The Australian, September 9
6:43am: The Australian reports that up to seven minor party candidates are on track to seize seats in the Senate - some having secured as few as 1900 votes, or 0.02 per cent of the national count.
Australian Financial Review, September 9
6:40am: The challenging Senate dominates the front page of the Australian Financial Review.
Tony Abbott must wait almost a year and then deal with a cumbersome new Senate before implementing his key promises, including scrapping the carbon and mining taxes, after Labor refused to budge despite Saturday’s election loss.
6:37am: In other news this morning, famed interviewer Charlie Rose has bagged the most coveted sit-down of the year.
He interviewed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday in the presidential palace in Damascus and it will go to air later today.
Assad denied involvement in August's chemical-weapons attack but would not confirm or deny the use of such weapons by his regime at large.
SMH, September 9
6:35am: On the front page of today's Sydney Morning Herald , Tony Abbott's plan to secure a quick repeal of the carbon and mining taxes may prove difficult with Labor and the Greens likely to block the move in the current Senate and a slew of minor party and independent senators set to hold the balance of power in the new chamber.
6:29am: There have been four violent robberies overnight across Sydney.
A service station employee was slashed on the hand during a robbery at 10.50pm in Villawood.
A 40 year-old man walking along King Street in Newtown at 5.30am was threatened with a meat cleaver and had his wallet stolen.
A pub in Mascot was held up at 11.10pm last night but two men armed with guns and knives. They made off with cash.
Police believe the same pair held up a brothel on King Street in St Peters an hour later, taking cash and a woman’s handbag.
6:23am: There are no major disruptions on the bus and train networks this morning.
Let me know otherwise via the comments.
6:20am: On the roads this morning:
At Milson's Point, a truck has broken down northbound at the Harbour Tunnel.
On the M1, there's a bit of early fog around Mooney Mooney to Mount White.
Everything else is looking good so far - the M4, M5 and M2 are fine.
6:18am: The world's top two players, Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal, will go head-to-head in the US Open final on Monday night, local time.
Nadal has beat Djokovic in 15 of their 21 previous matches.
Djokovic, Nadal to clash in US Open final
Novak Djokovic overcame Stanislas Wawrinka in five sets to progress to his fourth US Open final, where he'll face Rafael Nadal, who defeated Richard Gasquet in straight sets.
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6:14am: Tokyo has won its bid to host the 2020 Olympic Games, beating top contenders Madrid and Istanbul.
Organisers were able to put aside fears of the lingering effects of 2011's Fukushima nuclear crisis. You've got seven years to clean that stuff up, Japan!
Tokyo wins 2020 Olympics bid
Tokyo is awarded the 2020 Olympics on Saturday, capitalizing on its reputation as a "safe pair of hands" and defying concerns about the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
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6:12am: In other news this morning, famed interviewer Charlie Rose has bagged the most coveted sit-down of the year.
He interviewed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday in the presidential palace in Damascus and it will go to air later today.
Assad denied involvement in August's chemical-weapons attack but would not confirm or deny the use of such weapons by his regime at large.
Demonstrators raise portraits of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Brussels to protest against a potential military strike. Photo: LAURIE DIEFFEMBACQ
6:07am: The unfolding election results in the Senate will be fascinating to watch today.
Liberal Democrat David Leyonhjelm is on track to be joined by Victorian petrol head Ricky Muir (Australian Motoring Enthusiasts Party), former NRL legend Glenn ''The Brick With Eyes'' Lazarus and Jacqui Lambie (Palmer United Party from Queensland and Tasmania), engineer and former West Australian gridiron representative Wayne Dropulich (Australian Sports Party), and South Australian Family First stalwart Bob Day as Senate neophytes.
David Leyonhjelm at his Drummoyne home. Photo: James Alcock
6:04am: Kevin Rudd went under the radar yesterday and will quit as Labor leader.
Speculation on his replacement has narrowed to former Education Minister Bill Shortern and former Deputy Prime Minister Anthony "Albo" Albanese.
The scene outside Kevin Rudd's Brisbane home on Sunday. Photo: Andrew Meares
6:01am: It's the first week of a new government. New ministers will fly to Canberra for meetings and phone hook-ups with state premiers.
The key appointments will be:
Tony Abbott as prime minister, to be sworn in later this week
Warren Truss as deputy prime minister
Julie Bishop as Foreign Affairs Minister
Joe Hockey as Treasurer
Christopher Pyne as Education Minister
Scott Morrison as Immigration Minister
Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott poses for a photo in his Sydney office on Sunday. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
6:00am: Good morning Sydney.
The second day of a new government will be a warm one. It'll be mostly sunny and 24 degrees.
Temperatures will hit 29 degrees on Tuesday and the low 20s for the rest of the week.
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