Malcolm Turnbull has made sweeping changes to the cabinet, promoting Scott Morrison to Treasurer, and (MA-REECE) Marise Payne to minister for defence.
Meanwhile, Andrew Hastie has claimed the Western Australian seat of Canning, with an impressive victory over Labor in the by-election.
A 26-year-old man has died and eight others were taken to hospital, during the final night of the Defqon (DEF-CON) music festival in Sydney.
And the Cowboys are through to the preliminary finals, after thrashing the Sharks 39 – nil.
