Former Coalition staffer James Ashby has claimed Assistant Minister for Innovation Wyatt Roy advised him to copy former speaker Peter Slipper's diary. Federal Police are investigating allegations Mr Slipper's diary was illegally copied in 2012 and leaked to the now Special Minister of State Mal Brough. Follow our live blog for more
The governor of the Mexican state of Sinaloa, Mario López Valdez, said the case of two missing Western Australian surfers is a "black mark" against the region. North America correspondent Michael Vincent has said the remote area, which is immersed in a violent drug war, is so dangerous that three local newspaper editors told him it was too risky to send reporters in search of witnesses
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said the Government would not be renegotiating its emissions reduction target at the Paris talks, but kept the door open for reviewing it in 2020. This has annoyed some Liberal backbenchers, including Dennis Jensen, who said "we should not change those targets ... stick with what we agreed [in] the partyroom"
London women are being fat-shamed on public transport with an anonymous group handing out cruel flyers. The cards claim to be from a group called "Overweight Haters Ltd" and have been condemned by public transport operators
Here's what's coming up:
6.05pm AEDT: Immigration Minister Peter Dutton speaks on RN Drive
7.30pm AEDT: French president Francois Hollande holds a summit with 12 heads of state from Africa to combat climate change
8.00pm AEDT: Official opening of talks in Paris involving negotiators from 195 countries who will try to broker the world's first truly global deal to limit the effects of global warming
10.00pm AEDT: German chancellor Angela Merkel to give a press conference after cabinet meets to discuss Germany's planned participation in the fight against Islamic State
10.30pm: Lateline will air an interview with the mother of Kate Malonyay, who was killed by an ex-boyfriend who was given a funeral with full military honours
Labor turns the blowtorch on Mal Brough in Question Time over "Ashbygate", with the Special Minister of State saying what was put to air in a TV interview "was not the full question". Follow the latest political developments live.
Four Queensland coal miners are diagnosed with the potentially fatal disease known as "black lung", with unions fearing hundreds, possibly thousands of workers are potentially at risk.
The case of two missing Australian surfers has shocked and saddened even those hardened to the realities of Mexico's drug war. But as Michael Vincent reflects, details on the case are few and far between.
As Malcolm Turnbull flies home following talks with world leaders in Paris, his deputy Julie Bishop is on the defensive amid backbench criticism over climate policy.
A Sydney man charged with murdering five members of his extended family faces a fourth trial next year after the jury in his third trial was discharged.
Turkey's decision to down a Russian warplane on the Syrian border was dictated by a desire to defend Islamic State oil supplies to Turkey, Vladimir Putin says.
US scientists and activists call for a global ban on the genetic modification of human embryos, warning the technology could have an irreversible impact on humanity and "is a line we must not cross".
Japan will send off its whaling fleet to kill hundreds of Minke whales in the Southern Ocean, under a plan devised by the government to skirt around last year's international court ruling.
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Mexican authorities have confirmed the burnt-out van found with two bodies inside belonged to the two missing Australian surfers. Vehicle ID numbers match registration records for the van in Canada.
Malcolm Turnbull has said Australia will spend at least $1 billion over five years to help Pacific nations combat climate change. The announcement was part of his speech at the opening of the Paris climate summit.
Vladimir Putin has accused Turkey of shooting down a Russian fighter plane to protect oil supplies from Islamic State. He has refused a meeting with Turkey's president on the sidelines of the Paris summit.
Here's what's coming up today:
7.30am AEDT: Health Minister Sussan Ley will join other MPs at a breakfast to mark World Aids Day
7.35am AEDT: Environment Minister Greg Hunt is due to speak to Radio National from the Paris summit
9.00am AEDT: A picture book on transgender children, written by the mother of a transgender child, will be launched in Melbourne
11.00am AEDT: Selectors will name the Australian cricket squad for the upcoming series against West Indies
11.15am AEDT: Defence Minister Marise Payne launches a White Ribbon event with the Australian Defence Force Academy
1.00pm AEDT: The Navy is set to commission a new amphibious assault ship
2.00pm AEDT: Question Time resumes in the House of Representatives
2.30pm AEDT: The Reserve Bank will release its monthly decision on interest rates
The vehicle identification numbers from a burnt-out van with two bodies in it match the registration of a van used by two West Australian surfers, Mexican authorities confirm.
Australia announces it will contribute $1 billion over the next five years to fight climate change in the Pacific, as world leaders are warned it will take more than "goodwill" to resolve the climate crisis.
Turkey's decision to down a Russian fighter jet on the Syrian border was dictated by a desire to defend Islamic State oil supplies to Turkey, Vladimir Putin says.
The Federal Government says it is willing to further compromise with the Senate crossbench in order to pass the remainder of its planned changes to family tax benefits.
The chief of the Navy apologises for giving a funeral with full military honours to a sailor who strangled his ex-girlfriend to death in her Sydney apartment before taking his own life.
You may not have heard of "sovereign citizens", but a confidential NSW Police report says the growing anti-government extremist movement could pose a potential terrorism threat in Australia.
Professional video gamers are stepping out of the basement and into the big league, with international tournaments drawing thousands of spectators, proving eSports are here to stay.
The funeral of a Russian royal who died alone in the NT town of Katherine is told his family were trying to find him just days before they learned he was dead.
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