A man charged over the bashing of Michael McEwen at Bondi in Sydney will remain behind bars over Christmas, after being refused bail.
A male motorbike rider is dead following a collision on the Central Coast that also left a 32-year-old man injured.
A hot air balloon has made an emergency landing in the carpark of a Melbourne unit block.
And England has suffered a blow ahead of the Boxing Day test, with veteran spinner Graeme Swann announcing his immediate retirement.
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