What we learned; Tuesday, 7 January
With that, we’ll end our live coverage of the day’s news.
Here’s a summary of the main news developments:
Anthony Albanese has weighed in on a drama unfolding on the country’s beaches, declaring beachgoers who use portable cabanas to claim a patch of sand are going against the nation’s spirit of equality.
Police are hopeful that a 23-year-old hiker missing since Boxing Day could still be alive in the remote Kosciuszko national park after a camera and campfire were found.
Victoria’s police force will charge more to patrol major events, such as AFL matches, the Australian Open, the Grand Prix and music festivals, under its biggest overhaul of fees in more than a decade.
Police have shot and killed a 40-year-old man in Adelaide after they said he confronted officers with a knife during a mental health episode.
Lleyton Hewitt’s son has crashed out of Australian Open qualifying. Cruz Hewitt pushed former top-20 player Nikoloz Basilashvili in his first formal match at his home grand slam before the Georgian prevailed 6-1, 6-4 in 73 minutes.
A solicitor for one of two brothers accused of shooting dead a woman after chasing her down a residential street has claimed his client acted in response to an armed threat.
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A magnitude 6.8 earthquake has struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities, the China Earthquake Networks Centre has said, damaging buildings around Shigatse and sending people running to the streets in neighbouring Nepal and India.
State media said 53 people had died and more than 60 had been injured in the quake, which hit at 9.05am on Tuesday. The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was centred in the Tibet region at a depth of about 10km (6 miles). It measured the tremor at a magnitude 7.1. China recorded the magnitude as 6.8.
“Fifty-three people have been confirmed dead, and 62 others injured as of Tuesday noon, after a 6.8-magnitude earthquake jolted Dingri county in the city of Xigaze in Xizang (Tibet) Autonomous Region at 9:05 am Tuesday,” Xinhua news agency said.
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