Hello Australia! - PM Turnbull defends his investments traced to a notorious tax shelter - The US Democrats hold a presidential debate filled with substantive discussions of issues - Israel reacts to a spate of stabbing attacks - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

The opposition harangued Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull for having personal investments in Wall Street hedge funds that based in a Caribbean tax haven.  Two of them are registered to a Cayman Island address called "Ugland House" - which US President Barack Obama describes as "the biggest tax scam on record".  Ugland House reputedly is teh mailing address for some 12,000 corporations.  Senator Sam Dastyari said before parliament, "There is one reason people invest in the Cayman Islands - so they don't have to play by the same rules as the rest of us.  This isn't fair.  And it's not right."  But PM Turnbull insisted his investments are on the up and up, and his income is taxed in Australia.

The US Democratic Party's presidential candidates debated in Las Vegas.  In a nutshell:  Senator Bernie Sanders - a proud Democratic Socialist - hammered on his message of fighting inequality and raising taxes on wall Street and the uber-wealthy to pay for universal college education and health care, and questioning the vast amounts of money America spends on war; Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she'd "stand up" to Russian President Vladimir Putin and castigated the low-rent, racist, sexist, pandering clown show in the Republican party.  Three other candidates did nothing to break through.  Vice President Joe Biden was not there, and any window on him getting into the race may be shutting down.

Both Hillary and Bernie said that former NSA employee and whistle-blower Edward Snowden would have to at least face trial if he were to ever leave his self-exile in Russia and come back to the US.  Ms. Clinton said Snowden should "face the music".  But Mr. Sanders qualified that by acknowledging Snowden's revelations of America's out-of-control domestic and international intelligence gathering agencies, saying that must be taken into account when dealing with him.

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff is accusing her political opponents of trying to oust her government by "coup-mongering".  Speaking at a meeting of union leaders in Sao Paulo, Ms. Rousseff said her conservative opponents were spreading hatred and intolerance against a "project that has successfully lifted millions of Brazilians out of poverty".  This comes after a court ruled her government wrongfully borrowed from state banks to make up for budget shortfalls.  Rousseff was elected last year, but has suffered dips in her popularity because of scandals.

Israel's cabinet approved emergency measures to deal with a wave of violence.  Police will be authorized to "seal off parts of Jerusalem" to stop a series of stabbing attacks.  Police shot and killed at least two Palestinians who were allegedly attacking Israelis.  In addition to the usual complaints from both sides, Palestinians fear the Israelis are trying to rewrite long-standing arrangements for religious observances at the Temple Mount complex, which contains the Al-Aqsa Mosque.