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Malcolm Turnbull declares win
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared victory for his Coalition in last week’s closely fought federal election.
Eight days after the polls closed, the Coalition has now won 74 seats and Labor 66, while five remain undecided, according to ABC News.
Yesterday, Labor leader Bill Shorten conceded defeat.
“I have spoken to Mr Turnbull and congratulated him,” Mr Shorten said.
He added that Labor was willing to work to find “common ground” with the government.
2. AIDS is no longer a public health issue in Australia
Australia’s top scientists have declared “the end of AIDS” as a public health issue.
Researchers from the Kirby and Peter Doherty institutes and the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations have announced the age of the fatal syndrome over, ABC News reports.
At the disease’s peak in 1990s, about 1,000 Australians died each year.
But the mid-1990s advent of anti-retroviral medication, which stops HIV from progressing to AIDS, saw the number of AIDS-related deaths in Australia plummet. Now, the numbers of AIDS-related deaths in Australia so low it is not recorded.
3. Seven-year-old boy fighting for life after Victoria car crash
A seven-year-old boy from Victoria is in critical condition after being hit by a car on Saturday.
The boy was struck in Main Street, Bairnsdale, shortly after 3pm yesterday.