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Debris sighting reignites Australian search for flight MH370

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has revealed that debris, including a wooden pallet has been spotted within Australia’s search zone.

The concentrated debris was seen with a naked eye by a civilian search aircraft, tasked by the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.

Mr Abbott said: “It’s still too early to be definite, but obviously we have now had a number of very credible leads and there is increasing hope, no more than hope, no more than hope, that we might be on the road to discovering what did happen to this ill-fated aircraft.”

The Royal Australian Navy’s HMAS Success and two merchant ships have been relocated to try and identify the material, including the wooden pallets that initially marked suspicions the objects could be linked to the missing plane.

You can read Mamamia’s full coverage of today’s developments here.

Abbott in PNG: No human rights inquiry for Manus Island

Fairfax Media are reporting this morning that the Abbott government will back Papua New Guinea’s decision to stop a human rights inquiry into the Manus Island detention centre. The two governments are also looking to deny access of a human rights lawyer to the centre, Fairfax was told by PNG Minister for Foreign Affairs and Immigration, Rimbink Pato.

Turnbull asks woman without broadband: “Why did you buy a house there?”

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has come under fire after asking a woman why she chose to live in a rural area if she wanted access to broadband internet. The exchange occurred when Julia Keady tweeted the MP expressing her dismay that she could only access the internet using a dongle when at her house in Victoria’s Ocean Grove. Turnbull tweeted the woman in reply: “just curious: if connectivity was so vital to you why did you buy a house where there was no broadband available?”

Labor to form minority government in SA

Independent MP Geoff Brock has announced that he will support the Labor Party to form a minority government in South Australia. His agreement with Labor will allow him to vote independently from the party “on certain issues”.

Russian forces storm Ukrainian air force base

Russian forces have gained control of one of the last Ukrainian military bases in Crimea. The Russian army used stun grenades and armored vehicles to seize the air force base, following an hours-long standoff. Two people were wounded.

Victim among those appointed to Vatican child sex abuse commission

An Irish woman who was assaulted as a child by a priest is among the eight members of the Vatican child sex abuse commission. Marie Collins, a long-time campaigner for Church accountability, will join the commission, which was established by Pope Francis in December last year. Also named were academics and clergy, including American Sean O’Malley who was the archbishop of Boston during the eruption of the diocese’s sex abuse scandal in 2002.

Mother told police aren’t “tech-savvy” enough to stop 11-year-old from receiving explicit pictures

A mother is unhappy with the treatment she received from the Central Queensland police station. After discovering explicit photos of exposed genitalia and sexual requests on her 11-year-old daughters iPad sent by an anonymous male, she visited the police station and was allegedly told they weren’t “tech-savvy” enough to do anything about it. The police have now revealed the mother did not lodge a formal complaint but if she was willing to do so they would reconsider “further enquiries and investigations”.

NSW public school teachers receive dress code

Education Minister Adrian Piccoli has announced a new professional dress code for all NSW public school teachers. The guidelines which state teachers must no longer wear thongs, singlets, T-shirts, or “suggestive” or “inappropriate” attire, will be implemented from Term 2 onwards.

Mr Piccoli explained, “wearing appropriate dress helps teachers maintain respect and credibility with students, parents and the broader community”. The code was drafted as an ongoing push by the government to enhance professional standards within the public schooling system. It states that male employees must wear collared shirts, whilst female teachers should not expose their midriffs, wear strapless tops, or come to work in clothes that could be interpreted as suggestive or offensive.