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1. Police investigate the death of an 11-month-old boy.
The homicide squad is investigating the death of an 11-month-old boy at his home in Hamilton, Victoria.
Police have said that emergency services were called to an address in Strachan St, Hamilton around 3am Monday morning after a report of a seriously ill child.
The baby was taken by ambulance to the Hamilton Hospital where he died around 3.50am.
Investigators are speaking to a number of people in relation to the death.
One neighbour told Nine News they were woken by sounds of distress.
“I just heard a lady’s voice squealing,” the neighbour said.
Anyone with information is requested to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
2. Inquiry hears: domestic violence embedded in our culture.
On the first day of hearings at the Victorian Royal Commission into Family Violence, Commissioner Marcia Neave said in her opening address that family violence is “embedded in our culture” and changes would not happen overnight.
The commission heard one-in-six Australian women had been subjected to partner violence since the age of 15.
The first victim of family violence to address the inquiry has told of how she heard police laughing with her attacker after calling them for help when she was raped and beaten.
The ABC reports that the mother of four said her husband repeatedly abused her and kept the telephone in a padlocked room.
Top Comments
Why not do a post on the Abbott government's most recent moves to hobble the renewable energy industry and the approval by the 'environment minister' of the Shenhua mine?
Or a post on the true cost per/kwh from wind and solar, the fact that at present neither can supply a stable base load and must rely on coal or gas to provide power to their own systems when not generating, and how big would they and their ability to store power need to be to stand alone, and at what additional cost per/kwh. Currently they are given a guaranteed market share with the RET 20% by 2020, a number that's sure to increase over time so its no surprise energy providers are jumping on to ensure they keep their market share, the worrying part is what will happen to the price of power when energy providers start to shutdown coal and gas power stations permanently, its a pretty safe bet the price from the remainder will double or more.