Angus Taylor is the new leader of the Liberal Party following a successful leadership spill; The NSW Police watchdog announced it was in the public interest to investigate police actions at a protest at Sydney Town Hall on Monday; The Health Star Rating system looks set to become mandatory on all packaged foods in Australia, after ministers agreed the voluntary system was not working; Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych has appealed against the decision to disqualify him from the Winter Olympics; James Van Der Beek's family has reached its GoFundMe target in less than 24 hours.

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And in headlines today, Cooper Woods has stunned himself as well as the moguls world by coming from nowhere to win gold, claiming Australia's first medal of the Milan-Cortina Olympics
The special party room meeting to decide the future of the Liberal leadership is set for 9am today
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has wrapped up his visit to Australia with thousands taking to the streets in a final wave of protests marking the end of a controversial week
US President Donald Trump’s border czar Tom Homan has announced that the ICE immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, known as Operation Metro Surge, will be wound down
The head of Meta's Instagram has testified during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees with the idea that people can be clinically addicted to social media
Katie Holmes is mourning the death of her Dawson's Creek co-star James Van Der Beek, saying it's "a lot to process"

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Angus Taylor will challenge Sussan Ley for the Liberal leadership ahead of Friday’s party room vote; James Van Der Beek has died at 48 from colorectal cancer; A US lawmaker accused Attorney General Pam Bondi of hiding names of Jeffrey Epstein’s associates; Alice Springs rivers surged after storms, cutting roads and stranding residents; Australia appointed diplomat Pablo Kang as special envoy to Laos over teen methanol deaths; Zayn Malik says he was never truly “in love” with Gigi Hadid.

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