Key Points
- Kristine intensifies into Tropical Cyclone, prompting Signal No. 1 warnings across the Philippines.
- Independent Senator Lidia Thorpe has defended her interruption of a royal event in Canberra, even as more MPs line up to criticise her shouting 'you are not my king' at the monarch.
- The New South Wales government has hailed the banning of mobile phones in the state's schools as a huge success.
