What I think it does is demonstrates exact what the Prime Minister and others have been saying all along that the, that these people hate us for who we are … 

 

The Justice Minister has dismissed suggestions that last week's counter-terrorist raids in Sidney and Brisbane were nothing than political theater. Michael Keenan says the government had no say over the timing of the raids and he's firmly dismissed claims that it was designed to win support for Australian actions in Iraq and the government's new national security laws. 

 

Turkey has begun to close some of its border crossings with Syria as it struggles to cope with an influx of refugees. Around 130,000 Kurds have crossed the border in recent days fleeing from advancing Islamic State fighters. 

 

And a private funeral will be held today for a family of five killed in a murder suicide in southern New South Wales. Kim Hunt and her three young children were shot dead on their family farm near Lockhart a fortnight ago. The body of her husband Geoff was full from a dam the following day.