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We’ve rounded up all the latest stories from Australia and around the world – so you don’t have to go searching.

1. CCTV released of man wanted in connection with Melbourne stabbing.

Police have released images of a man wanted in connection with the stabbing murder of a Melbourne teenager 17-year-old Masa Vukotic.

Ms Vukotic who attended Canterbury Girls’ Secondary College was attacked while walking along a path at Koonung Creek at 6.50pm on Tuesday. Police have said she was doing her regular evening walk.

Police said the attack appeared to be random.

The man police are seeking was seen getting on a bus in Doncaster Road, Doncaster at about 7.09pm on Tuesday night. They have also seized a nearby resident’s outdoor tap — which police believe the man may have used to wash his bloodied hands.

Detective Inspector Mick Hughes said he was confident the man would be recognised by people who knew him. They believe the man got off the bus near the intersection of Hoddle Street and Johnston Street, Abbotsford.

Inspector Hughes said that the teenager was wearing headphones at the time and may not have heard her attacker approaching.

Inspector Hughes said it was an “absolute tragedy”.

“It’s terrible that a 17-year-old child can’t go walking in a park. I think as a community, as a parent, it really falls on all of us to make sure that our community’s safe. I think it is an absolute tragedy that this young child’s life’s been be taken when she’s be doing something as innocent as walking through a park,”

Police urge anyone with information to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

 2. Tunisia museum terrorist attack leaves 18 people dead. 30 injured.

Armed terrorists, thought to be supporters of Islamic State, have stormed the Bardo national museum in Tunisia – one of the country’s leading tourist attractions in the capital, Tunisia killing 18 people and sparking a three-hour hostage siege.

Over 3o people were wounded

CNN reports that Polish, Italian, German and Spanish tourists are among those killed. It is believed that tourists were targeted.

 4. Tragic whooping cough death in Western Australia.

A four-week-old baby boy has died from whooping cough in Perth.

Riley John Hughes died in the arms of his parents, Greg and Catherine Hughes on Wednesday from complications arising from whooping cough.

His parents have spoken to Mamamia about the tragic death of their precious boy.

For more read this post here.

 5. Bali Nine duo not likely to be executed for months.

Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has told Reuters that Indonesia is not likely to execute death row convicts, which include, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran for weeks or even months, until the courts decide on their last-minute legal appeals.

Meanwhile SBS reports that lawyers for the pair head back to court today in the Jakarta administrative court. They are having one last appeal for clemency – arguing that President Joko Widodo didn’t properly assess the case before rubber-stamp rejecting their clemency as drug offenders.

 6. Disturbing details on man convicted of killing Morgan Huxley.

Daniel Jack Kelsall who was yesterday found guilty of the stabbing murder of Sydney man Morgan Huxley stalked two men just a week after the murder of Mr. Huxley reports News Limited.

One man told police that just a week after the murder A man he identified as Kelsall stalked him down the same street to his front door before he confronted Kelsall who ran off.

Another told a similar story.

Fairfax Media reports that Kelsall now faces child pornography charges to which he has pleaded not guilty. He will face court again on those charges on April 7.

 7. Cyclone Nathan on course for Far North Queensland.

Cyclone Nathan is due to cross land tomorrow morning near Cooktown as a dangerous Category 4 cyclone.

Residents have been evacuated from the Cape Flattery silica mine and Lizard Island resort.

The 1200 people who live in the Indigenous community of Hope Vale are also bracing for impact.

8. Double dissolution election prospect discussed by Government ministers twice, but dismissed.

By Chris Uhlmann and Melissa Clarke

The Federal Government’s battles with the Senate has seen the prospect of a double dissolution election discussed among senior ministers.

A spokesman for the Prime Minister has told the ABC “the Government intends to run its full term”, but the idea has been brought up at two separate meetings this week – at a leadership group meeting on Monday morning and at a Cabinet dinner that night.

Some ministers present said the idea was quickly dismissed, while others refused to comment or denied the conversation took place.

One senior minister said of Mr Abbott: “He would lead us all to a narcissistic annihilation.”

The Coalition has been frustrated with its inability to get some key policies through the Senate, such as the Medicare co-payment and deregulation of higher education.

But a double dissolution election is an unlikely solution to the Government’s problems.

ABC’s election analyst Antony Green said the Coalition would struggle to remain in office if an election were called now.

“People don’t call double dissolutions when they’re behind in the polls,” he said.

“A double dissolution is an option you have, it’s not an option you invoke if you’re behind, if you think you’re going to lose.

