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

  • Egyptian authorities say wreckage from the Egypt Air plane that disappeared over the Mediterranean with 66 people on board, has been found. They say debris was spotted in waters off Greece but Greek air safety authorities have denied the claim. You can get updates from our live blog

  • The Federal Opposition says last night's Australian Federal Police raids on the Melbourne office of Labor senator Stephen Conroy and the home of a Labor staffer are "extraordinary and unprecedented" during an election campaign. The Prime Minister has rejected any suggestion of Government interference

  • Multiple batches of Panadol brand children's paracetamol have been recalled over contamination fears. The Health Department has recalled Children's Panadol, for kids aged five to 12, in 200 millilitre bottles with an expiry date of February 2018. Click here for more details

Auschwitz museum staff have discovered a gold ring and necklace hidden by a prisoner in a rusting false-bottomed mug. The jewellery, hidden for fear of Nazi looting, was discovered at the site of the death camp when the enamel mug began degrading and the false bottom separated from the original mug

Here's what's coming up:

  • 7:30am AEST: Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull will hold his first media event of the day in Tasmania

  • 9:30am AEST: Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews will visit a dairy farm near Leongatha where he'll announce the first stage of State Government support for struggling dairy farmers

  • 10:00am AEST: Opposition Leader Bill Shorten will hold his first media event of the day in Sydney

  • 10:30am AEST: Greens leader Richard Di Natale and MP Adam Bandt will visit the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. They'll discuss investment in science and research

  • 10:30am AEST: The owners of the Cowra Rail, War and Rural Museum are selling their entire collection at auction. The list includes steam engines, historic petrol bowsers, old fire trucks and tractors

  • 2:00pm AEST: The chief judge of the Western Australia Family Court, Justice Stephen Thackray, will deliver his verdict on whether doctors can give a little boy radiation treatment for cancer against the wishes of his parents

 
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Labor figures targeted in 'unprecedented' AFP raids
Australian Federal Police officers search the office of a senior Labor frontbencher and the home of an Opposition staffer in a move described as "extraordinary and unprecedented" during an election campaign.
 
Live: Confusion in hunt for wreckage of missing plane
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'Horrific' sheep-tackling video prompts investigation into Sydney school
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Prime suspect in Bowraville murders open to retrial
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US B-52 bomber crashes on Guam, all crew safe
A B-52 bomber leaves a fiery wreck after crashing at a US airbase on the Pacific island of Guam, but all seven crew escaped unharmed, officials say.
 
Children's Panadol products recalled over contamination fears
Fears multiple batches of Panadol products for children aged from 5-12 may have been contaminated "with small particles that could contain trace minerals and inert fibres" prompts health authorities to issue a recall.
 
Heroin-smuggling grandmother has sentenced reduced
A grandmother who was caught trying to smuggle 1.7 kilograms of pure heroin into Australia has her sentence reduced.
 
China calls on US to end close reconnaissance following 'unsafe' intercept
China's Foreign Ministry calls on the United States to stop close reconnaissance activities after the United States said two Chinese fighter jets carried out an "unsafe" intercept of a US military aircraft over the South China Sea.
 
Muirfield loses British Open hosting rights after rejecting female members
Famed Edinburgh golf course Muirfield loses its status as a British Open venue after members voted against admitting women into their ranks.
 
Gold ring found in Auschwitz inmate's false-bottomed mug
A gold ring and necklace hidden by an Auschwitz prisoner in a false-bottomed mug for fear of looting by German Nazis is discovered at the site of the death camp, the Auschwitz museum says.
 
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