Morning Mail: Queensland election rout, Peter Greste, Asian Cup champions, Australian Open, Stephen Fry

Guardian Australia's Morning Mail                                                     Monday 2 February 2014 g
Queensland election rout
Follow our comprehensive Queensland election coverage here.
Australian news and politics
Tony Abbott will today axe his paid parental leave policy in a speech intended to refocus the government’s agenda, reassure worried Liberal MPs that he is listening to their concerns and salvage his prime ministership. After 400 days in an Egyptian jail, Australian Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste has been deported from Egypt "to continue his punishment period in Australia". Greste's family are overjoyed at the news that he is on his way home. Acres of dense vegetation and few main roads keep out passersby at the bushland site where scientists are burying bodies – in the southern hemisphere's first 'body farm'. Victorians who give family members raw milk to drink face fines of $60,000, and a strong bittering agent will be put into unpasteurised milk to deter people from consuming it. The Socceroos are the champions of Asia after winning a thrilling Asian Cup final, beating South Korea 2-1 in extra time. After the triumph, coach Ange Postecoglou says there are 'no limits' for the Australian team. Watch video of the Socceroos lifting the trophy, and our picture gallery of the Asian Cup final. Novak Djokovic beat Andy Murray to take the Australian Open men's title, while Serena Williams claimed her 19th grand slam crown with a straight sets win over Maria Sharapova in the women's final.
Around the world
After the apparent beheading of Japanese journalist Kenji Goto, Jordan says it is still ready to hand over a failed suicide bomber if Isis can prove their captured pilot is alive. Final charges against a police officer who shot dead a seven-year-old girl in Detroit were dismissed on Friday, leaving a family bereft and raising serious concern over an increasingly militarised police force. US republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee says forcing people to accept gay marriage is like telling Jews they have to serve “bacon-wrapped shrimp in their deli”.
One last thing
A brief clip of some British comedian (Stephen Fry) on an Irish religious affairs programme causes a bit of a storm when he calls God an ‘evil, capricious, monstrous maniac’. Watch it now. Have an excellent day – and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter @earleyedition.