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1. Two women stabbed to death in Far North Queensland.

Two women, aged 44 and 48, have been stabbed to death and a 17-year-old girl taken to hospital with facial lacerations in Far North Queensland.

A 70-year-old man was also found in a separate room with stab wounds to his chest.

Yesterday afternoon, police were called to a residence at Gordonvale, south of Cairns, and they found two women dead, and a teenage girl with wounds.

Police said when they arrived at the scene they found a man sitting on the road who was then placed in handcuffs and led away in front of shocked neighbours.

“When he was speaking to [police] he seemed quite dazed,” Inspector Monique Ralf said.

The man, believed to be known to the women, was arrested and taken into custody.

Queensland Treasurer and Member for Mulgrave Curtis Pitt issued a statement last night saying the family was known to him.

“The deceased and their family are well known to me and my thoughts and sympathies go to other family members,” Mr Pitt said.

“This tragedy has hit close to home, quite literally, happening as it did in my home town only blocks from my house and the next street to where my parents live,” he said.

“The circumstances of the deaths are now under police investigation and after those inquiries we will hopefully be in a position to know how these tragic events unfolded.”

For domestic violence support 24/7, call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732).

2. Man charged with allegedly murdering his former partner in Melbourne’s west on Sunday night.

A man has been charged after the body of his former partner was found in a Unitt Street home in Melton, Melbourne about 7pm on Sunday.

The 20-year-old woman, known as Jackie Deng, had a two-year-old son with the man and was studying law at Victoria University.

It is alleged that her former partner Nelson Makeny, 24, punched, kicked, and stabbed her to death with a kitchen knife in her unit.

Mr Makeny has been charged with one count of murder.

He has been remanded in custody and will face Melbourne Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday.

For domestic violence support 24/7, call 1800 RESPECT (1800 737 732).

3. Five-year-old girl assaulted while she was playing in driveway.

A five-year-old girl has been approached by a man and indecently assaulted in Sydney while she was playing in a driveway with four other children.

Police say the girl was approached by the man on Sunday evening, between 5:15pm and 6pm. She was playing on a driveway in Denman Avenue, Wiley Park.

“While playing, a man described as Caucasian in appearance, aged under 30, about 6ft tall with a thin build and wearing a cap with dark sunglasses, shorts and joggers, approached the children and asked to join in their game,” police said in a statement.

“The children played with the man for a short time before the man led one of the children, a girl aged 5, behind a building. The girl followed the man and he allegedly indecently assaulted her.”

The girl ran away from the man and reported what had happened to her parents.

Anyone with information is urged to call CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.

4. Rise in global temperatures in February concerns scientists.

Scientists have said they are stunned by the dramatic rise in global temperatures for the month of February.

According to NASA analysis, average temperatures last month were 1.35 degrees above the norm for the 1951-1980 period.

“This is really quite stunning… it’s completely unprecedented,” said Stefan Rahmstorf, from Germany’s Potsdam Institute of Climate Impact Research and a visiting professorial fellow at the University of NSW.

The Wunderblog called the NASA analysis a “bombshell.”

“This result is a true shocker, and yet another reminder of the incessant long-term rise in global temperature resulting from human-produced greenhouse gases,” write the blog’s authors, Jeff Masters and Bob Henson.

“We are in a kind of climate emergency now,” Professor Rahmstorf told Fairfax Media.

“Governments have promised to act [to curb greenhouse gas emissions] and they need to do better than what they promised in Paris” at the global climate summit last December, he said.

5. Australia’s Ambassador to Turkey shielded 12-year-old daughter from blast.

James Larsen, Australia’s ambassador to Turkey, has told of how he had to shield his 12-year-old daughter from a massive bomb blast that left 37 dead in central Kizilay Square.

Mr Larsen told 7:30 he was driving his daughter home from a horse-riding lesson and had stopped at a set of traffic lights when he heard the “pop”.

“We were stationary at some traffic lights and the explosion took place just on the other side of the traffic lights,” Mr Larsen said.

“As is always the case with these instances, you hear a pop and then of course we saw flames shooting up and a bus and car catching alight and flames spreading out,” he said.

“I said [to my daughter] make sure you put your head down low in the car on the floor so she was away from any glass. I moved the car to the side of the roadway and called the office to make sure we initiated our crisis procedures,” he said.

“It was very distressing and there was of course a great deal of movement amongst the people around. It was a very, very crowded area.

“You had lots of people walking around, you had cars moving so there was quite a chaotic environment as you would expect,” he said.

Mr Larsen confirmed no Australians had been affected.

It has been reported that there were two attackers, a man and a woman. The explosives were the same kind as those used in a February 17 attack that killed 29 people.

In Turkey, authorities have imposed a news blackout and barred local media from showing images of the dead or revealing further details of the investigation.

6. ABC Journalists feared being charged in Malaysia.

ABC Journalists Linton Besser and camera operator Louis Eroglu have spent a tense night after being told they would be charged today after questioning the Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak over a corruption scandal — and then finding out just hours later that they wouldn’t be.

The pair, who work for Four Corners, were in Malaysia working on a story investigating allegations of corruption and bribery linked to the killing of socialite Altantuya Shaariibuu.

Ms Shaariibuu was killed in 2006, allegedly by two of Malaysia Prime Minister Najib Razak’s bodyguards.

They were arrested after Mr Besser threw a question to the prime minister as he was entering a mosque.

Shortly after, Malaysian authorities accused the Australian duo of acting “aggressively” and crossing a cordon.

They were detained for six hours but released on bail and had their passports returned.

Last night, the pair were told via their lawyer, Albert Tang, that they would be charged.

Mr Tang told Fairfax Media the newsmen had been investigated for “obstructing a public servant,” under Section 186 of the penal code.

“Under the law, the police investigate and the Attorney-General’s department or public prosecutors have the power to decide whether or not to proceed with any prosecution,” Mr Tang said

The ABC released a statement saying the pair had the full support of the network.

“The ABC is very concerned by the prospect of charges being laid in Malaysia against our journalists Linton Besser and Louie Eroglu, who have been working on assignment with Four Corners.”

“We are awaiting details of any proposed case and are taking legal advice on the next steps.”

“Linton and Louie have the full support of the ABC and we are working with all the relevant authorities to try to resolve this matter.”

In the early hours of this morning, the ABC reported that the relieved men had been told they would not be charged.

7. Price of cigarettes could rise to $40.

There are reports that the price of cigarettes could soar to $40 a packet under a proposal to increase the tobacco excise in the May Budget.

Labor has previously floated the idea claiming that its proposed tobacco excise increase would raise $47 billion in revenue over 10 years.

The Daily Telegraph reports that a “senior government source” says the idea will be taken to the Expenditure Review Committee.

Treasurer Scott Morrison’s office yesterday did not respond to the reports.

8. Criminal investigation after man pees on Kellogg’s assembly line.

An investigation is underway after a video emerged of a man allegedly urinating on a Kellogg food assembly line.

But there is no point in putting down your spoon – it was recorded in 2014 and the Rice Krispies have been long eaten, probably by some unsuspecting child in the US.

Kellogg officials have stated that the “potentially affected” products are all past its expiration date.

The video shows the man urinating on Rice Krispies Treats, Rice Krispies cereal and other “puffed rice cake products” two years ago, according to Mashable.

“Kellogg takes this situation very seriously and we were shocked and deeply disappointed by this video that we just learned of yesterday,” Kellogg said in a statement released to WREG News.

“We immediately alerted law enforcement authorities and regulators. A criminal investigation is underway as well as a thorough internal investigation.”

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