Cate and Bronte Campbell produce blistering 100-metre splits to deliver Australia 4x100m freestyle relay gold ahead of the United States and Canada, and break a world record.
Mack Horton delivers Australia its first gold medal of the Rio Olympics after out-touching China's defending champion Sun Yang in the men's 400 metres freestyle final.
A Jetstar flight heading from Tokyo to the Gold Coast makes an emergency landing on the Pacific island of Guam after the crew shut down one of the plane's engines mid-flight.
Two Australian Olympic rowing coaches are shaken up after being robbed at knifepoint while walking to their hotel in Rio de Janeiro, in what officials say looks like "a very opportunistic crime".
More medals up for grabs in the pool and in the women's road race, but the Aussies will have to aim true if they are to win in the archery and shooting events on day two.
French gymnast Samir Ait Said suffers a horrific double-leg fracture at the Rio Olympics, falling to the mat in agony and clutching the lower part of his leg, which visibly flops to one side to gasps of horror from the crowd.
Senator David Leyonhjelm says he plans to introduce a bill to change race discrimination laws, telling Insiders that section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act should be removed.
A pilot study into breast density among young women is being launched by West Australian researchers in the hope of reducing cancer risk later in life.
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