He was seen from afar.

His prime suspect for cannibalism was a nightmarish object — a pack of nine galaxies in a feeding frenzy, interdevouring one another.

A week of filled with grinding toil.

Labor has emerged victorious in critical byelection contests in Tasmania and Queensland in a significant fillip for the federal leader, Bill Shorten, boosting its primary vote in Longman and harvesting the lion’s share of preferences in Braddon.