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As parts of Australia swelter this summer, one branch of the Australian Government is advertising what might be the coolest jobs in the world. If you don't mind the wind, or freezing cold, the Australian Antarctic Division might be looking for you.

A 35-year-old birthday card found discarded in a pile of illegally dumped asbestos has helped catch the culprits. After the birthday boy - now an adult - came forward, investigators were able to track down and fine two contractors in the New South Wales' Hunter region.

Prominent Government backbencher Tony Abbott is stepping into the foreign affairs arena, with a call for Australia to relocate its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The former Prime Minister's comments follow a trip he made with a parliamentary delegation to Israel last month. The idea comes in the wake of US President-elect Donald Trump's pledge to move the US embassy to Jerusalem. Mr Abbott has also called for Australia to cut the $40 million in foreign aid that it gives to the Palestinian Authority. However, the Government has quashed Mr Abbott's idea, saying that there is no plan to move the Embassy and that the balance is right when it comes to foreign aid.

Police are urging people to hand in their stashes of illegal fireworks in the lead up to Australia Day, as they investigate two deaths from accidents with the devices. A 52-old man on the NSW Central Coast and a 46-year-old man in Victoria's Gippsland died after they attempted to set off illegal crackers on New Year's Eve.

A new campaign that is supported by entrepreneur Graeme Wood has upset the Tasmanian government and the salmon company Tassal. An ad depicting a fisherman defecating in Oakhampton Bay on Tasmania's East coast says that the proposed salmon farm will release fish waste into the bay. Tassal says the information in the ad is incorrect.

Donald Trump has promised to reveal new information about Russia's alleged hacking during the US election campaign. While Mr Trump has regularly praised Russian president Vladimir Putin, and continues to express scepticism about Russia's role in the hacking, senior members of his own party are now calling for stronger sanctions against the country.

An Indonesian billionaire with close links to Donald Trump is talking up his plans to emulate his American business partner and run for the nation's presidency. Hary Tanoe has built his immense wealth as a media mogul but right now he's building a vast Trump-themed hotel and golf course complex outside Jakarta. While the Ethnic-Chinese Christian Hary Tanoe might look like an unlikely contender to win the presidency right now it wasn't so long ago that the same thing could be said of President-elect Trump.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un says Pyongyang is edging closer to testing long-range missiles capable of carrying nuclear warheads. In a nationally televised speech he's told North Koreans the intercontinental ballistic missiles are in their 'last stage' of development. Pyongyang has conducted two nuclear tests in the past year, including its biggest one to date and it's raised fears that North Korea has made significant nuclear advances.

There are concerns the expansion of the National Disability Insurance Scheme will put increased pressure on an already challenged system. Disability advocates say ongoing technical issues with the payment and plan management portal need to be addressed immediately, with stage two of the NDIS roll out underway. And they want guarantees that staffing and resources will continue to be allocated to fix the problem.

Today's story features a woman named Maria Concetta Cacciola, the daughter of a powerful mafia boss in the Calabria region, in Italy's south-west. It's home to the ruthless 'ndrangheta clan, but prosecutors there say a growing number of women from inside the organisation are beginning to turn against their criminal relatives, and collaborate with authorities. Maria Cacciola was one of those women.