TRANSCRIPT:
- Tasmania's premier continues the fight for his political life;
- A mass evacuation ordered in Germany after the discovery of world war two era bombs;
- Political turmoil throws doubt on whether Tasmania will get its AFL team.
A marathon debate is expected to continue in the Tasmanian parliament today after Premier Jeremy Rockliff faced a no-confidence motion on Wednesday over his handling of the state budget.
The motion, put forward by the Labor opposition, appears all but certain to pass with support of the Greens and three crossbench MPs.
Mr Rockliff has conceded the numbers are against him, but has vowed to fight to his last breath and not resign.
His dumping could trigger a snap election.
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A vigil has been held in Darwin to mourn the death in custody of Kumanjayi White, with his family travelling from Central Australia to be there and voice their concerns.
Mr White's family say they want to see the CCTV vision of what took place before his death, and they're calling for an independent investigation, saying they don't trust the police.
N-T Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro says calls for an external investigation are unhelpful and uneducated.
The crowd of mourners in front of the N-T parliament had this message for their politicians last night.
[["We want justice! Are you hearing us Lia? We want justice! We want justice! We want justice! We want justice!"]]
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Australia is hoping to follow in an ally's footsteps after Donald Trump granted a single exemption to his supercharged tariffs on steel and aluminium.
The US president has signed an executive order doubling tariffs on those imports for every trading partner except the UK, which will remain subject to the original 25 per cent rate after striking a deal with his administration.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is preparing for a face to face meeting soon with the US President after calling Trump’s decision an act of economic self-harm.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said Australia will continue to advocate - but cannot take any outcomes for granted.
"The point that we have made repeatedly is that ours is a relationship of mutual economic benefit. We are different to a lot of these other countries that the Americans are negotiating with in that apart from a few unusual monthly outcomes, they've run a big trade surplus with us."
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Crew members aboard The Gaza Freedom Flotilla say they are being followed by drones in the night as they sail for Palestine to deliver aid.
Well-known activist Greta Thunberg and actor Liam Cunningham are currently on board the ship, called the Madleen.
This video was recorded by crew member Yasmine Acar on Tuesday local time.
Ms Acar has told SBS the Hellenic Coast Guard has denied the drones are from Greece and declined to identify them in any way.
"We sighted a drone today at 11pm while we were 80 kilometres off the coast from Greece, and now it's almost 3.30am in the morning and right now we have the drone to our left, and we have a drone to our right."
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More than 20,000 residents have been evacuated from parts of Cologne's city centre as specialists prepare to defuse three unexploded bombs from World War II.
The evacuation area includes a 1,000 metre radius around the bombs, encompassing 58 hotels, nine schools, several museums and a train station.
The devices were unearthed earlier this week during preparatory work for road construction.
Discovering unexploded bombs isn't uncommon, but Head of Cologne Public Order Office Ralf Meyer says it's unusual to find three together.
"The state of the ground is not getting better, the objects are exposed to vibrations here, which also shifts the ground. In addition, the bomb is exposed to moisture and then corrosion damage, i.e. rust, is the problem. This can lead to a dud exploding on its own and these are situations that we have to avoid."
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A group of farmers are launching a legal challenge over a proposed gas pipeline that will cut through prime agricultural land in New South Wales.
The federal environment department says the construction being planned by Santos will need approvals under environmental protection laws, but it has stopped short of applying safeguards requiring scrutiny of risks to water resources.
A group of farmers and community members have now filed an application in the Federal Court for a judicial review of the water trigger decision.
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The political turmoil in Tasmania is throwing the future of a potential AFL team into doubt.
Building a stadium in Hobart is a contractual condition of the Tasmanian Devils' entry into the AFL in 2028, but Jeremy Rockliff has come under intense pressure over his financial management and plans for the new facility.
Key Devils figures are pleading for politicians to put aside their differences and support the club.
