Labor set to retain former Premier Daniel Andrews' seat of Mulgrave despite a negative swing, the son of South Australia's police commissioner has died after being struck in an alleged hit-and-run, and in cricket, Australian captain Pat Cummins says his side has to embrace the tough task ahead of it in the World Cup final.
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- Labor set to retain former Premier Daniel Andrews' seat of Mulgrave despite a negative swing
- The son of South Australia's police commissioner has died after being struck in an alleged hit-and-run
- Australian captain Pat Cummins says his side has to embrace the tough task ahead of it in the World Cup final
Victorian Labor is set to retain former Premier Daniel Andrews' seat of Mulgrave despite a significant swing against the state government.
With more than 75 per cent of the vote now counted, former Dandenong mayor Eden Foster leads with more than 40 per cent of the primary vote in Saturday's by-election (November 18), down 10.9 percentage points from Mr Andrews' showing at last year's state poll.
Liberal candidate Courtney Mann has 22 per cent first-preference votes and high-profile independent Ian Cook has 19 per cent.
Ms Foster leads Mr Cook 56 per cent to 44 per cent on a two-candidate preferred basis, a healthy cut into 10.2 per cent margin left by Mr Andrews, who was the local member for more than 20 years.
Mr Cook said before the count he thought Mr Andrews' sudden resignation would have a negative affect on Labor's results.
"I'm standing because I told all my supporters, because we heard the rumours about him leaving, that if he left I would stand. I didn't expect him to leave because he made a categorical statement he wouldn't, but then he just flipped and see you later, but yeah there is some bad blood out there because of that."
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The son of South Australia's police commissioner has died in hospital after being struck by a car in an alleged hit-and-run incident during end of year "schoolies" celebrations.
South Australia Police say 18-year-old Charlie Stevens has died surrounded by friends and family at around 7pm on Saturday (November 18), after sustaining an irreversible brain injury in Goolwa, about 90km southeast of Adelaide.
Police say the 18-year-old driver failed to stop at the scene but was found nearby, and has been charged and will face Christies Beach Magistrates Court on Monday after being refused bail.
An emotional SA Police Deputy Commissioner Linda Williams earlier told reporters that Charlie's mother and father, Commissioner Grant Stevens and family were by his side in hospital.
"As you can imagine, this is a very difficult statement for me to make. I offer my condolences to Grant and Emma and the family, as well as the wider community, including Charlie's friends and his mates."
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An Israeli airstrike has hit a residential building on the outskirts of the town of Khan Younis in southern Gaza, killing at least 26 people.
Donia al-Mbasher, local resident and one of the doctors at the hospital where the victims of the attack were taken, says the situation is desperate.
“Suddenly there was a hit, there was a fire here and there, nothing was normal, smoke everywhere, fire too. Those people, the family of Abu Hatab started screaming 'please save us', my hands were tied, because I didn’t know if my family were still alive or not, I couldn’t help those people and couldn’t check whether my family were alive or not.“
Meanwhile, hundreds of people have left the Al-Shifa hospital, many on foot, after the Israeli Defence Forces have spent days searching its ground for signs that could lead them to the Hamas militant group.
According to the Hamas-run health ministry in Gaza, the number of people killed in the conflict has now surpassed 12,000, with over 40 per cent of them being children.
Another 2,700 have been reported missing, believed buried under rubble.
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In cricket, Australian captain Pat Cummins says his side has to embrace the challenge of taking on host nation India in the world's largest cricket stadium, in order to succeed in the World Cup final.
130,000 people will be in attendance in Ahmedabad for tonight's (7:30pm AEDT Sunday) final.
Australia will be looking for a record sixth world title in his format with a win in the final.
India will start the match firm favourites, having been victorious in all ten of their matches in this tournament to date.
Cummins has told official broadcaster Fox Sports says his team embrace the challenge of playing in front a large, pro-Indian crowd.
"I think you've got to embrace it. The crowd is obviously going to be very one-sided. But also, in sport, there is nothing more satisfying than hearing a big crowd go silent. And that's the aim for us. You've just got to embrace every part of a final. Even in the leadup, there's going to be noise, and more people, and interest. And you just can't get overwhelmed. You've got to be up for it. You've got to love it."
