Good morning. Here's what you need to know this morning:
The Government will release its response to David Murray's Financial System Inquiry this morning. Political reporter James Glenday says some of Murray's recommendations "could potentially see higher interest rates for mortgage holders". Here's a Radio National explainer on the inquiry
Tony Abbott says he will pay for a marble table smashed to "pieces" at a party he held after being toppled as PM. In Senate estimates Penny Wong suggested Jamie Briggs - who was seen injured and in a wheelchair the following morning - was associated with the damage. He denied that on Twitter
"They surrounded us and threatened to skin my leg and remove the tattoo", an Australian man says after being detained over a tattoo in India The image on the man's leg is of a Hindu goddess
ICYMI: Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs told Lateline the circumstances in the case of the pregnant refugee returned to Nauru "simply don't add up". She also said Australia would have a "tough battle" against France and Spain to win a seat on the UN Human Rights Council.
Here's what's coming up:
9:00am AEDT: We will hear from Treasurer Scott Morrison on the Murray report
9:00am AEDT: Senate estimates hearings resume, covering environment and communications, finance, constitutional affairs and regional affairs
11:30am AEDT: The Reserve Bank releases the minutes of its latest meeting on interest rates
1:00pm AEDT: The last polls are due to close in the Canadian election
2:00pm AEDT: Question Time resumes in the House of Representatives
A teenage member of the Islamic State-supporting group linked to the Parramatta shooting speaks publicly for the first time to 7.30 about life inside the "brotherhood".
The circumstances surrounding the case of a woman who alleges she was raped on Nauru are "extraordinary", Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs says.
An Australian couple defend their right of expression after they were mobbed and harassed by right-wing activists and allegedly unlawfully detained in India over the man's tattoo of a Hindu deity.
Fair Work Commission vice president Michael Lawler reveals he has been secretly recording phone conversations with his boss, as scrutiny intensifies over his role in his partner Kathy Jackson's legal case.
Former foreign minister Gareth Evans says Australian warships should be deployed to the South China Sea to protest against Beijing's island-building activity in the contested waterway.
David Jones defends its decision to enlist former Sydney Swans player Adam Goodes as a brand ambassador after its Facebook page was flooded with hate-filled comments.
Canadians vote in general elections marked by a strong desire for change with Liberal leader Justin Trudeau, the son of a former prime minister, tipped to end nine years of Tory rule.
The colleague of an ANU academic found dead in Turkey calls for a full investigation into her friend's death, saying she is "unconvinced" the cause was suicide.
Researchers at Flinders University accidentally discover a way to remove mercury from water using a material made from industrial waste and orange peel.
Thousands of asylum seekers defy heavy rain and tightened border controls to stream into the Balkans, as Germany braces for anger at an anti-Islam PEGIDA rally.
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