An intellectually-impaired indigenous boy was imprisoned naked for days inside Brisbane's adult maximum-security watchhouse. Documents obtained by the ABC show the boy, deemed a suicide risk by police, had only a blanket to cover himself. A government child safety officer also raised serious concerns about the boy being held down and stripped to be put in a so-called 'anti-suicide smock'. Queensland's state opposition is calling for an inquiry into the incident.
Messaging service WhatsApp is under intense pressure to help in the search for a Belgian backpacker missing in northern New South Wales. The father of 18-year old Theo Hayez has begged the Facebook-owned company to let police access the encrypted messages on his son's phone. The teenager hasn't been seen for three weeks after a night out in Byron Bay. Police and SES crews are expected to return to bushland and beaches near the town's light house this morning.
Egypt's former president Mohamad Morsi has died after collapsing in a courtroom. The 67-year old was ousted by the army in a coup in 2013, following mass protests. He collapsed in a courtroom cage, after a hearing where he was facing espionage charges.
Two men will appear in a Melbourne court today charged over a serious assault on a senior Victorian police officer. Assistant commissioner Chris O'Neill was off duty when he was allegedly punched and kicked near Heyington railway station suffering serious head and rib injuries. Police say the assualt was carried out by two brothers who had just been kicked off a train for urinating and vomiting.