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Good morning. Here's what's happening now:

  • A man has been charged with murder over the death of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson, whose body was found in Belanglo Forest in NSW in 2010. The 41-year-old man is expected to appear in court later today.

  • Gino and Mark Stocco have been charged with murder, shooting at police and other offences overnight. A man's body was found on the property where the father and son were arrested yesterday after eight years on the run.

  • Astronomers have announced the Rosetta spacecraft found molecular oxygen coming from comet 67P, which did a flyby of the Sun in August. They say the oxygen is older than our solar system.

Here's what's coming up today:

  • 09:30am AEDT: NSW Police are due to hold a media conference on the Karlie Pearce-Stevenson case

  • 09:30am AEDT: Malcolm Turnbull and Greg Hunt will speak in Hobart at the start of the PM's two-day trip to Tasmania

  • 10.00am AEDT: The AFL will launch its fixtures schedule for 2016

  • 10.30am AEDT: The Senate committee looking into Commonwealth funding for the arts moves to Darwin

  • 11:00am AEDT: Republican presidential candidates hold another debate

 
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Man charged with murder of Karlie Pearce-Stevenson
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