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.

EXCLUSIVE: Lindt cafe gunman Man Monis was “spoiled” and “needy”, waited on hand and foot and treated like a king.

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.

ANALYSIS: There is a probability Sam Dastyari will be back, but the certainty the national debate he inadvertently started over foreign political funny money will not go away.

AUSTRALIAN Andrew Chan has spent another birthday behind bars in Bali, and told of how he was crushed by the news about Myuran Sukumaran being closer to facing the firing squad.

ISLAMIC State terrorists have released a new video with Melbourne landmarks including the airport, Anglican cathedral and Flinders St station on its latest hit list.

SYDNEY siege survivor Harriette Denny has opened up about her pregnancy as horrifying details inside the Lindt Cafe emerge.