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Top Stories Live: Australia needs four more wickets to win at MCG Australia needs to take four more wickets in the last session of the second Test against Pakistan to come away from the MCG with a 2-0 series lead. Follow all the action in our live blog. Fishing identity behind Abel Tasman held after record cocaine bust Joseph Pirrello, the director of Seafish Tasmania when the company brought the controversial super trawler to Australia in 2012, and Lorjona chief James Collins face court in Sydney over Australia's biggest cocaine haul. Father embraces driver accused of hitting and killing his son The father of a boy killed after he was hit by a car south of Brisbane on Christmas Day embraces the man charged over his death, and extends him an offer of forgiveness. Abbott and Bernardi trade barbs over conservative unrest Tony Abbott urges conservative Liberal MPs to "stay in and fight" in comments directed at ally Cory Bernardi, who has previously threatened to start a new party for disenchanted conservative voters. Blockades to keep NYE Sydney revellers safe from Berlin-style attack: police Police will be using buses and garbage trucks as safety barriers at Sydney's huge New Year's Eve celebrations, to avoid a Nice or Berlin-style attack on the crowd. Body found in search for 14yo boy at Maroubra Beach The body of a teenage boy is recovered from the surf at Maroubra Beach in Sydney's eastern suburbs. Obama expels diplomats, names spies over hacking claims United States President Barack Obama announces a coordinated series of punishments against Russia over hacking allegations, expelling dozens of diplomats and naming intelligence operatives. Pilot makes emergency landing on Tasmanian beach A pilot on a solo flight escapes with only a scratched finger after the plane he crash-landed on a beach flipped. Man accused of violent 2011 West End rape refused bail A 24-year-old man charged over the violent rape of a 20-year-old woman in the inner Brisbane suburb of West End five years ago is refused bail. Deadly jellyfish on the move down Queensland's coast: expert Four people are stung by Irukandji jellyfish off Fraser Island, as experts reinforce warnings the tiny but deadly creatures are moving south and could soon be on Queensland's popular Sunshine Coast beaches. Serena Williams engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian Wedding bells are ringing for tennis great Serena Williams, who announces her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Should tourists driving in Australia use 'T-plates'? International visitors driving in Australia should mark their cars with 'T-plates' and be given a handbook on road rules in an effort to reduce accidents, an instructor who is fed up with tourists driving on the wrong side of the road says. Super-fast yachts just 'one-sleep wonders': Sydney-Hobart veteran Tony Cable, a legend in sailing circles who has competed in 51 Sydney to Hobarts, savages the type of supermaxis that now dominate line honours as giving a "totally wrong concept of what the race is all about". 'I want to be Alma, not Mozart': Girl premieres full length opera at age 11 An opera about Cinderella and her wicked stepmother composed by 11-year-old British girl Alma Deutscher has its world premiere in Vienna - but don't call her the next Mozart. Analysis and Opinion: The Drum Media still failing challenge of women's sport coverage By Tracey Holmes Julia Baird: How to reclaim the true meaning of Christmas By Julia Baird Eight-year itch: Couples need nearly a decade to save for Sydney house By business reporter Michael Janda Scorsese's Silence a fitting test of faith at Christmas By Simon Smart World • Nobel laureates urge UN Security Council to end Myanmar's 'ethnic cleansing' • Cambodian police officer accused of faking being hit by politician's car • Turkish journalist accused of spreading propaganda; leading writer freed Australia • Abbott and Bernardi trade barbs over conservative unrest • Should tourists driving in Australia use 'T-plates'? • Will the Australian dollar fall below 50 US cents in 2017? Business • Will the Australian dollar fall below 50 US cents in 2017? • Mining industry slips into the new year on an unexpected upturn • Household solar power producers counter lower feed-in tariffs Politics • Abbott and Bernardi trade barbs over conservative unrest • Trump, Brexit and beyond: Stories that shaped the world in 2016 • Cambodian police officer accused of faking being hit by politician's car Sport • Live: Australia needs four more wickets to win at MCG • Side injury limiting Steve Smith's ability to bowl • Serena Williams engaged to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian Entertainment • Sydney's NYE fireworks a paperwork of art • Project collates early Indigenous folk songs • 'I want to be Alma, not Mozart': Girl premieres full length opera at age 11 Health • Binge-drinking women depicted as 'burden to men' by media, study finds • Sydney measles outbreak fears with fourth case in three weeks • 'Like a real heart': Beating, pumping cells generated using 3D printer Science and Tech • Australian Manuka honey 'as powerful against superbugs as NZ variety' • China's space program to protect 'national security' • Evolution not the driving force behind increased C-sections, midwife says Environment • London's $7b 'super sewer' aims to stop faeces, filth polluting the Thames • Spike in owls orphaned on Gold Coast • VW reaches deal with 80,000 US 3L vehicle owners Follow ABC News About this email You received this email because you are subscribed to ABC News email alerts. 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