FIVE fathers have lost children in the Cairns massacre, which claimed four boys and four girls aged 2 to 14. The father of one of the female victims had planned to see her for her birthday today.

HE’S snagged one of Australia’s highest gongs in this year’s Australia Day Honours List, but our ambassador to France wants more.

AUSTRALIA’S most senior Catholic cleric Cardinal George Pell will tender his resignation to Pope Francis on Wednesday.

UPDATE: THE Australian of the Year finalists have met the PM before a celebratory lunch as the nation waits to find out who will be awarded the top honour.

ROLLING UPDATES: Andrew Bolt grilled Bronwyn Bishop on why she turned against Tony Abbott in the leadership spill that led to Malcolm Turnbull’s rise to the top job.