Tuesday's news in under 5 minutes: 13 January.

We’ve rounded up all the biggest headlines from this afternoon — so it’ll only take you minutes to catch up on the most important news around today.

1. The voice recorded from AirAsia flight QZ8501 has been retrieved.

By ABC News.

The cockpit voice recorder from the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month carrying 162 people has been recovered and taken to an Indonesian navy ship, an official said.

The black box was found near where the flight data recorder was retrieved on Monday.

The cockpit voice recorder was taken on board an Indonesian navy vessel and was expected to be sent to Jakarta for analysis, the official said.

The analysis of the recorder is likely to provide an explanation as to what happened to the ill-fated flight, which lost contact with air traffic control in bad weather on December 28, less than halfway into a two-hour flight from Indonesia’s second-biggest city of Surabaya to Singapore.

A version of this post originally appeared on ABC News and has been republished with permission.

2. Calls to revive race-hate law.

Liberal senator Cory Bernardi has sparked controversy after pushing for renewed debates on the Racial Discrimination Act after the attack on Charlie Hedbo.

He says the terror attacks in Paris were a “wake up call to anyone who thinks you can have a little bit of free speech”.

The proposed amendments were shut down last year after public outcry and have been dismissed by parliament, according to Fairfax Media.

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten called on Senator Bernardi to stop  “trying to turn the tragedy into a domestic political issue in Australia”.

3.  Social media may be banned under new surveillance laws.

New surveillance laws could see the demise of apps like Whats App and Snapchat.

Prime Minister David Cameron has said today that he would stop the use of methods of communication that cannot be read by security services, even if they have a warrant.

That includes popular chat like iMessage as well as social apps that encrypt their data.

4. Mother escapes jail after son left in severe state.

A young mother has escaped jail after being charged for the cruelty when her three year-old son walked into a Tanawha service station naked, severely malnourished, bashed with cigarette burns on his body.

The 20-year-old woman pleaded guilty after she had done nothing to prevent the boy, now in hospital weighing 14 kg, from abuse, the Sunshine Coast Daily reports.

Her partner now faces sentencing on a range of charges, including torture and cruelty.

5. Bodies still at large 9 days after Nigeria’s worst attack in history.

Bodies are still being recovered after militant group Boko Haram’s deadliest assault in Nigeria last week, which killed up to 2000 people.

The CNN suggests remains are still littered in the bushes in the city of Baga where the attack occurred on January 3.

You can read more about Nigerian girls being used as suicide bombers in this post.

6. New Charlie Hedbo cover features Prophet Mohammed

The latest front page of Charlie Hebdo has been released, showing the Prophet Mohammed holding a Je Suis Charlie sign under the banner “All is forgiven”, the ABC reports.

Three millions copies of the magazine are said to go on sale.

You can see the cover and read more about this story here.

7. Australian city listed in New York Time’s “places to visit in 2015”.

An Australian city has been  listed in New York Time’s “places to visit in 2015” — and no, it’s not Melbourne or Sydney.

Adelaide was nominated for its vibrant arts scene, robust dining and its cultured atmosphere, attributed to events attracting international acclaim such as the WOMAD festival. according to The Traveller.

8. Call for mittens and sewers for injured burnt joeys and koalas goes viral.

By ABC News.

A call to help make mittens for koalas injured in recent bushfires in South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales has gone viral, with mittens being sent to Australia from across the world.

The International Fund for Animal Welfare put out the call on Thursday for people to sew the cotton mittens, which are used to protect the animals’ burnt paws.

Since then, thousands of mittens have been sent from as far as the United Kingdom, America and Russia.

Josey Sharrad from the International Fund for Animal Welfare said the response was astonishing.

“What started off as a local campaign, just asking the Australian public has just absolutely gone global and viral,” Ms Sharrad said.

“We’re now getting offers from as far afield as Russia, Kazakhstan, China, the UK and the US.

“It’s truly phenomenal.”

A version of this post originally appeared on the ABC website and has been republished with permission.

9. The “King” of Sydney is back

A furry seal that once appeared at the VIP steps of the Opera house has returned to regain his place.

Fairfax Media reports there was a lot of hype and excitement when the seal was first seen in October. The “Sydney Seal” is being hailed on Twitter after Sydney photographer @biglenlittlelen captured its return.