Good afternoon. Here's what you need to know so far today:
A former ADF sniper turned Comancheros bikie boss will serve at least six years in jail for running a drug ring on "intimidation, fear and violence". The judge said Joshua Faulkhead deserved a lengthy jail term despite his PTSD and that he could be rehabilitated
A WA hunter who "took off after a camel and became disoriented and lost" in the bush for six days has been found alive. His family says he survived without water by eating ants and promises to get him a satelite phone
Proposed changes to anti-terror laws would mean suspects as young as 14 could be placed under control orders. George Brandis says that's reasonable because Islamic State militants are targeting young people. The changes will be tabled in Parliament next month
Heading out for coffee? Hold up. The "humble latte is certainly no problem" but if you're using it to wash down a sweet treat, the Cancer Council has a warning for you.
ICYMI:Our politics blog returned today and can catch you up on the day's events in Canberra. Late debate in Parliament has been dominated by the China trade deal.
Here's what's coming up:
5:00pm AEDT : New Greens senator Robert Simms will give his maiden speech to the Senate
5:30pm AEDT: The AFP Commissioner will help launch a report by think tank ASPI into the drug ice and strategies for dealing with it
6:00pm AEDT : New Liberal MP Andrew Hastie will give his maiden speech in the Lower House
10:00pm AEDT: A report on the downing of flight MH17 over Ukraine is due to be released in the Netherlands. Here's what one victim's family wants.
11:00pm AEDT: Julie Bishop and Marise Payne will participate in AUSMIN talks with US secretary of state John Kerry in Boston, USA
A former Australian Army sniper who headed the drug trade in Victoria's Mildura region as a Comancheros bikie boss is sentenced to nine years and five months in jail.
Bill Shorten asks Malcolm Turnbull in Question Time whether he will move to "safeguard" Australian jobs under the free trade agreement, prompting the Prime Minister to ask him to abandon his "fear campaign against China". Follow all the developments from Parliament House live.
The wife of a hunter lost without water for almost a week in bushland in the West Australian Goldfields and forced to eat ants to survive says it is a "miracle" he is alive.
A Melbourne man is facing a lengthy jail term after being found guilty of three charges relating to plans to travel to Syria to fight against the government of Bashar al-Assad.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says Australians will be protected against the "incitement of genocide" as part of new counter-terror laws to be introduced into Parliament next month.
Many Australians may unknowingly be consuming their entire daily sugar and saturated fat limits on their daily coffee run, as well as half of the suggested kilojoule intake, new research reveals.
Rescue crews may have to wait to free a humpback whale calf entangled in netting near Narooma, on the New South Wales far south coast, to ensure their own safety.
The number of Australians engaging in online piracy has dropped 4 per cent, a new study says, with streaming services such as Netflix considered a "game-changer" on the issue.
Victims of sexual abuse at Salvation Army-run children's homes are angry that an internal review of past compensation settlements will largely be reliant on the implementation of a national redress scheme.
A timber vessel believed to be one of Henry V's "great ships" and a major part of the king's war machine is found buried in mud in a river in southern England.
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