6:35am

Kangaroo attacks hunter, breaks his jaw

A man has had his jaw shattered after being headbutted by a kangaroo while out hunting in Western Australia.

Joshua Hayden was hunting with his brother in a paddock near Kellerberrin on Tuesday night when the pair spotted three kangaroos.

According to the ABC, one of the roos disappeared and as Mr Hayden leaned out the car window to take a shot at the others the third kangaroo reappeared and launched itself at the moving vehicle.

The 19-year-old claims the animal collided with the side of the car and smashed the front window before headbutting him straight in the jaw.

Mr Hayden was knocked out for around 30 seconds and when he woke he accused his brother of hitting him.

“I woke up and my brother was trying to tell me what happened,” he said.

“I said ‘No, you hit me’ and he said ‘No, the kangaroo did’.”

He was taken to hospital but because his face was so swollen he was told he would have to wait 10 days before being able to have surgery.

6:10am

Suspicious package shuts down parts of Melbourne

A suspicious package shut down a part of Melbourne’s CBD overnight as bomb squads worked identified the contents.

Parts of Lonsdale and Russell streets were cordoned off as authorities assessed the package, with businesses in the area being evacuated.

Bomb squads declared the package safe at around 12.45am, several hours after it was discovered.

The small suspicious package was found next to parked cars near the QV department store.

Despite the area being reopened to the public a heavily police presence remains on the scene as a precaution.

Police close off section of Russell Street and Little Lonsdale in Melbourne. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Police close off section of Russell Street and Little Lonsdale in Melbourne. Picture: Jake NowakowskiSource:News Corp Australia

5:45am

Turnbull pressures Joyce to quit

Barnaby Joyce is under pressure from Malcolm Turnbull to quit as deputy prime minister after his “shocking” decision to have an affair with a staffer. Mr Turnbull said the Nationals leader should “consider his position” as he takes a week off, before slamming Mr Joyce for having an affair with his now-pregnant partner Vikki Campion.

“The real issue is the terrible hurt and humiliation that Barnaby, by his conduct, has visited on his wife, Natalie and their daughters and indeed, his new partner,” Mr Turnbull told reporters in Canberra on Thursday. “Barnaby made a shocking error of judgment in having an affair with a young woman working in his office.

“He has set off a world of woe for those women and appalled all of us.” Mr Turnbull cannot sack his deputy because it is up to the Nationals MPs to choose their leader under the coalition agreement.

But Mr Turnbull said the scandal had prompted him to change the ministerial code of conduct to ban ministers from having sex with staff.

“Ministers, regardless of whether they are married or single, must not engage in sexual relations with their staff,” he said.

“Doing so will constitute a breach of the standards.”

–AAP

Australia's Turnbull bans sex between ministers and staff1:14

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull bans sex between ministers and staff and rounded on his deputy for a "shocking error of judgment" by having an affair with a press secretary. Rosanna Philpott reports.

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