What we learned; Monday 11 November
Thanks for following today. Here’s a wrap of the biggest stories:
One person is dead and a child has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after a a truck crashed into a kindergarten in Riddells Creek, about 45km north-west of Melbourne.
A man has died after being crushed beneath a turbine blade while working at a regional Victorian windfarm, with a union claiming safety concerns at the site were raised at a meeting two weeks ago.
The opposition transport spokesperson Bridget McKenzie has defended herself after revelations she failed to declare 16 flight upgrades over the past nine years, saying her history of criticising the lack of competition in Australian aviation is important to note, adding she thought: “Anthony Albanese, has been influenced by his personal and financial relationship with Qantas.”
At the Geelong Botanic Gardens, a rare corpse plant began blooming this afternoon. The corpse flower only blooms once every 10 years or so.
Private Richard Norden, a 19-year-old Australian soldier who rescued his wounded commander while seriously injured and under enemy gunfire in the Vietnam war, has been posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
Rachael Gunn, better known as Raygun, has said she is not retiring from breaking despite reports suggesting she would.
We’ll see you back here tomorrow.
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Climate activists glued to Melbourne sculpture unfurl banner saying ‘You don’t need to glue yourself to an artwork’
Activists glued themselves to a sculpture at the entrance of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne and unfurled a banner saying: “You don’t need to glue yourself to an artwork to drive urgent climate action”.
A spokesperson for the climate activist group Rouser said two of its members were doing what they were telling other people they didn’t have to do, to show the public they could drive urgent climate action without taking extreme, disruptive measures.
“Activists are only glueing on to artworks, blockading traffic and disrupting public events because so few everyday people are driving urgent action,” Rouser’s creative director Rob Beamish said.
“But if enough people have regular conversations, there’s hope for the cultural change that will lead to real climate action.”
The David Shrigley bronze, called Really Good, was not damaged during the protest, which lasted for about 90 minutes before police successfully unglued the protesters.
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