Sunday's news in under 2 minutes.

1. Shark kills 19-year-old surfer Zac Young.

A shark has killed a nineteen year-old surfer off the NSW mid-north coast.

Zac Young, who was surfing with friends near Coffs Harbour yesterday afternoon, was dragged to shore by friends after being attacked by a shark. Unfortunately, they could not save him. The Port Macquarie local has been described as a “positive happy person who lived life to the fullest” on a Facebook memorial, where hundreds of friends have gathered to pay tribute to the teen.

Beaches around Coffs Harbour have been closed as Surf Life Saving volunteers continue to search for the shark.

This is the second shark attack in two weeks in Australia that has proved deadly, with a 35-year-old killed by a Great White Shark off the West Australian coast last weekend.

2. Tony Abbott denies breaking promise about Gonski.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has told Channel Ten’s Andrew Bolt that ‘schools would get the same amount of money’ under the Liberal government, despite the axing of Labor’s Gonski scheme. Speaking to Bolt this morning, the Prime Minister reassured Australians that schools would continue to get funding.

“We are going to keep the promise that we made – not the promise that some people thought that we made, or the promise that some people might have liked us to make. We are going to keep the promise that we actually made,” the Prime Minister said. This comes after Education Minister Christopher Pyne informed state education ministers last week that Gonski would be axed and a new funding formula introduced.

3. Glasgow helicopter crash kills 8.

At least eight people have been killed, and over 14 people are in a critical condition, in Glasgow after a police helicopter crashed into a pub, causing its roof to collapse. Up to 120 people were thought to be inside the building at the time of the crash, with 32 people taken to hospital immediately after. The Air Accident Investigation Branch has launched an inquiry into the crash, with the death toll expected to rise in the next few days.

4. The world’s ugliest dog ‘Elwood’ has died.

A cross between Chinese Crested and Chihuahua, ‘Elwood’ was crowned the world’s ugliest dog in 2007, and became the face of a children’s book that aimed to teach kids about acceptance. The eight year old hound was dark coloured and hairless, and died unexpectedly on Thursday morning.

5. Controversial Abbott speeches have been deleted from the web.

Fairfax newspapers have revealed that some of Tony Abbott’s most controversial speeches have been wiped from the Internet, including his 2009 speech on the carbon tax and a 2004 speech that described abortion as ‘a question of the mother’s convenience’. All speeches before 2010 being deleted from the Liberal party website.

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