The big day has come and gone, with the Hawks in celebration mode after a back-to-back AFL premiership win.

Yesterday's thriller at the MCG had a crowd of almost 100,000 people and sent social media into a frenzy.

► To check out the front pages of Fairfax publications for today, click here.

7.50am: Get ready to laugh! Check out 31 cat reactions for everyday situations. The fifth pic is a goodie!

7.45am: Embattled euthanasia campaigner Dr Philip Nitschke is being investigated by police in every Australian state  over his possible role in nearly 20 deaths in the past three years, all of them apparently suicides. Read more

7.35am: A Lake Macquarie woman whose ‘‘aggressive’’ breast cancer spread to various parts of her body including her spine and lungs credits her remarkable recovery to cannabis oil. Read more

7.25am: In South Australia, the city of Port Pirie is gearing up for the annual Smelters Picnic. Check out a gallery of front pages here.

7.20am: The Bulldogs will take on South Sydney in the NRL Grand Final after a gritty 18-12 win over the Panthers. Read more

7.15am: Ladies, get the tissues ready! It's done ... George Clooney is now a married man.

7.10am: Port Macquarie's Ben Howard has advanced to today's quarter-finals at the Subway Summer Surf Series at Bar Beach. Read more

7.00am: As fire tore through a Clarke Street furniture store on Saturday morning an occupant of the upstairs apartment was forced to jump from the first floor to escape the blaze. Read more

6.50am: Total fire bans have been declared across for the southern and eastern regions of Tasmania, the earliest a ban has been declared in the state. Read more

6.45am: Leeanne Fenwick was in tears, her husband, Dave, was gutted and their family home left in a shambles when a builder walked out on renovation work, which was supposed to see the Glendale couple into retirement. Read more

► Three years after a corruption inquiry uncovered criminal links between an illegal brothel and a Sydney council, a parlour is again operating from the premises. Read more

► Keiran Loveridge, the youth who killed Sydney teenager Thomas Kelly with a single, savage punch to the head, has taken his case to the High Court, arguing his sentence should not have been doubled on appeal. Read more

► A 15-year-old asylum seeker girl believed to have attempted self-harm has been evacuated to Australia from the Nauru detention centre, the government confirmed on Saturday, as it drew strong criticism for its freshly signed Cambodian refugee deal, designed to offer sanctuary to asylum seekers currently on Nauru. Read more

► Sydney property owners are being threatened with fines of more than $1 million for renting out rooms in their homes through short-term accommodation sites such as Airbnb. Read more

► A coalition of 21 organisations working to promote human rights in Cambodia described Australia's refugee deal as a cynical attempt to place refugees who had already suffered persecution in their home countries into further hardship. Read more

► It must have been a faintly chilling moment for Barack Obama. He had spent half the week talking up the Iraqi government as responsive and inclusive, mature enough to sustain the international alliance growing to fight militants of the Islamic State. Then came those bizarre press comments. Read more

It has been 19 years since the Creswick 1st Scout Group has had a Queen's Scout, the Scouting movement's highest youth award.

But be prepared for more to follow Padraig Doyle's example. Read more