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- Police reveal the gender of a baby who might have been born near Sydney's Cooks River;
- Drones tracking individuals released from indefinite immigration detention;
- Two more players embroiled in a men's A League betting scandal.
Forensic testing has revealed that a mystery woman who might have given birth by the Cooks River in Sydney earlier this week delivered a baby boy.
Investigators are yet to track down the woman or the child nearly three days after a dog walker discovered a placenta and umbilical cord on the banks of the River at Earlwood.
But police say they've at least now been able to establish the child's gender.
Police superintendent Christine McDonald has previously said that the woman is not in any trouble, and that she only wants to make sure they are supported and well.
"There is no judgement. They need to know that we are concerned for them. That we are wanting to know that they are safe. As we know childbirth present a number of health concerns, hence why we are requesting that the mother goes straight to a hospital and speaks to health professionals."
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The polls have now closed in South Africa's elections, with officials noting voter turnout was larger than expected.
South Africans are deciding on a new national parliament as well as provincial legislatures.
The election could see the African National Congress party - formerly led by the late Nelson Mandela - lose its majority after 30 years in power.
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Fourteen people have been convicted of subversion in Hong Kong, in a landmark trial that critics say could deal another blow to the city's rule of law.
The verdicts against the pro-democracy activists have come more than three years after police arrested 47 democrats in dawn raids across the city, and charged them under a national security law imposed by China.
Beijing says the laws have brought stability to Hong Kong and that human rights are respected.
But the U.S. and some other countries have criticised the trial as politically motivated, calling for the accused to be immediately released.
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The Department of Home Affairs has confirmed it's working with Ticketmaster over a suspected global cyber breach that's potentially compromised the information of millions of customers.
The Department says it's looking to understand exactly what has happened, given there are five million Ticketmaster account holders across Australia and New Zealand.
It is not yet known if Australian customers have been exposed.
But University of New South Wales computer science professor Sanjay Jha says there is a definite market for their private details.
"Some businesses will buy it no knowing that it's being sold off the dark web. Someone can pretend that 'I have a marketing database for so many people' and just use it. And also people who are into this kind of black market business, they would find it quite lucrative."
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Drones are being used to track foreigners who have been released from immigration detention after last year's landmark High Court ruling.
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has confirmed the use of the drones in an interview with Sky News, when he was asked why two of the detainees weren't being tracked with electronic ankle bracelets.
The Minister says the government knows exactly where they are.
"There is a quarter of a billion dollars that we've invested in supporting our law enforcement agencies to enforce that. And that's enabled things like using drones to keep track of these people."
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A bill to ban the live export of sheep by boat has been introduced into federal Parliament.
The law locks in a date to restrict exports to air transport, and still allow for cattle to be sent via sea.
But Nationals leader David Littleproud has slammed the move, arguing that while the live export industry had committed mistakes in the past, it had implemented animal welfare reforms and should be allowed to continue as they are now.
He says the bill would have predictable negative consequences.
"What you are going to see by Australia shutting down the live sheep export industry, is you are going to see the senseless and horrific death of millions of sheep from around the world from the markets that take up our place."
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A portrait of an Indigenous musician has taken out the Packing Room Prize in this year's Archibald awards.
Matt Adnate's dramatic portrait of Baker Boy - Yolngu rapper Danzal Baker - was chosen by gallery staff who receive, unpack and hang the entries.
The young artist says he is humbled to have his work recognised by the judges.
"I've always looked at faces by the Art Gallery of New South Wales, and growing up in Melbourne, the NGV - as something that I would never ever dream of even having a painting in, let alone winning a prize like this. So it really means a lot. Thank you so much."
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Two more players from Macarthur F-C have been drawn into a men's A-League betting scandal.
The names of Matthew Millar and Jed Drew have appeared in documents brought to court by the legal representatives of Kearyn Baccus, one of the three players to have been arrested and charged over an alleged plot to receive yellow cards in return for payment.
Millar and Drew have not been charged.
