Civil war in Syria, uncivil words in Brisbane Syria's main oppn group has accused the govt of massacring more than 1300 people with chemical weapons. WHEN confronted with the horrors of the wider world, rude Australian politicians don't seem so bad - but they still deserve our attention. Gruesome pictures from Syria showing the victims of an apparent gas attack dominated morning headlines, with activists saying around 1300 died in the strike by the Damascus government - the latest escalation in the ongoing civil war. The Syrian visuals jostled for attention with the latest news out of Oklahoma, where Australian sportsman Christopher Lane was shot dead by three bored teens out to prove their hardness. Pamela James, one of the teachers in the school in Georgia. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz) Source: AP With the US still absorbing this latest gun horror, it was a small comfort to read how a primary school clerk in Georgia talked down a gunman who had sparked a terrifying siege. Lily Fontana's Facebook post about doing Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott. If it's domestic news you're after, Kevin Rudd has been rude to a make-up artist - and Tony Abbott flubbed an open opportunity to capitalise on his opponent's bungle, as they were face-painted ahead of last night's forum in Brisbane, by forgetting the offended woman's name. It's Lily Fontana, Mr Abbott. Jennifer Tress: not pretty enough for her husband, apparently. Picture: Facebook Source: No Source Speaking of being rude, Sydney students are speaking out about why they put their vaginas on the cover of a uni newspaper - apparently to make other women feel better about their own bodies - and a woman whose husband left because she wasn't "pretty enough" has turned her agony into a blog and book deal. In Queensland a man who allegedly killed two people - one of them apparently his brother - with a machete was shot dead by police. And Melbourne was rocked by a building collapse that killed a worker, months after a wall caved in and crushed three people. Essendon coach James Hird wants to have the charges against him heard by an independent tribunal. Sport. The drama that is Essendon continues, with club presidents locked away at AFL House in talks with the league over its charges against the club. Maria Sharapova. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for Henri Bendel) Source: Getty Images Shane Watson has been soul-searching over the Ashes and Maria Sharapova's out of the US Open with a sore shoulder. Perrie Edwards has snagged herself a member of One Direction. (Photo by Ian Gavan/Getty Images for Sony Pictures) Source: Getty Images And in Entertainment, a member of One Direction is engaged. The world of showbiz is imploding, at least for certain teenage girls. Goodnight.