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WHAT is wrong with this picture? Photos posted by the son of China’s wealthiest man have sparked outrage in the country leaving many in disbelief.

NICK WHIGHAM
9 min read
June 2, 2015 - 4:44PM

Good morning, and welcome to our morning news coverage. We will be bringing you the best of what’s happening this morning, so you can get across the news quickly.

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That’s it for our live #RUSHHOUR news blog. You can get across the stories you need to know today below or go to news.com.au for the latest headlines.

9:50am: Fears ‘walking’ fish could reach Australia

An invasive foreign fish that can crawl across land and survive out of water for up to six days could make it to Australia, researchers fear.

Scientists from James Cook University (JCU) have been closely monitoring the movements of the climbing perch from Papua New Guinea, which has already reached the Torres Strait Islands of Boigu and Saibai.

The aggressive freshwater species drags itself from waterhole to waterhole and can pose problems for native species once it reaches a new environment.

-AAP

9:40am: Police believe they have identified mystery woman

Where the body of Homeless woman was found.
Where the body of Homeless woman was found.
Murder victim Rose-Marie Sheehy.
Murder victim Rose-Marie Sheehy.

Police believe they have identified the body of a homeless woman found in an Adelaide carpark late last week. No official identification has occurred but investigators believe the victim could be Rose-Marie Sheehy, 32, and have released an image of the missing woman who has not been seen since April.

Police are treating the case as a murder.

Anybody with information is urged to contact CrimeStoppers on 1800 333 000.

9:25am Vandals target gay marriage opponent

The president of an organisation opposed to same sex marriage says his Queensland medical centre has been attacked by vandals as federal Labor pushes for legislative change. Dr David van Gend of the Australian Marriage Forum says he returned from an interstate visit on Monday to find his Toowoomba medical centre vandalised with the word “bigot”, the anarchy symbol, and his surname.

Dr van Gend says opponents of gay marriage have regularly been the targets of vile behaviour, and has called for it to end. He’s reported the vandalism to police.

-AAP

9:10am: Boy from Spanish royal family throws racist tantrum

Boy from Spanish royal family throws racist tantrum.
Boy from Spanish royal family throws racist tantrum.

A teenage member of the Spanish royal family has been kicked out of a European theme park after reportedly throwing a racist tantrum when told to line up for rides.

Don Felipe Froilan, 16, attempted to jump a long queue for one of the attractions before staff told him to join the line. The young royal then exploded and told workers he was fourth in line to the country’s throne.

“You shut up, you f---ing chino,” he said, making use of a Spanish term for a person of Chinese heritage.

The young boy has a history of bad behaviour.

8:55am Cop stands in for graduation after parents die

Touching moment.
Touching moment.

A Texas police officer has stood in for the parents of a young man at his graduation ceremony just days after informing him of their death. Officer Eric Ellison was tasked with telling the 18-year-old that his parents had died in a motorcycle accident, reports The Washington Post. The devastated boy told the officer about his upcoming high school graduation which had made his parent so proud.

Officer Ellison made the teen a promise that he would stand in for them during the ceremony and over the weekend, he kept that promise.

“Your mom and dad will have front-row seats looking down from heaven, and I’ll stand in their place. I’ve got your back,” he said.

8:40am: Government crackdown on antibiotic use

Generic photo of tablets / medicine. Picture: iStock
Generic photo of tablets / medicine. Picture: iStock

The federal government is cracking down on antibiotic misuse amid concerns over-prescription is creating resistant bacteria.

Health Minister Sussan Ley has announced a national strategy to curb the use of antibiotics in Australia, which is among the highest in the developed world.

The strategy was not about removing access but rather guiding Australians to take antibiotics safely and to protect the “precious” resource, Ms Ley said in a statement this morning.

-AAP

8:25am: Telstra apologises after customers left without service

Telstra has apologised to customers.
Telstra has apologised to customers.

Telstra has apologised for an outage that left thousands of NSW mobile phone customers unable to send or receive calls.

Telstra tweeted to customers at around 5.45am that it was “experiencing some issues with the ADSL network in NSW at the moment” and was working to resolve the situation “asap”.

