12PM NEWS UPDATE
The jury in the long-running murder trial of Robert Xie has been discharged after being unable to reach a verdict. Xie is accused of murdering five members of his own family in 2009.
Australia has committed close to a billion dollars over the next five years, to help neighbouring Pacific nations tackle climate change. Speaking to more than 150 world leaders at a United Nations conference in Paris, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull declared Australia is up to the challenge.
Human remains found inside a burnt-out van in Mexico are being “DNA tested” to establish whether they are those, of two missing Australian men. It’s been confirmed it was the men’s van.
And a teenager has been crash tackled, during a dramatic citizen’s arrest on the Gold Coast, after he allegedly crashed his car into a house – then ran.