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Good morning. Here's what's happening now: An Australian Workers Union official has said they expressed concerns early last year about safety and maintenance at Dreamworld, where four people died yesterday Almost 30 years after the end of the Cold War, Australia's security agency ASIO is publicly acknowledging it was infiltrated by Soviet spies Australian man Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis has been jailed for 15 years for sexually abusing 11 young girls in Bali South Australia is one of the top five must-see regions in the world according to Lonely Planet's Best of Travel 2017. It ranked fifth, behind Choquequirao in Peru, Taranaki in New Zealand, The Azores in Portugal and North Wales in the UK. Here's what's coming up: 7:38am AEDT: Labor MP Tony Burke will be on Radio National 10:00am AEDT: Attorney-General George Brandis will officially launch The Secret Cold War: The Official History of ASIO 1975–1989 by John Blaxland and Rhys Crawley 10:45am AEDT: In the US, the Chicago Cubs will take on the Cleveland Indians in the 2016 World Series 12:45pm AEDT: Justice Minister Michael Keenan will speak at the Lowy Institute on 'The evolving terrorist threat to Australia' Top Stories Dreamworld warned of safety, maintenance concerns last year An Australian Workers Union official says concerns were raised last year about safety and maintenance at the Gold Coast theme park where four people died yesterday. Solicitor-General refuses to answer Liberal senator's 'attack' questions Outgoing Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson refuses to answer more than 100 questions from a Liberal senator, arguing he considers them "an attack" and they imply a "deficiency" in the evidence he gave to a Senate committee. King's School leadership admit 'catastrophic failure' over alleged assault The head and deputy head of King's School in Sydney are grilled over their failure to act on a police email that advised them to formally report an alleged act of indecency against a student and warned them that not doing so could be a crime. ASIO admits it was penetrated by Soviet spies Almost 30 years after the end of the Cold War, Australia's security agency ASIO is publicly acknowledging it was infiltrated by Soviet spies in a new official publication being launched today at the organisation's Canberra headquarters. Victorian inquiry to address rise in Indigenous children in child protection services The man behind an inquiry into the number of Indigenous children in protective services in Victoria says more needs to be done to reduce the numbers of children coming into care and to connect Aboriginal children in care with their relatives. US judge approves $US14.7b deal in VW diesel scandal A US federal judge approves Volkswagen AG's record $US14.7 billion settlement with regulators and owners of 475,000 polluting diesel vehicles, with the German automaker saying it would begin buying back the cars mid-November. Turning router off and on may have prevented census outage Computer giant IBM says there was one simple fix which might have stopped August's embarrassing census outage from happening— turning one of its routers off and on again during a practice run. 'If I'm the bad guy, charge me': Foreign fighter Ashley Dyball issues challenge to AFP An Australian man who went to Syria to fight against Islamic State challenges Federal Police to arrest him or leave him alone, saying: 'I don't care, I'll do my time'. Lonely Planet ranks SA in top 5 regions in the world Internationally-renowned travel company Lonely Planet touts South Australia as one of the top five destinations in the world in its Best of Travel 2017 guide. UN aborts plan to evacuate patients from Aleppo The United Nations abandons plans to evacuate patients from rebel-held Aleppo, which it had hoped to accomplish during a three-day lull in fighting last week. Iraq army's elite forces pause advance to consolidate around Mosul An elite unit of the Iraqi army pauses its week-long advance on Mosul as it approaches the city's eastern edge, waiting for other US-backed forces to close in on the Islamic State group's last major urban stronghold in Iraq. Australian Robert Ellis jailed for 15 years for child sex abuse in Bali Australian man Robert Andrew Fiddes Ellis is jailed for 15 years for sexually abusing 11 young girls in Bali. Turkey's post-coup emergency rule led to torture, abuse: HRW Turkey has effectively written a "blank cheque" to security services to torture people detained after a failed military coup attempt, a Human Rights Watch report says, citing accusations of beatings, sleep deprivation, and sexual abuse. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum Opinion: Solicitor-General's role has been damaged By Gabrielle Appleby, UNSW Gleeson ends the stoush, but who came out on top? 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