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1. Men charged over one-punch assault.

Two men have been charged over an assault on Sunday morning in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley that has left an 18-year-old man fighting for his life.

Around 3.30am on Sunday Cole Miller, 18, was assaulted in the Chinatown Mall on Duncan Street.

The up-and-coming water polo player was about to hail a taxi and go home when he was allegedly struck from behind. He suffered serious head injuries and was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital where he remains in a life-threatening condition with his family by his side.

Officer in charge of the investigation Detective Acting Inspector Tom Armitt said it was a random act of violence.

“This is a random act of violence — there is no indication that the victim knew who the offenders were,”

Two 21-year-old men were arrested over the assault and charged last night with one count of grievous bodily harm.

They are due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today.

2. Peter Dutton calls journalist a witch “accidentally.”

Immigration Minister Peter Dutton has been forced to apologise to a journalist after accidentally sending her a message calling her a “witch”.

The minister says he intended to send the message, received by Samantha Maiden, the political editor for News Corp’s Sunday papers to former colleague Jamie Briggs who has stepped down after acting inappropriately towards a colleague while on an overseas trip.

Ms Maiden had written yesterday of Mr Briggs’ behaviour in a Hong Kong bar.

Mr Dutton texted Mr Briggs about Ms Maiden calling her a “mad f***ing witch” but instead of sending the message to Mr Briggs sent it to Ms Maiden.

Ms Maiden said on the Nine Ntework yesterday, “I had a Liberal MP accidentally text me this morning, clearly not meant for me, describing me as a bit of a mad witch for writing this story, which I thought was spectacular, and he apologised and said that he sent the text to the wrong person,” she said.

“I think some of these MPs are having a bit of a problem with their phones and they might just want to put them down.”

In a statement Mr Dutton confirmed he had apologised to Ms Maiden.

“Sam and I have exchanged some robust language over the years so we had a laugh after this and I apologised to her straight away, which she took in good faith.

“I’m expecting a tough time in her next column.”

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3. Man drowns after car is swept away in flood waters in Victoria.

The body of a Victorian man whose van was swept away by a flash flood in Seymour early this morning has been found.

Emergency services were monitoring the bakery van as flood waters receded and have confirmed the that the body of the 63-year-old local man was still inside.

The man’s family have been informed by police of the tragic development.

His body will remain in the vehicle until waters recede fully and it his safe to remove him.

Previously we reported:

A search is underway for a man feared drowned after his car was swept away in flood waters in Seymour, an hour out of Melbourne.

Police have been told the man drove into flood waters on Delatite Road, near Wimble Street, just after 2am but his car was taken by the flood waters and swept into a nearby flooded creek.

State Emergency Services personnel were nearby and tried to rescue the man, with one member tying a rope around his waist to try and reach the car.

He did make contact with the car and tried to reach the motorist however the car filled with water and submerged.

The Victoria Police Search and Rescue Squad are heading to the area to co-ordinate a search for the man.

4. Legal loophole letter used by anti-vaxxers worthless says lawyers.

The letter which anti-vaxers have said they are asking doctors and nurses to sign asks them to prove consent for their child’s immunisation is “involuntary” and encourages “immunisation providers” to formally refuse to do their job because they may be “held liable for civil assault and any resultant injury, loss or damage”.

“An (immunisation provider) cannot legally vaccinate the child if the IP is made aware that the parent is not able to provide voluntary consent,” it states.

Slater and Gordon medical lawyer Bill Madden has seen the document and told The Herald Sun that it is worthless.

“It’s hard to imagine any sensible doctor would agree to sign that form.”

5. Iran: Saudis face ‘divine revenge’ for executing prominent Shia cleric.

Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that Saudi Arabia will face “divine revenge” for its execution of a prominent Shia cleric.

Saudi executed Nimr al-Nimr alongside 46 others, most of whom had been convicted to involvement in al-Qaeda-linked attacks carried out between 2003 and 2006, in what was the kingdom’s largest mass execution for decades.

Iran’s Ayatollah Khamenei described Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr as a “martyr” who acted peacefully.

Protesters, reacting to the news of Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr’s execution, reportedly stormed the Saudi Embassy in Tehran.

6. Australia Post raises the cost of stamps to $1.

The cost of sending a regular letter will rise to one dollar from today from 70c.

You will pay 40 percent more for slower regular deliveries, with a ‘regular letter’ set to take three to six days to reach its recipient. However you can pay an additional priority stamp for 50 cents.

Concession cardholders will be charged 60 cents to send a regular letter, and Christmas cards can be sent for 65 cents.

7. Watermelon boy says he ate it as he wanted to become famous.

The boy who ate through an entire watermelon while at the big bash in Melbourne on Saturday night has admitted he did it to become famous.

Mitchell Schibeci’s feats of eating practically an entire watermelon, skin and all became a sensation and the hashtag #watermelonboy was the most talked about on Twitter.

Mitchell said the first time he had eaten a watermelon whole was at the MCG.

“I have seen people do weird stuff and get on the big screen,” he said on the Today Show on Sunday morning.

“I thought it was cool when everyone was cheering when I was eating it.”

He showed the presenters how he did it with the left over melon.

“It hurt my bottom lip,” he said.

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