“So I think some people would view it as being a false threat.”

Mr Green also warned the Coalition a double dissolution election risks seeing more minor party and independent candidates elected to the Senate.

“Holding a double dissolution under current electoral laws where you halve the quota would probably double the size of the crossbench,” he said.

“So, I don’t think it solves any of the Government’s problems, it would just weaken them in the Senate.”

A version of this story was originally published on ABC and has been republished with full permission.

9. Pregnant reality TV star murdered.

A pregnant former “Food Network Star” contestant Cristie Codd aged 38, and her husband J.T. Codd aged 45 have been murdered by a man in the US.

The couple were reported missing by family on Sunday.

A man was arrested and charged with their murder.

He was also charged with breaking and entering, and larceny after breaking and entering.

 10. Study shows link between breastfeeding and intelligence.

In one of the biggest studies on breastfeeding ever undertaken researchers have found that children who were breast-fed for longer ended up smarter and richer.

Researcher Dr Bernardo Hortahose told the ABC “subjects who had been breastfed for 12 months or more had a higher performance in IQ as well as a higher monthly income and a higher education – higher school achievement, a better school achievement.”

The study in the Lancet Global Health journal took into account family income at birth, parental schooling, maternal smoking maternal age, birth weight and type of delivery to try to avoid skewing the results.

All the breastfed babies in the study had greater intelligence, as measured by a standard IQ test, had spent more years in education and had higher earnings.

And the longer they had been breastfed, the greater the benefits.

11. Mother ‘distracted’ when she fatally struck young son on driveway near Mildura.

By ABC

A mother was distracted from the road when she fatally struck her five-year-old son as he ran up their driveway, Victorian police believe.

The incident happened in a remote part of Koorlong near Mildura about 6:00pm (AEDT) on Tuesday when Emerson Beasley’s mother let him out of the car to run home.

Sergeant Mark McDonald from Mildura Highway Patrol said the boy’s two younger siblings were in the car when the accident occurred.

“He’s taken off ahead, she’s been distracted, she’s been apparently talking on her phone and dealing with two noisy kids in the backseat apparently,” Sergeant McDonald said.

“She was turning around and talking to them at some stage and then she’s felt a couple of bumps, stopped the car and got out and realised she’s run over her five-year-old boy.

“So a shocking set of circumstances.”

An Ambulance Victoria spokesman said paramedics “did everything they could” but Emerson could not be revived and died at the scene.

His 36-year-old mother has spoken with police and was expected to be formally interviewed next week.

Sergeant McDonald said police would gather all the relevant evidence before deciding whether to take any action against her.

“Anything we could do to her at the moment would be nothing compared to what she’d be going through anyway,” he said.

A version of this story was originally published on ABC and has been republished with full permission.

12. Duchess Kate reveals her due date.

The Duchess of Cambridge has revealed her due date – in an usual move after the secrecy surrounding the first royal birth. The Telegraph reports that on a visit to a children’s centre a volunteer asked the Duchess when her baby would be born.

The Duchess told her “I’m due mid-April, to the end of April. Not long to go now.”

There is speculation the birth, if late, may clash with the British election to be held on May 7th.

13. Parent of Canberra teen missing in Vanuatu has received some relief.

The mother of a teenage girl unaccounted for after Cyclone Pam hit Vanuatu, has been assigned a case worker to keep her informed of any updates on her daughter’s whereabouts.

Zoe Marshall’s mother, Alison Abernethy told media yesterday she hadn’t received any information from the Department of Foreign Affairs, despite desperate efforts to liaise with the government body.

Zoe was undertaking a volunteer gap year on the Vanuatu island of Pentecost when the Category Five Cyclone Pam ravaged the island.

There has been no way of contacting the people on the island, as electricity and communications infrastructure was lost after the storm.

“It’s extremely limited infomation because they haven’t got anyone on the ground in Pentecost and there’s absolutely no communication island wide,” Ms Abernethy told the Canberra Times.

“DFAT rang me today to tell me I’ve been assigned a case worker…Hopefully, they’ll tell me some good news soon.”

An Australian Air Force aerial mission has also provided some relief.

“The damage to the area wasn’t as bad as say Port Vila or the southern provinces,” Ms Abernethy said.

“That gave us a lot of hope, but what that means is the relief effort has been focused on those other areas. There really isn’t any information on Pentecost because nobody’s going there.”

A medical boat left for the island on Tuesday night, and is expected to return more news.
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