Your noon Briefing: GetUp reveals election hit list

Your 2-minute digest of today’s top stories and a long read for lunchtime.

Hello readers. GetUp has compiled a hit list of conservative ‘wreckers’ to target, and meet the headband warriors who livened up the Australian Open.

Peter Dutton, Federal Minister for Home Affairs is seen during a press conference in Brisbane, Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Minister Dutton spoke to the media about the citizenship status of the terrorist Neil Prakash. (AAP Image/Darren England) NO ARCHIVING

GetUp hit list

The left-wing activist group has drawn up a list of conservative MP ‘wreckers’ it plans to target at the federal election.

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Felicity Shadbolt

Body found

A member of the public found the body of missing mother Felicity Shadbolt in scrub 500 metres from the edge of Tom Price Tourist Park.

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Israeli student and murdered woman

Killer sought

A young woman found murdered outside a Melbourne shopping centre has been identified as a young Israeli student.

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Two fans fight over Aryna Sabalenka's headband during day three of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne, Wednesday, January 16, 2019. (AAP Image/David Crosling) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY (AAP Image/Hamish Blair) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Headband warriors

One of the women involved in the struggle over Aryna Sabalenka’s headband says she’ll return to support the Belarusian star. Follow all the action in our live Australian Open blog.

“I went and saw Sabalenka play on Monday. She came over to me after the match and said ‘thanks for your support’ and signed my flag. She looked at me when she threw the headband and I got most of it, but this woman next to me started fighting with me for it.”

Cathy Willett

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Hands holding smartphone in the dark.

The long read: Goodbye to the smartphone

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