The debate over asylum seekers is likely to dominate when federal parliamentary resume today, Opposition leader Tony Abbott is refusing to back down on his hard line stands on offshore processing, that's despite calls from the government and even some of his backbenchers for a compromise.

 

The Queensland man accused of drowning his baby son will face court today charged with murder, police say the 38-year-old man jumped into the Logan River south of Brisbane with the boy, the 6-month-old's body was recovered 150 kilometers downstream from the pedestrian bridge.

 

A Sydney man will find out today whether he'll be acquitted of murdering his parents in 1993, Jeffrey Gilham was jailed for stabbing his parents to death and setting their house on fire, he was released in December after an appeals court quashed his murder convictions, Gilham admitted to stabbing his brother to death, accusing him of his parent's murder.

 

And the Greens are proposing a new law to force wealthy media moguls to pass a public interest tax, the private members bill will be introduced today, and is in response to billionaire Gina Rinehart's increasing stake in the FairFax media in poll.