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Making headlines today and Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Opposition Leader Bill Shorten brand ISIS a "death cult" and an "enemy of humanity"; the royal commission into union corruption heard CFMEU is allegedly linked to convicted terrorist Khaled Sharrouf via crime figure George Alex and Ukraine's military said on Monday it had pulled its forces back from defending a vital airport in the east against Russian tanks.
A partly cloudy day today with scattered showers. A top of 15 degrees.
A Lyndhurst couple are lucky to be alive after a tractor crashed into their home around 12.45 this morning. The 34-year-old man and the 41-year-old woman were asleep in their Castawellan Street home when they were awoken by the tractor crashing through the wall into their bedroom. The driver is believed to have jumped from the tractor before it crashed into the house. Both received minor injuries and were taken to Dandenong Hospital. A teenage boy and girl were asleep at the other end of the property and were not injured.
A stolen tractor has crashed into the bedroom of a Lyndhurst house this morning. Couple injured @3AW693 pic.twitter.com/Mhl9jRLtpi — Yvette Gray (@yvettegray3AW) September 1, 2014