12PM NEWS UPDATE

– ASIO and the Federal Police have been called in to give advice on whether women should remove their burqas, for identification purposes at Parliament house in Canberra.
– Suspended Essendon Coach James Hird has confirmed he’ll go against the board’s wishes, by appealing a Federal Court decision over the club’s supplement scandal.
– General David Hurley has been sworn in as the 38th Governor of New South Wales, after 40 years of service to Australia’s military.
– A desperate search is underway to track down all people who may have come in contact with a man, who’s the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in America.
– And the Bulldogs and Rabbitohs are coming face to face today at the NRL grand final lunch. It’s the last official event before both teams bunker down ahead of the decider.