall lead.
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