Immigration minister Peter Dutton has defended the decision to place "serious criminals" in the Christmas Island detention centre. He was speaking live to the AM program; follow the latest in our live blog.
A 20-year-old surfer is in an induced coma after he was bitten by a bull shark at Ballina, in northern NSW. Locals are angry at delays in starting trials of shark deterrent technology.
Vandals have derailed a train at a station in north-east Melbourne overnight. Police say the offenders broke into and started the train, driving it forwards before crashing into carriages and fencing.
Here's what's coming up today:
9.00am AEDT: SES members will search near the school south of Brisbane attended by murdered girl Tiahleigh Palmer
10.15am AEDT: The High Court rules on a challenge to the Northern Territory government's paperless arrest system
10.30am AEDT: Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall attend the Remembrance Day national service in Canberra
11.50am AEDT: Debate resumes in federal Parliament on changes to citizenship laws
12.30pm AEDT: Malcolm Turnbull launches a book marking 40 years since the dismissal of the Whitlam government
1.00pm AEDT: Republican candidates for the US presidency hold another debate
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A parliamentary committee outlines its support for the human rights goals in a private members bill to legalise same-sex marriage, but some members oppose the bill saying it in fact breaches human rights.
A New South Wales north coast surfing club criticises the State Government on what they say has been slow action on shark-deterrent technology, in the wake of a serious attack on a young surfer who remains in an induced coma.
A growing number of applicants are failing Australia's citizenship test in the wake of changes to increase the passing mark from 60 per cent to 73 per cent in 2009.
A veterans support group urges Australians who pause for a minute's silence to honour fallen soldiers today to go a step further, and take an extra minute to reach out to a mate.
British police say they have arrested a former soldier in relation to the Bloody Sunday killings of 1972 — one of the worst atrocities in Northern Ireland's three decades of unrest.
The Greens declare they are ready for a new debate about the national flag, as a step towards becoming a republic saying there is a lot of community support for change.
The Kremlin dismisses allegations from the World Anti-Doping Agency that Russian athletes are guilty of using banned performance-enhancing substances on a large-scale, saying the assertions are groundless.
A social media campaign designed to highlight the positives of Victoria's taxi industry backfires, with people sharing tales of unskilled, racist, rude and abusive drivers.
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