Exclusive: Experts issue warning over fake invoice scams, after a data leak from an Australian business. An email viewed by Sky News Australia indicates the company knowingly left the database open after learning it was publicly accessible youtube.com/watch?v=RRLCbu…

Paramedics treated 30 patients at Wakeley, but retreated into the church as they came under threat. 6 paramedics were holed up inside for 3.5 hours, fearing for their safety.

Police Commissioner Karen Webb says the rioters ‘can expect a knock at the door’

The PM says an announcement on China’s review of tariffs on Australian wine is ‘imminent’ (an interim review found the tariffs were no longer necessary, the final outcome is due this week) #auspol

So just to be clear - Labor leader Rebecca White did not concede defeat. She says she’ll wait to see how the dust settles and it’ll be sometime before the make-up of the Parliament is known.
‘Humble people do not…claim victory when the results are unclear’

Tasmanian Labor leader Rebecca White:
‘There is a lot that’s unclear about tonight. But it is clear Australians have voted to reject the Liberals…what is clear is the Liberal Party will not be getting a majority’

‘Tasmanians have delivered a very clear message + I want to assure each + every Tasmanian that we've heard it + I thank you for it. But Tasmanians have not voted for a change of government’ - Jeremy Rockliff claiming a win for the Liberals - but they’ll fall short of a majority

Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff is addressing the Tally Room:
‘Today looks like a fourth consecutive win for the Liberal government’
(But it looks like they’ll fall short of a majority)

Tasmania’s AFL team has been officially launched - the Tasmania Devils are set to join the league in 2028. This is the jersey…

Friends of Jesse Baird turning his home into a makeshift memorial, after the ex-TV presenter + his partner Luke Davies were allegedly murdered here. They’ve called on police to work day + night to find the men’s bodies. NSW cop Beau Lamarre-Condon is accused of killing them.

Wallabies star Kurtley Beale has spoken outside court after being found NOT GUILTY of raping + groping a woman at a Bondi pub.
He said it’s been a tough year for his family and he’s so glad the truth has come out. Sky News Australia

#BREAKING : Kurtley Beale has been found NOT GUILTY of raping and groping a woman at a Bondi hotel. The Jury deliberated for just over an hour before clearing him of all 3 charges. He wiped away tears and hugged his supporters after the verdict was handed down Sky News Australia

#BREAKING : the Jury has reached a verdict in Kurtley Beale’s rape trial. The Wallabies star is facing 1 count of sexual intercourse without consent and 2 counts of sexual touching, over an alleged incident in a Bondi pub toilet cubicle in 2022. Sky News Australia

Foreign Minister Penny Wong has made a statement after Australian writer Yang Hengjun received a suspended death sentence in China (effectively life in prison).
She says ‘the Australian government is appalled’ and she has asked her Dept to summon the Chinese Ambassador #auspol

NEW YEAR, NEW ME-dia job:
13 years ago, I started at Nine in Sydney

6 years later, I walked into Laurie Oakes’ office in Canberra, hoping he’d pick me for his team (phew!)

Today - I’m taking the next step. I’m excited to begin my new role in Sky News Australia’s Sydney newsroom 😊

When you INTEND to have a professional photo shoot, but....😂

(Special mention to Andrew Probyn for the impressive jumping skills, and special thanks to Christopher Legge for the impeccably-timed shot 📸) #auspol

This is on tonight - a glimpse at life in Ukraine, and the connections between Australia and the war-torn country. Nine’s former Political Editor Chris Uhlmann travelled there to make this documentary, Forged in Fire (Ch 9 at 9pm)

Authorities have found the released detainee who went missing - the person is now wearing an ankle monitoring bracelet #auspol

Labor Senator Pat Dodson has confirmed he'll be resigning, effective January 26 next year.
'Regrettably, my recent treatment for cancer means that my health, although slowly improving, has left me physically unable to fulfill satisfactorily my duties as a Senator' #auspol