In breaking news, SA Premier Jay Weatherill has revealed the two people who died in the bushfire near Adelaide have been identified as a 56-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man. Sixteen homes have been lost
Turkey has released audio of what it says are the multiple warnings sent to Russian pilots before their plane was shot down. The surviving pilot has been rescued by Russian special forces and says he received no warnings
A fan was ejected from a National Basketball League game last night for pouring beer on Sydney Kings player Marcus Thornton. Kings coach Damian Cotter has described the incident, captured on live television, as "dropkick behaviour"
Here's what's coming up today:
7.35am AEDT: Foreign Minister Julie Bishop will speak to Radio National
9.45am AEDT: Malcolm Turnbull and Sussan Ley will reveal an overhaul of mental health policy
11.00am AEDT: We'll get a snapshot of the nation's health with the release of a Health Trends report
11.00am AEDT: Indigenous artefacts souvenired by Captain Cook will go on display at the National Museum, on loan from the British Museum
2.00pm AEDT: Question Time will begin in the House of Representatives
4.00pm AEDT: Malcolm Turnbull leaves for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Malta
8.00pm AEDT: The ARIA awards will be held in Sydney
A 56-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man are confirmed dead and at least 13 people hospitalised from a major bushfire that has destroyed homes in South Australia's Mid North.
Residents tell of the horror of the major bushfire burning in South Australia, with one revealing he had no choice but to leave thousands of animals at a piggery for dead and another describing how his wife was trampled by a horse as she fled.
Russia sends an advanced missile system to Syria to protect its jets operating there and pledges its air force will keep flying missions near Turkish air space in an act of defiance.
The Federal Government will today announce a major shake-up of the mental health system, which Health Minister Sussan Ley says will move away from a "one size fits all" approach.
Online retailers are increasingly becoming the target of criminal gangs committing credit card fraud as more shoppers shop on the internet during the Christmas period.
The Chief Justice of the South Australian Supreme Court voices his support for adopting a "justice target" to help drive down the number of Indigenous Australians behind bars.
A deadly air strike by US forces that destroyed a hospital run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in Afghanistan was a "tragic mistake" in which the wrong building was targeted, a probe finds.
East Timor's most senior leaders accuse Australia of committing a crime and acting immorally after a spying scandal that rocked the relationship between the two countries.
The Liberal Party will be urged to adopt an ambitious "stretch target" in order to boost the number of women at all levels within the organisation, including female MPs.
The auctioneers of a rare skeleton of an Allosaurus dinosaur, a similar carnivore to the famous Tyrannosaurus Rex, say it could add "wow factor in a luxurious living room".
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