Your afternoon Briefing: 189 people feared dead in Indonesia plane crash

Good afternoon, readers. A passenger plane believed to be carrying 189 people has crashed minutes after takeoff from Jakarta.

Welcome to your 5pm digest of the day’s top stories.

Search and rescue officers examines debris from a Lion Air plane that crashed a short time after take-off from Jakarta. Picture: Sutopo Purwo Nugroho - @Sutopo_PN/Twitter

Divers search for plane crash survivors

Indonesian search and rescue divers are searching for the black box and any survivors from a Lion Air passenger plane which crashed early this morning off the coast of west Java with 189 people on board, including two babies and a child.

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Cricket Australia Chairman David Peever. Picture: Aaron Francis

‘Arrogant’ cricket chiefs caned

A scathing 145-page review of Australia’s cricket culture has been handed down, sheeting a large share of responsibility for the scandal in South Africa and the way cricket is played home to the administrators of the sport.

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Bill Shorten speaks at the Lowy Institute today. Picture: AAP

Labor won't follow Trump’s China lead

Bill Shorten has signalled an incoming Labor government will not follow the lead of the United States by portraying China as a strategic threat, saying relations with the Asian superpower would be framed around the Australian national interest.

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Rush’s ‘career over’

Judy Davis told a court she’s heard whispers the Oscar winner’s career is over, following allegations of inappropriate behaviour. Ms Davis says Geoffrey Rush had a “very serious heavyweight reputation” as an actor before a Sydney newspaper published articles about an allegation he behaved inappropriately toward a female co-star.

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