1. Miracle survival
A four-year old girl has miraculously survived a 30m fall from the eighth floor of an apartment complex on the Gold Coast.
The girl fell onto trees below the unit at Broadbeach after playing hide and seek with her babysitter.
A witness told Nine News that the little girl crawled out of the bushes after the 30m fall.
The ABC report that she broke her leg and suffered some abdominal injuries and was in a serious but stable condition at the Gold Coast University Hospital.
2. Pistorius sentencing
The Oscar Pistorius sentencing has witnessed dramatic scenes as the sister of Pistorius left in tears after a man who has described himself as a hitman was accused of ‘mouthing obscenities’ at her.
Aimee Pistorius said she was “very intimidated” by the presence of a former boxer, Mikey Shultz who has previously confessed to the killing of a businessman but avoided prosecution as part of a deal.
Sky News reports that she was led away “shaking and sobbing” as the court broke up for lunch.
A sentence for Pistorius is not expected to be handed down till next Tuesday.
3. Air France Plane grounded over Ebola
A man – said to be a Priest who had been assisting Ebola patients in Africa – has been taken from an Air France plane in Madrid and escorted to hospital with a suspected case of Ebola.
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The professor claimed his emails were a private gag between he and his friend where they would try to outdo each other with the most outrageous and extreme language, in jest, and they were hacked. This is the real crime.
This is the same argument as the Jennifer Lawrence hacked photos - is she entitled to privacy or should she not be doing it in the first place in case she gets hacked?
Are we entitled to privacy at all or do we need to be told what to do and think in our private lives?
Same pair of scum journalists who talked a young student into risking a jail sentence by hacking her employer's website looking for details about Tony Abbott's daughter's student status.
5. I marvel at the self-restraint of the mother who confronted the nanny. My blood is boiling after witnessing this lady's precious babies being abused - if it had been my own babies, my fury would have spilled out and I would have surely physically hurt this child abuser posing as a nanny. (assuming that the kids were not watching)