Your Briefing: Boxing Day, 2018

India won the toss and batted first on an MCG pitch that’s expected to offer assistance to Australia’s bowlers.

India won the toss and batted first in the Boxing Day Test at the MCG. And Scott Morrison is failing to bridge the voter gap in regional Australia, according to Newspoll.

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The MCG pitch this morning in photographs posted to Twitter by Cricket Australia and Fox Sports' Tom Morris.

Question mark over MCG pitch

India won the toss and batted first on an MCG pitch that’s expected to offer plenty of assistance to Australia’s bowlers early. Follow the action in our live coverage and sign up for app notifications so you don’t miss a key moment.

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Regions fail to embrace Morrison

Scott Morrison is failing to bridge the voter gap in regional Australia less than five months before a ­likely May federal election.

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Movement occurred at the Opal Tower apartment building at Sydney Olympic Park, to report on the cracking noises coming from the building. Delsa Daryaei is from unit 3203 and have been turned away from her apartment that she shares with her mother.

Inquiry ordered over building cracks

The NSW government has ­ordered an urgent review of the structural integrity of buildings at Sydney’s Olympic Park.

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A boy covers his face as he stands outside a collapsed house in Rajabasa in Lampung province on December 25, 2018, three days after a tsunami - caused by activity at a volcano known as the "child" of Krakatoa - hit the west coast of Indonesia's Java island. - Desperately needed aid flowed into a stretch of Indonesia's tsunami-struck coastline on December 25, officials said, but aid workers warned that clean water and medicine supplies were dwindling as thousands crammed makeshift evacuation centres. (Photo by MOHD RASFAN / AFP)

Distant rumbles stoke fears of new tsunami

Thousands living around the Sunda Strait are on edge as rumbling continues from the volatile Mount Anak Krakatoa.

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This image released by Fox Searchlight Films shows Rachel Weisz and Olivia Coleman, right, in a scene from the film "The Favourite." On Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, Coleman was nominated for a Golden Globe award for lead actress in a motion picture comedy or musical for her role in the film. The 76th Golden Globe Awards will be held on Sunday, Jan. 6. (Yorgos Lanthimos/Fox Searchlight Films via AP)

Big-screen bonanza from blockbuster to comedy

For moviegoers, Boxing Day is a time of decision; in the customary post-Christmas release frenzy, they are spoiled for choice.