What we learned: Friday 22 December
We are going to wrap up the live blog here for the evening. Here’s what made the news today:
Queensland police called off the search for a missing 85-year-old man after the floods in far north Queensland. The man was last seen last Sunday.
St Vincents – the nation’s largest not-for-profit health and aged care provider – confirmed on Friday it had fallen victim to a cyber-attack.
Australian batter Usman Khawaja said the charge against him by the ICC over wearing a black armband “makes no sense” because the black armband was worn “for a personal bereavement”.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, flagged further support for people in flood-ravaged far north Queensland.
WA firefighters continued to face tough conditions after fires ripped through the Perth suburb of Parkerville.
A windfarm will be developed in south-west New South Wales – the first windfarm approved in the state in two-and-a-half years.
The ABC’s Melbourne office was vandalised with red paint splattered on windows and messages about the Israel–Palestine conflict scrawled across the building.
Twelve-year-old boy bitten by dingo on K’gari
AAP reports the dog started circling the boy before the attack, which was first reported on Friday but occurred on Monday.
“The boy tried to move the dingo on by yelling and moving his arms but as he stepped back the dingo lunged and bit him on the left knee,” a Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service statement said.
The boy’s parents were about 10m away from him at the time, the service reported.
Rangers are investigating and attempting to identify the dingo.
It’s the third incident in two weeks involving children and dingoes on the popular holiday island.
On 10 December a girl was bitten on the thigh after running from a dingo near Wathumba beach.
The five-year-old had moved away from her group when a dingo ran and nipped her.
On 11 December a boy was chased into the water by a dingo after he ran from the animal.
The service said children should be kept under constant supervision and within arm’s reach on K’gari.
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