We’ve rounded up all the latest news from Australia and around the world – so you don’t have to go searching.
1. Two-year-old boy critical after concrete wall fell on top of him.
A toddler is fighting for his life after a concrete wall fell on top of him at a property near Toowoomba.
The boy, from Irongate was flown by a Careflight helicopter after the wall collapsed on top of him.
A CareFlight spokeswoman told The Courier Mail that the boy was in a very critical condition as a result of multiple traumatic injuries. “He has a team of doctors working with him now — they’re looking at putting him into surgery tonight.”
The incident is understood to be a domestic accident.
2. Sydney police shooting was not linked to terror.
A shooting yesterday in a Sydney police station was witnessed by a 12-year-old boy. The man was shot dead yesterday by police after allegedly threatening officers with a kitchen knife inside Quakers Hill police station.
A 12-year-old boy was in the foyer and witnessed the shooting.
Police have not yet formally identified the man, believed to be in his 40s, and say his motive is not clear.
The incident is not believed to be terrorism-related.
“At this stage we have been unable to identify the man, we have no idea of the motive for him coming to the police station,’ Assistant Commissioner Denis Clifford said yesterday.
A large knife, believed to be a kitchen knife, was found inside the police station.
3. Turnbull visits the White House as reports emerge that Abbott wants another shot at being PM.
The Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull has met with US President Barack Obama in the White House in Washington DC.
His meeting came at the same time newspaper reports back home indicated that his predecessor, Tony Abbott was planning on contesting his seat at this year’s election with hopes to regain his role as Prime Minister.
The Daily Telegraph reports that according to Liberal sources he is being urged by his former chief of staff Peta Credlin to re contest in the hope he might regain the top job.
4. New lead on famous missing Beaumont kids.
Almost 50 years after their disappearance South Australian murder detectives are investigating a new lead about the missing Beaumont kids.
In 1966 three children went missing after failing to return from a trip to Glenelg beach. Jane, 9, Arnna, 4 and Grant Beaumont, 4 went missing on Australia Day.
The case has gripped the country and South Australians for the last 50 years
Fairfax Media reports that major crime detectives are currently looking into a new lead involving a now-dead suspect.
“We had a phone call to the office from somebody who had been told something by somebody about who committed this offence,” Major Crimes Detective Superintendent Des Bray told ABC radio.
“They firmly believed that the person they’re nominating has done it, so we’ve sent investigators to investigate those claims. That will take a few days to do.
“Whether it comes of anything or whether it’s like the hundreds of people who’ve been put forward before and it amounts to nothing remains to be seen.”
Police have received 159 CrimeStoppers calls about the children – one every four days – over the past two years he said but the time to investigate was getting difficult as witnesses died and lost their memories.
5. Chris Gayle’s farewell message: “Haters I thank you even more.”
Chris Gayle, the cricketer whose sexist comments live on air to journalist Mel McLaughlin after a Big Bash game on Network Ten caused much controversy, has left a parting message on social media as his season with the Big Bask League comes to a close.
The West Indian’s rambling Instagram message takes aim at the media and at “past and present” cricketers he says failed to support him.
“Ppl think I may have played my last innings in Aus but my memory with the fans will live on forever!! The real ppl who stand by Gayle worldwide through the so call BS against me in the media, thank you! To the media, thank you all so he wrote.”
“The haters, I thank you even more.
“I think a lot of past and present cricketers who smile in front my face could’ve have there say in the public when my so call issue was going on, but y’all don’t have the balls to stand firm when it matters.”
“The past cricketer who say I make myself look like a chop, the other who claim I was no good to the youngsters while playing for the thunder, the next one who said he expect that sort of behavior from Chris – Y’all can kiss my ‘Black Rass’.”
6. World’s oldest man has died at 112.
The world’s oldest man has died at the age of 112 after suffering chronic heart problems.
Yasutaro Koide had said his secret to a long life was not to smoke, drink or overdo it.
Koide, who was born on March 13, 1903, died two months short of his 113th birthday.
The world’s oldest person is an American woman, 116-year-old Susannah Mushatt Jones of New York.
7. Facebook to stop hate speech.
Sheryl Sandberg has announced that Facebook will combat extremist content being posted online.
The company has launched the “Initiative for Civil Courage Online” in Berlin, pledging over A$1.45 million in marketing funding to put a stop to extremism on the platform.
“Hate speech has no place in our society — not even on the internet,” said the company’s Chief Operating Officer Ms Sheryl Sandberg said in a statement.
She said “Facebook is not a place for the dissemination of hate speech or incitement to violence,” she said.
“With this new initiative we can better understand the challenges of extremist statements on the internet and better respond to it.
“Together we can ensure that the voices of peace, of truth and tolerance will be heard.
“The best cure for bad ideas are good ideas. The best remedy for hate is tolerance. Counter Speech is incredibly strong — and it takes time, energy and courage. “
8. Lleyton Hewitt into second round of Australian Open.
Lleyton Hewitt, who is retiring from tennis after the current Australian Open, will continue on for at least another two days.
Hewitt last night won 7-6(5) 6-2 6-4 over James Duckworth.
9. Most common passwords revealed – and they aren’t hard to figure out.
Here’s a tip – if you password is 123456 then you need to be a bit more imaginative as yours was the most common password used in 2015.
An annual ranking from security group SplashData has revealed the three most commonly used passwords of 2015 and they are pretty easy to guess – “123456”, “qwerty” and “password”,
The group, which collates passwords from data breaches in America and Western Europe to build samples, said “123456” was, for the fifth year running, the most common password.
“123456”, “12345678” – (imaginative!) and “12345” were all in the top five. “Football”, “monkey” and “starwars” also made the list, as well as “welcome” “dragon and “passw0rd”.
At least with that last one there is a little bit of thought put into it.
The 25 most common passwords:
1. 123456
2. password
3. 12345678
4. qwerty
5. 12345
6. 123456789
7. football
8. 1234
9. 1234567
10. baseball
11. welcome
12. 1234567890
13. abc123
14. 111111
15. 1qaz2wsx
16. dragon
17. master
18. monkey
19. letmein
20. login
21. princess
22. qwertyuiop
23. solo
24. passw0rd
25. starwars
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Top Comments
The Facebook thing is interesting. What will they deem as hate speech? Facebook occupies an incredibly powerful position.
"Tony Abbott was planning on contesting his seat at this year’s election with hopes to regain his role as Prime Minister."
Hahahahahahahahaha.