What we learned today, Monday 29 April
That’s a wrap for today, people, thanks for sticking around. Here are today’s main takeaways:
The rise of autism and ADHD and the effects on children, parents, and schools is investigated in a new Guardian Australia series.
In devastating news, a ten-year-old girl died after allegedly being stabbed by a 17-year-old girl in NSW.
Prime minister Anthony Albanese brushed off accusations he lied about the speaking arrangements at a violence against women protest.
Billionaire Clive Palmer is hoping to top up his coffers with the profits from a conference featuring controversial rightwing journalist Tucker Carlson.
Paleontologists say the abrupt extinction of the short-faced kangaroo is a reminder about the importance of protecting the environment.
And Mr Squiggle – the puppet with a pencil for a nose – has a new home in the National Museum of Australia.
We’ll be back here tomorrow morning to keep you in the loop. Until then!
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Ten-year-old girl dies after alleged stabbing in NSW
A ten-year-old girl has died after allegedly being stabbed by a 17-year-old girl in New South Wales’ Hunter region on Monday.
In a statement, NSW police said that at about 3.45pm, emergency services responded to reports of a stabbing at a home in Boolaroo, approximately 20km west of Newcastle.
Police said:
NSW Ambulance paramedics treated a 10-year-old girl at the scene for multiple stab wounds; however she died at the scene.
Officers from Lake Macquarie police district arrested a 17-year-old girl at the home, and she was taken to Belmont police station and is currently assisting with inquiries.
The girls are believed to be known to each other.
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