The network was restored just after 6am this morning and the telco has apologised to its customers for the inconvenience, which was caused by maintenance repairs that took longer than expected.

8:20am: Woman arrested for having loud sex

A British woman has been arrested and ordered to serve two weeks in jail for having outrageously loud sex, reports the Metro.

Twenty-three year old Gemma Wale was subject to legal action after the local council took up the cause of neighbours who were incensed by an early morning sex romp.

“Gemma started screaming and shouting while having sex, which woke us up. This lasted ten minutes.” a neighbour said.

In a written judgment Judge Kelly said an anti-social behaviour order had barred Wale from making ‘loud sex noises’ at her home in Birmingham and thus though prison was appropriate.

8:10am: Kim Jong Un goes to the farm

Inspecting the grass.
Inspecting the grass.
North Korea's supreme leader.
North Korea's supreme leader.

North Korea’s dictator set out on yet another glorious photo op Monday.

Kim Jong Un appears to have visited a farm in his home country following a severe drought, according to photos released by the Korean Central News Agency.

The rotund ruler donned a beige Panama hat with a navy pinstriped suit. He toured the fields of Farm No. 1116 in the North Korean countryside flanked by three Korean People’s Army soldiers.

And doesn’t he look happy about it.

7:55am: Dramatic car crash caught on CCTV

A dramatic car crash has been caught on camera with the driver lucky to be alive. The CCTV footage has emerged from Toronto, Canada and shows an out-of-control car smash through a fence, fly over a bank of cars and crash into a wall.

The driver reportedly suffered serious injuries and is recovering in hospital.

7:40am: Teenager impersonates FBI agent before crashing car

A 17-year-old south-eastern Michigan boy pretended to be an FBI agent and got a car dealer to let him test drive a Dodge Charger, then crashed the muscle car in north-western Ohio, authorities say.

The boy told dealership employees he was an FBI agent and was carrying what appeared to be a firearm on his hip, sheriff’s spokesman Derrick Jackson said. He said it turned out to be an Airsoft air gun.

The teen then drove the car to Ohio, where he crashed and heavily damaged the car. The boy was uninjured and again presented himself to authorities in Ohio as an FBI agent, the sheriff’s spokesman said.

Charges haven’t been announced. Authorities in Michigan are expected to charge him as an adult because 17 is the age of criminal responsibility in the state. Ohio authorities are expected to charge him as a juvenile.

-AP

7:30am: Sydney fire causing traffic problems on Parramatta Rd

Peak-hour traffic chaos is expected in Sydney this morning with one of the city’s major roads closed in both directions because of a fire.

Firefighters are battling a major blaze in a Parramatta Road gym at Auburn, forcing motorists to use other routes.

Drivers have been advised to expect delays and allow additional travel time.

7:25am: The world meets Caitlyn Jenner

Caitlyn Jenner.
Caitlyn Jenner.
Bruce Jenner.
Bruce Jenner.

The world has officially met her.

Caitlyn Jenner — formerly Bruce — made her public debut on the July cover of Vanity Fair.

Jenner graced the cover as a woman and has received tons of support from the Twitterverse, including well wishes from her famous family and numerous celebrities.

Read more here.

7:10am: MP says new citizens must speak English

A federal government backbencher wants all New Australian citizens to speak English.

As the coalition considers stripping citizenship from dual nationals involved in terrorism, Victorian Liberal MP Sharman Stone is reigniting calls for compulsory English skills for prospective citizens.

Ms Stone has told ABC radio a number of women in her electorate of Murray are expected to be seen and not heard, and making language skills compulsory will help them get out of their homes.

-AAP

7:00am: Photo sparks outrage in China

The photo causing the concern.
The photo causing the concern.
Nice watch, for a dog.
Nice watch, for a dog.

Photos posted to China’s version of Twitter have gone viral and sparked outrage in the country. The pictures show a husky dog sporting a golden Apple iwatch — which cost about $25,000 — on each of his front legs. The dog belongs to 27-year-old Wang Sicong, the son of China’s richest man.

After posting the pictures online, the son of the real estate mogul copped backlash with many people claiming he is disrespectfully flaunting his wealth in a country where many people are still struggling with poverty.

