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► MT ISA, QLD: A nine-year-old boy is missing after a jet ski collided into the bank at the junction at Lake Moondarra on Saturday morning. The search will resume this morning. Read more
► BOOMER BAY, TAS: Police are investigating the suspected drowning of a man near Marion Bay in the state’s south. It is believed the man was scuba diving at the time of the incident. Read more
► HORSLEY, NSW: A five-year-old boy has been placed in an induced coma and flown to hospital with serious head injuries, after he was hit by a four-wheel-drive in Horsley. Read more
► PENOLA, SA: Four young men have died in a vehicle accident at Penola on Saturday. Police and emergency services responded to a single car rollover on the Riddoch Hwy, 50m north of the Penola Bypass. Read more
►BALLARAT, VIC: Rockstar arrival of Ballarat Cup day went to Melbourne groom-to-be David Butterworth who arrived at the track in a convoy of helicopters. The bucks' party landed inside the track, with early racegoers clamouring to watch the celebrity-like arrival. Read more
► MURRAY VALLEY, SA: State Emergency Services (SES) have begun distributing sandbags to residents, businesses and shack owners along the River Murray in anticipation of very high water levels in the coming weeks. Read more
► WOLLONGONG, NSW: A Sydney family has been hit with a whopping $1700 fine for unwittingly letting their two dogs run free on the wrong piece of Wollongong sand. Read more
► WARRNAMBOOL, VIC: It was ready, set, run at Lake Pertobe on Saturday as the world-wide phenomenon Parkrun kicked off. The launch of the free, timed, five-kilometer run in Warrnambool received high-praise from participants with hundreds of registrations for the first day. Read more
National news
► A man who rushed into the burning bank in Springvale to rescue people had himself been in the building just "two minutes " before the fire. Mitch Jackson, 28, had just made his way to his car on Springvale Road after depositing a cheque at the Commonwealth Bank. The owner of car detailing business Divine Detailing was looking up the address to his next job when a sound made him stop. Read more
► A 25-year-old man has been charged with urinating on a woman at a Spiderbait concert in Melbourne in February. The man, of New Gisborne, north-west of the city, has been charged with unlawful assault, offensive behaviour and behaving in a disorderly manner in a public place. Read more
► Restaurants are increasingly harnessing the power of big data to up their game, with some now able to instantly view their guests' job, employer and dining history. Australia's largest online booking system Dimmi has integrated a LinkedIn feature so that it can supply users' employment information to its restaurant partners. Read more
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International news
►ITALY: Here's how the dominos could fall. In early December, Italy rejects a referendum on constitutional reform. Centre-left Prime Minister Matteo Renzi resigns, there's a snap election, and the anti-establishment Five Star Movement wins enough seats to force a national vote on the euro, or even take government. Read more
► MALAYSIA: Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Malaysian capital on Saturday, defying a police ban and crackdown on pro-democracy activists, to demand the resignation of scandal-hit Prime Minister Najib Razak. Read more
► US: President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter on Saturday to demand the cast of the Broadway hit Hamilton apologise for comments made to VP-elect Mike Pence as theatregoers booed him.
On this day
1739: War of Jenkins' Ear: A British naval force captured the settlement of Portobello in the Spanish Main (modern Panama).
1845: Anglo-French blockade of the Río de la Plata: The Argentine Confederation were defeated in the Battle of Vuelta de Obligado, but the losses ultimately made the United Kingdom and France give up the blockade.
1917: First World War: The Battle of Cambrai began with British forces having initial success over Germany's Hindenburg Line.
1947: Princess Elizabeth, daughter of King George II of the United Kingdom, married Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten, who was given the title Duke of Edinburgh.
1994: In accordance with the Lusaka Protocol, the Angolan government signed a ceasefire with UNITA rebels in a failed attempt to end the Angolan Civil War.
Faces of Australia: Campbell Remess
He may only be a few feet tall but 12-year-old Campbell Remess has a heart the size of the world.
The pint sized Tasmanian, otherwise known as ‘Bumble’, has touched hearts across the globe by creating his own charity.
When he was just nine-years-old, Campbell decided he wanted to help out sick children in hospital at Christmas by buying them presents.