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North Korea's latest ballistic missile test has drawn condemnation from the United States, Japan and South Korea. It's the first time the rogue state has fired a missile that reached such a high altitude; it also travelled further than previous missiles. The UN Security Council is now calling an urgent meeting, as North Korea's leaders issue a warning to the United States that it is now well within range for a nuclear strike.

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Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations

Jeon Dong-Jin, First Deputy Director of Operations in Joint Chief of Staff, South Korea

Euan Graham is the director of the Lowy Institute's International Security program. He believes North Korea's latest missile test appears to have been a success. Speaking to reporter David Coady, he said the nation could have a nuclear tipped intercontinental ballistic missile in the next year or two.

Just what is the Australian Government's message to the Chinese over the multi-billion dollar global infrastructure program that the Chinese President showcased to the world over the weekend? Australia's Trade Minister, Steve Ciobo, was at the Beijing event and is now talking up the investment opportunities of China's One Belt One Road initiative. But it was only in March that the Australian Government rebuffed the Chinese offer to include the Northern Australian Initiative in the project.

The Federal Government's top cyber security advisor is has warned that the battle isn't over against the biggest cyber attack the world has seen. At least three Australian business have now been hit by the same malicious IT attack that brought down parts of the UK's National Health Service and Germany's national railway. The attack, using a software vulnerability stolen from the US Security Agency, has prompted debate about the way governments keep and weaponise software.

The Prime Minister will visit a number of states to sell the 2017 Federal Budget. Malcolm Turnbull says the measures are fair, but Opposition Leader Bill Shorten is accusing him of trying to bully Labor into supporting a tax hike for most Australians to fund the NDIS. While the Disability Advocacy Network is urging both sides to work together to ensure people receive the support they need.

The New South Wales Government has now intervened in the scandal that's engulfed the state branch of the RSL. The Government has launched an inquiry into the services league, which will have the power to seize evidence and compel witnesses. The half a billion dollar organisation has been the subject of multiple investigations over the last nine months - among them, a police investigation into allegations of fraud and inappropriate spending.

The world's biggest miner has rebranded itself as simply BHP abandoning 'Billiton' from its official image of sixteen years. BHP's chief external affairs officer Geoff Healy concedes the revamp is to counter falling trust in global institutions.

The number of Indigenous women in jail has soared by nearly 250 per cent since the final deaths in custody report was released in 1992, according to a report by the Human Rights Law Centre. High rates of domestic violence, biased judicial systems and 'tough on crime' approaches have been singled out by the report as the driving factor to the higher rates of incarceration.

Con artists are targeting more and more of their victims on social media, with romance the most common bait. The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission is reporting a huge increase in reports of fraud, with dating scams making up the largest category.

Port Adelaide is basking in the 'sun', after beating the Gold Coast in their international AFL showdown in China. The club says the Shanghai match has created valuable new cultural and commercial ties with the country, with plans to grow that support further through the sport. But some remain sceptical about the point, and argue that the focus should be on the game at home, not abroad.