According to the Mirror, one person who took issue with the post commented: “Our world still has many people who can’t afford a meal or are starving, meanwhile there are idiots with golden spoons squandering money. The world is hopeless.”

6:45:am: Police rescue pooch in Melbourne raid

Police also found drugs and stolen property.
Police also found drugs and stolen property.
Police found stolen Spoodle, Big Red.
Police found stolen Spoodle, Big Red.

Stolen pooch Big Red has been rescued by police during a raid of a house where police also found drugs and other stolen property.

The fully grown spoodle was nabbed from the backyard of a house in Preston in March, leaving its pooch partner Daisy and owner, Ramone, broken hearted.

Fine detective work led police to execute a warrant on a house in northwest Melbourne last night, where they found Big Red as well as drugs and stolen property, reports the Herald Sun.

A 31-year-old man, has been charged with theft, handling stolen goods and drug offences. He has been remanded in custody and will appear at the Sunshine Magistrate’s Court.

6:40am: US Supreme Court rules against fashion store

Samantha Elauf stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington.
Samantha Elauf stands outside the Supreme Court in Washington.

The US Supreme Court ruled Monday in favour of a Muslim woman who claimed she was denied a sales job with fashion retailers Abercrombie & Fitch because of her headscarf.

By an 8-1 vote, the high court sided with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, a federal government agency that sued Abercrombie on behalf of Samantha Elauf, on the grounds she was discriminated against because of the firm’s dress code.

Abercrombie & Fitch is known for populating its stores with sales staff in racy outfits and often has shirtless models assisting customers.

“An employer may not make an applicant’s religious practice, confirmed or otherwise, a factor in employment decisions,” the court decision read.

6:30am: Tracy Morgan gives emotional interview following fatal crash

An emotional Tracy Morgan vowed to perform again and thanked everyone who cared for him in the minutes and months following a horrific New Jersey Turnpike crash that killed his friend.

In his first televised interview since the fatal wreck on June 7 last year, Morgan struggled to keep his emotions in check and spoke about his desire to get back on stage.

“I love, I’ll never stop loving her,” Morgan told NBC’s Today show. “I love comedy and I can’t wait to get back to her. But right now, my goal is just to heal and get better.”

Watch the emotional interview here:

6:20am: Targeted shooting in Sydney

A man and a woman are in hospital after what police believe was a targeted shooting in Sydney’s southwest. Emergency services were called to O’Donnell Avenue in Greenacre late on Monday following reports of a shooting.

A woman was taken to hospital with a shoulder wound, and police later found a man in hospital suffering from gunshot wounds. Both are now in a stable condition.

Police are appealing for information on the shooting, which they say was likely a targeted attack.

-AAP

6:10am: Lion kills American tourist at game park

Press gather at the entrance to the lion Park, near Johannesburg, Monday June 1, 2015 where a lion killed an American woman and injured a man.
Press gather at the entrance to the lion Park, near Johannesburg, Monday June 1, 2015 where a lion killed an American woman and injured a man.

A lion has leapt through an open car window and mauled an American tourist to death at a privately-run game park just outside Johannesburg.

“There was a car driving to the lion camp and the lion did come through the window and bite the lady,” Scott Simpson, operations manager of The Lion Park venue told Talk Radio 702.

“The ambulance arrived quite soon, but the lady had passed away.”

The 22-year-old woman and another American tourist were travelling through the park, northwest of South Africa’s biggest city, with their car windows open on Monday.

6:00am: Woman trapped in chimney

Firefighters in Los Angeles have rescued a woman stuck in a chimney at a local school after she was trapped inside for approximately two hours before being found.

It took crews another 90 minutes to dislodge the woman by placing a “capture strap” around her and slowly raising her to roof to prevent injury.

The woman became lodged due to an “earlier jumper incident”, Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department told Fox 11.

It’s not known how she got into the chimney.

Authorities were alerted of a “possible jumper” atop the school’s roof but were unable to locate anyone upon investigation. A school police officer reportedly heard the woman’s cries for help.

NBC reports the woman was taken to hospital with minor injuries.

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