Wednesday's news in 5 minutes.

1. “Lets outlaw sunburn on reality TV shows”. Survivor contestant’s melanoma diagnosis a “warning” to all Australians.

Melanoma Institute Australia says the diagnosis of Australian Survivor contestant Jacqui Patterson with stage four melanoma should serve as a “warning” to all Australians about the risks of sun exposure.

The 50-year-old marriage celebrant from Byron Bay was diagnosed with melanoma after returning to Australia from filming Survivor in the Samoan jungle. She was receiving treatment for a shoulder injury she suffered off-camera when the melanoma was discovered.

The news comes only weeks after CEO of Melanoma Institute Australia Carole Renouf publicly called out television producers after noticing some Survivor contestants were sunburnt and using minimal sun protection.

“Melanoma is not a game, and its greatest risk factor – sunburn – has no place on a reality TV game show. It makes me frustrated. It makes me angry. But mostly it makes me sad,” her statement, issued on July 31, read.

Renouf says Patterson is one of some 14,000 Austraians who will be diagnosed with melanoma this year. Though there is no evidence that her time in the jungle contributed to her diagnosis, it should serve as a lesson to all of us.

“Let’s outlaw sunburn on reality TV shows,” Renouf said. “And start treating melanoma like the potential killer it is, just like smoking and drink driving.”

2. Polluted river turning dogs blue in Mumbai.

Singer Taylor Swift is fuelling speculation about new music after posting a second cryptic clip of an unidentified creature’s tail.

The clip, posted on Tuesday, comes a day after she shared a similar video in her first social media post since wiping both her Twitter and Instagram accounts last week.

The most recent update shows a closer, but crackly, view of what appears to be an animated animal’s tail twitching and writhing on a black background.

Fans on social media, of course, have gone crazy: WHAT COULD IT MEAN?????

5. Sisters die in same spot, 24 years apart.

A woman has been killed in a car crash in Malta just metres from the same spot where her sister died in a similar accident 24 years ago.

Janie Turner, 45, died on Sunday just metres away from the marble memorial plaque marking the site where her younger sister, Carmen, was killed in a 1993 traffic accident near the village of Mgarr, then aged 17.

The accident had also happened on a Sunday in August. Both victims were passengers.

6. Overseas Aussies can vote for marriage equality through ‘paperless’ survey, ABS confirms.

Australians overseas or those living in aged care or in very remote areas will have the option to vote on same-sex marriage over the phone or online.

The Australia Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday confirmed a paperless option will be available to Australians abroad during the collection period, living in a residential aged care facility or in very remote locations, and the visually impaired.

Those who are eligible can request an access code to anonymously respond to the survey via an automated phone service, online form or the information line.

Those wanting to vote will have to be correctly enrolled with the AEC by midnight on Thursday.