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With three of their own dead and five injured after another suicide bombing in Jakarta, Indonesian police have now linked the attackers with the Islamic State group. The detonated devices - which also wounded five civilians - appear to have been pressure cookers packed with shrapnel.

The Senate and Finance Departments requested Bob Day pay back salaries, allowances and staff payments, after the High Court ruled he wasn't eligible for election. However he asked for the debt to be waived, and the Government has agreed to do so.

Taiwan will become the first country in Asia to legalise same-sex marriage. The country's constitutional court ruled civil laws defining a marriage between a man and women as invalid and said barring same-sex unions are against people's freedom and right to equality.

Scientists in the United States believe they've finally come up with an explanation for a question that's kept them baffled for generations. Why are whales so big? In a world where the giants which once roamed the earth - have long since disappeared - the leviathans of the deep have remained an intriguing anomaly. Now their massive size is being attributed to climate change.

Smarting from a huge full year loss, financial services giant AMP is hoping a push into China will be key to its turnaround strategy; Retailers are taking a beating but online pet spending is the new success story; Business PM talks to online pet entrepreneur Mike Frizell.

Police have carried out more raids as part of their investigation into the Manchester attack. 22 people, including the bomber, were killed by the blast at an arena concert earlier this week. There are now eight people in custody in connection to the attack, after two more people were arrested today, and a woman was released without charge. And the BBC is reporting that British police have stopped sharing information about the bombing with US authorities, following leaks of details of the investigation which have angered the government.

Is the bricks and mortar style of retail fashion under more threat than ever in Australia? The demise of yet another big-name fashion retailer - the British label Topshop - has come as no surprise to other retailers or consumers. High overheads and low consumer spending has caused Topshop to be placed into voluntary administration. And with an effective retail recession taking hold, analysts say it won't be the last.

Victoria's Premier has apologised to the state's Chinese community for what he called an unwelcome government policy during the gold-rush. A commemoration service was held in Melbourne today to honour immigrants who walked from South Australia to Victoria's goldfields to avoid a tax. The 10-pound charge imposed on the Chinese forced them to endure the 400-kilometre journey and the state government has said sorry for the first time.

The Gold Coast's tourism industry and local government have welcomed a pitch for an extended entertainment precinct at Dreamworld. Executives are considering the investment, after a drop in visitor numbers and revenue since last year's fatal tragedy.

Advocates have raised concerns about the mental health of transgender children as debate continues in the Unites States about where they go to the toilet. A decision is due in the coming days on the so-called Texas bathroom bill, which is continuing to divide Americans.