- Two women and two men are dead after trying to escape bushfires near Esperance in Western Australia in their vehicles.
- All Blacks legend Jonah Lomu has passed away unexpectedly at the age of 40.
- A 25 year old man who stole an echidna from a Gold Coast wildlife sanctuary has been sentenced to “community service”.
- Also in the news tonight, the program to save the endangered Tasmanian devil reaches a milestone, and see the moment one the creatures tried to eat our camera.
