12PM NEWS UPDATE
– Northern Territory Labor senator Nova Peris says she categorically rejects any wrongdoing over claims of seeking taxpayer funds to help carry on an extra-marital affair with fellow
Olympian Ato Boldon. The allegations were printed by a Northern Territory newspaper.
– Notorious con-man, Peter Foster is facing Tweed Heads local court today after spending more than a year on the run. Police swooped on Foster near Byron Bay yesterday. He’s facing a three year jail term for ignoring a weight-loss industry ban.
– A rocket has exploded just six seconds after take off in the U-S state of Virginia. NASA has confirmed the rocket was unmanned and was carrying supplies to the International Space station.
– And more spectacular pictures from Hawaii as a lava flow continues it’s march, now just 60 metres from thousands of homes on the Big Island.