HEADLINES:

• There is a new nationwide crackdown on high-speed e-bikes after years of rising accidents and injuries.
• A toddler has been rescued unharmed after a siege in outback Queensland left two adults dead.
• Your drivers licence photo could soon be shared with a national facial recognition database, under new laws introduced to NSW Parliament.
• Amazon says its new AI-powered Alexa has been specially trained to understand Australian culture.

Plus the federal government says it's not giving up on its gambling reforms, even though neither the Coalition nor the Greens will back the bill as it stands.
And Australia's most admired sporting figures have been named, plus James Packer has married model Kylie Lim.

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