Hey.  How's it going, Australia? - The Coalition takes a hit in Wentworth - Turkey threatens to spill the beans - Brazil's most-prized artifact survived the devastating museum fire - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Australia just moved a step closer to a full federal election after the Liberals lost the by-election in Wentworth to independent candidate Kerryn Phelps.  The Liberals suffered a 20 percent swing against their candidate, former Australian ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma.  Dr. Phelps said her election signaled a return of decency, integrity and humanity to the Australian Government".

Losing their one seat majority in the lower house is not necessarily a mortal blow to the Scott Morrison government, but it's demoralizing for the coalition and opponents now see blood in the water.  For now, the crossbenchers and independents have a great deal of power, as the coalition will have to negotiate every action moving through the House of Representatives to achieve a simple majority.  With the prospect of advancing the Liberal agenda now looking a lot more like pulling teeth on an unwilling patient, Prime Minister Scott Morrison declined to deflect blame:  "The Liberal Party has paid a big price tonight for the events of several months ago," he said, referring to the the leadership spill that saw him replacing Malcolm Turnbull.  "I want to make something really clear.  The result today is on us, the Liberals, not on Dave Sharma."

Turkey says it will reveal off of its information about the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi Arabian consulate in Istanbul on 2 October.  "Turkey will never allow a cover-up," a ruling party spokesperson said.  After two weeks of denials, the Saudis finally admitted that he had been killed inside its consulate; but the Saudi version claimed the middle-aged and visibly not-in-shape Khashoggi got into a "fist fight" with a group of younger men and died.  This doesn't explain why the 15-member Saudi hit team made up of security officials with close ties to Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman who entered the country with a freakin' bone saw was lying in wait at the consulate, nor how Khashoggi came to be dismembered alive by said implement.  Turkey has insisted it has video and audio evidence showing that the Saudi dissident Khashoggi was abducted as soon as he walked into building, and killed over an excruciating seven-minute torture session.

A surfer in his 50s managed to escape a shark attack by punching the fish in the head.  This happened yesterday at Samurai Beach near Port Stephens, north of Newcastle.  "We believe the patient bumped into the shark while surfing at which point the shark spun around and latched onto his arm," said ambulance Inspector Brian Knowles to 2GB radio.  The surfer is recovering in hospital.

Some good news out of Brazil for a change:  Most of the skull of Luzia has been recovered from the ashes of the devastating fire at the National Museum.  Luzia's bones are at least 12,000 years old and are believed to be the oldest such human fossils ever found in South America.  The fire at the National Museum destroyed the 200-year old building and millions of artefacts from around South America and the world.  Curators blamed decades of government budget cuts for making it impossible to fire proof the aging structure.  The cause of the fire is still not known.