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One dead and one hospitalised after Sydney jet ski crash
Breaking out of politics for a moment: A teenage boy has died and another is in hospital in a critical condition after a jet ski crash in Sydney, AAP reports.
Emergency crews were called to Tom Uglys Bridge in Sylvania, in Sydney's south, just after 6pm last night after reports of people floating in the water.
A 15-year-old boy was found deceased in the water and was unable to be revived, police said.
A 14-year-old boy was treated at the scene for a severed arm and taken to Sydney Children's hospital by paramedics. He was in a critical condition last night.
A crime scene has been established and investigations into the crash have begun. Share
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It was a rather more gentle introduction for Ali France, the new Labor MP who defeated Peter Dutton at the last election, who gave a very moving, personal maiden speech about the obstacles she has overcome on her way to becoming an MP.
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Labor MP Ali France thanks late son for his belief in her in first speech to parliament after unseating Peter Dutton
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It's been a baptism of fire for the Australian Greens leader, Larissa Waters, who has begun her first parliamentary session in the top job with an internal crisis over the expulsion of co-founder Drew Hutton.
When asked last night on ABC's 7.30 about the exact reasons for Hutton's defenestration from the party, Waters said that she had not read the relevant documentation and that it had been dealt with 'by the party'.
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Australian Greens leader says she has not read reasons for party's expelling of co-founder
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