Morning Mail: World joins against Isis, bins on terror alert, near-nude cyclists
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Version 0 of 1. Good morning folks, and welcome to the Morning Mail – sign up here to get it straight to your inbox before 8am every weekday. Iraq World leaders gathering at Paris summit have vowed to defeat Isis, with support for Iraq’s new government and urgent calls for action against ‘global threat’. After spelling out Australia’s objectives of military involvement in Iraq, Tony Abbott said Australians engaging in ‘terrorist activity’ with Isis could be killed: “It is wrong. It is against God. It is against religion. It is against our common humanity”. Meanwhile, the SMH reports that a group Australia designated as a terrorist organisation is working directly with the Kurdish forces Australia is arming. Australia’s involvement in Iraq: your questions answered. The Syrian city of Raqqa is gripped by fear of US air strikes on Isis, where many believe civilians will pay the price of any campaign. Australian news and politics • Bins at Brisbane’s busiest stations have been closed as part of the raised national terrorism threat level, as police patrol Central station during lunch hour. • NSW police have used sophisticated hacking software to monitor the phones and computers of Australians, according to documents published by WikiLeaks. • Palmer United party senator Jacqui Lambie says she’s ready to take a DNA test to prove her Indigenous heritage. • Former PM John Howard questions the Coalition’s two royal commissions, saying the process shouldn’t be used for ‘narrow targeted political purposes’ • Labor has signalled its willingness to compromise on the renewable energy target, but only if the ‘job-decimating’ recommendations of the Warburton report are scrapped. Around the world • An international lineup of Julian Assange, Edward Snowden, Kim Dotcom and Glenn Greenwald shared the stage at an event hours after publishing articles alleging mass surveillance in New Zealand that implicated PM John Key. • Two young British tourists have been brutally murdered at a popular island resort in southern Thailand. • Survivors of a sinking in the Mediterranean say their boat carrying 500 migrants was ‘deliberately sunk’ by traffickers, after passengers refused to transfer to another vessel. • The International Paralympic Committee president said their stance on whether Oscar Pistorius would be free to compete again was ‘misinterpreted’, after the athlete was found guilty of manslaughter. • A poll has found most English and Welsh people believe Scotland should be denied use of the pound for currency if they vote for independence. More from around the web • Among the most read on the Guardian this morning, the Colombian women’s flesh-coloured cycling kit, which has been labelled “unacceptable by any standards of decency”by the head of cycling’s international governing body. • Tony Abbott is set to cut the tax burden on employee share schemes, with employers given more scope to issue shares and stock options to workers, The Australian reports. • A young unlicensed driver has been charged after a 16-year-old schoolgirl was killed by a 4WD that crashed at Kogarah, the Daily Telegraph reports. One last thing Forget the bucket list: these are the things you should avoid doing before you die. Have an excellent day – and if you spot anything I’ve missed, let me know on Twitter @earleyedition. Sign up Get the Morning Mail direct to your inbox before 8am every day by signing up here. |