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- David Littleproud remains Nationals leader after a failed spill motion
- An Australian woman dies after a skiing accident in Japan
- Record attendance figures at this year's Australian Open
David Littleproud will remain the leader of the Nationals Party after a failed spill motion.
Queensland MP Colin Boyce had launched the attempt to trigger a leadership challenge, but it has failed to garner any support from his colleagues in order to trigger a vote.
Earlier, Mr Boyce was realistic about unseating the incumbent, but maintained he was doing it because it was 'political suicide' to separate from the Liberals.
Mr Littleproud will now meet with embattled Opposition Leader Sussan Ley to talk about reuniting the coalition - which Liberal MP Alex Hawke says is in everyone's interest to agree on.
"I think Littleproud is on the verge of scoring the biggest own goal on the centre right politics of all time... This happened quickly. It can unhappen quickly if people are willing to put aside their personal egos."
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There is speculation that former Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi could be One Nation's next recruit.
The South Australian conservative Cory Bernardi has praised the party's recent progress on his Substack and has been signalling his active support for Pauline Hanson's platform.
One Nation chief of staff James Ashby is teasing a shock announcement this week while party insiders are hinting at Mr Bernardi’s potential candidacy in South Australia.
One Nation MP and former National Barnaby Joyce has declined to provide further details when repeatedly pressed on the issue on Channel Seven, although he has expressly ruled out Nationals MPs Bridget McKenzie and Colin Boyce as defectors.
"It wouldn't be a big announcement if I made an announcement today, would it? It would be certainly a scoop. That's what the word is, a scoop. But I'm not going to make the announcement. I think I've got a pretty good idea what it is."
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An Australian woman has died following a ski lift accident in Japan.
The 22-year-old woman was at the Tsugaike Mountain Resort in Nagano Prefecture.
Japanese media reports say the buckle on the woman's backpack belt became caught in the chair as she travelled in the ski lift, pulling her with it when she tried to get off.
She was rushed to hospital in a critical condition, where she later died.
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Bad Bunny is among the artists to pick up early prizes at the 68th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
The Puerto Rican reggaeton musician was up for six awards; and has won the award for música urbana album.
He has already made history as the first Spanish language artist to be nominated for song record and album of the year.
He used his acceptance speech to comment on the immigration raids in the United States.
"Before I say thanks to God, I'm going to say 'ICE out'."
Meanwhile, Australian artist Tame Impala has picked up his first solo Grammy for the Best Dance Electronic Recording.
His award was presented during the Premiere Ceremony, in the adjacent Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, ahead of the main show.
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To Tennis,
The Million Dollar One Point Slam - introduced in this year's Australian Open - is here to stay.
Australian Open boss Craig Tilley says the event - won by 29-year-old amateur player Jordan Smith this year - has proved popular.
More than 1.3 million people attended this year's tournament, breaking the previous record set last year by more than 100,000.
Mr Tilley says organisers have learned lessons from the entire event, which include needing to find ways to expand capacity for fans.
"We had 40-thousand people show in about 30 minutes, which was really unexpected on the first day. And most of them were walk-ups, and we didn't know many of them still had to go and buy tickets. We stood up another entry overnight, which normally takes about two days. The team did a magnificent job of doing that. So going into next year there is no doubt, we'll have more seats, we'll have more shade, we'll have more space. We will work more closely with Melbourne Park on that opportunity. We know the plan because we had some of it for this year. And we know what we will need to do for next year."
And that's the latest from the SBS Newsroom.
