Joe Biden's unfortunate Putin mistake, manhunt after Aussies found dead in hotel: Australia news live

This is the couple who today became the first Australians to be charged with espionage in six years.

They are accused of leaking state secrets to Russia.

Kira Korolev (left in the above picture) who was employed with the ADF as an information systems technician for “several years”, was allegedly undertaking non-declared travel to Russia while on leave from the ADF and instructed her husband Igor Korolev – who remained in Australia – to log into her work account from their Brisbane home, AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw announced on Friday morning.

The Australian Federal Police will allege the couple worked together to access ADF material related to Australia’s national security interests.

Read more here.

A doctor has been charged over the alleged sex-related assaults of two patients in Sydney’s south last month.

Police allege a 28-year-old woman was indecently assaulted during a consultation on June 4 at a medical centre in Arncliffe.

On June 26, a 19-year-old woman was allegedly sexually assaulted during a consultation at the same medical centre.

Following investigations, a 45-year-old Monterey man has been charged with sexually touching another person without consent and sexual intercourse without consent. He will face court later today.

The family of an Australian couple killed in a suspected murder at a luxury hotel in the Philippines have described the situation as a “living nightmare”, as police search for a man seen leaving the room hours before the bodies were found.

David James Fisk, 57, his wife Lucita Barquin Cortez, 55, a Philippine-born Australian citizen were staying at The Lake Hotel south of Manila when a hotel worker found their bodies, as well as the body of a woman reported to be Cortez's daughter-in-law.

Police said they were found with their hands and feet bound and packaging tape covering their mouths.

Tagaytay police chief Charles Daven Capagcuan told The Associated Press Mr Fisk’s throat had been slit, while the women may have been suffocated with a pillow.

Mr Fisk’s family released a statement on Friday morning, sharing their grief and pleading for answers.

“The love we have for our Father and Lucita is so dear and this situation is like living a nightmare,” the statement read.

“We pray for answers and the truth in this horrific matter and just pray for their safe return to Australian shores.”

Police are searching for a masked suspect that was seen on CCTV exiting the victims' room hours before they were found.

A GoFundMe page has been set up by the family.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has responded to Joe Biden's mistake when he called Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskiy "President Putin".

Biden made the slip while introducing the Ukrainian president at the NATO summit in Washington, as he comes under increasing pressure to step down from the upcoming presidential election due to mental fitness concerns.

The mix-up happened just before Biden was set to give a press conference.

Albanese steered clear on whether the US president should step aside from the race but sympathised with Biden, saying it happens.

"Everyone from time to time, I think, has made a slip - it clearly was on his mind who President Zelenskiy is fighting," the prime minister told Brisbane radio station 4BC on Friday.

"But it certainly is unfortunate."

Read more here.

A Queensland woman has landed the $10 Powerball jackpot overnight but unlike those who set their sights on the glitz and glamour of being a millionaire, she's planning on keeping her life pretty normal.

So forget the sports car, this Sarina grandmother is happy to settle for something a little more everyday.

“I’d love to buy a Honda or Toyota with a bull bar," she revealed, saying such a vehicle is more appropriate for her local area.

She said she also planned on still working, but would slowly reduce her hours.

Buying a new vehicle is often one of the first things people think of when winning the lottery, so what would you buy if you won $10 million. Have your say below.

Well this is not ideal for Joe Biden. He has now referred to Vice President Kamala Harris as Vice President Trump, an error that came after he referred to Volodymyr Zelensky as Vladimir Putin.

Biden faced questioning over that first slip up and the mounting pressure he is facing from within his own party to step aside. However he once again brushed off questions about his ability to run for a second term.

"Look, guys, the idea anybody suggests that we haven't had an incredibly successful conference… how many times did you hear in that conference, I know it sounds self-serving, but other leaders, heads of state have thanked me saying, 'The reason we're together is because of Biden, because Biden did the following," he told the press conference.

An Australian Defence Force army private and her husband have become the first Australians to be charged with espionage after allegedly working together to leak state secrets to Russia.

The Australian Federal Police will allege the couple worked together to access ADF material related to Australia’s national security interests.

The woman was allegedly undertaking non-declared travel to Russia while on leave from the ADF, where she instructed her husband — who remained in Australia — to log into her work account from their Brisbane home, AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw announced Friday morning.

Read more here.

- NCA NewsWire

If you were wondering how bad the start of the snow season has been, take a look at this graph.

Snow fall is way down, and comes as Aussies are weighing up whether they can even afford a trip to the snow amid a cost-of-living crisis.

Much needed snow is set to fall from this weekend and the conditions will continue into next week thanks to a polar air mass sweeping across Australia's southeast.