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Good morning and welcome to Melbourne Express. We'll have your commute covered right through to 9am.
If you missed them, here are our top stories from the site yesterday
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- WikiLeaks publishes 'unprecedented' secret Australian court suppression order
- Labor floats plan for giant pier out into Port Phillip in its Bay West port plan
- Commonwealth Games: Is England about to end Australia's golden reign?
The left lane north bound on Power Street in Hawthorn has been closed for electrical works.
Making headlines around the world, Der Spiegel covers the influx of child refugees fleeing Central America for the United States; the Guardian covers increased UN pressure for a ceasefire in Gaza, The NY Times covers a push from Arab states led by Egypt to fight with Israel against Hamas; ex-domestic Chinese security chief is under investigation - that's in the Japan Times; and the Daily Mail investigates new footage showing actor Orlando Bloom throwing a punch at Justin Bieber.
Firies are on the Monash Freeway at Mount Waverley after they received a call about a truck leaking fuel onto the road.
There are some reports that the truck's entire fuel tank has ruptured, but for now all the MFS could tell us what the incident wasn't too severe and has been contained. However the left lane is currently blocked as crews remain on scene.