Monday's news in under 5 minutes.

We’ve rounded up all of today’s stories from Australia and around the world – so you don’t have to go searching.

1. Police investigate the death of  a 10-year-old boy.

Police are investigating the death of a 10-year-old boy in Brisbane after paramedics found him “cold and unresponsive” in a bedroom in his home in the suburb of Mackenzie yesterday afternoon.

A crime scene was established while the boy’s mother was taken to hospital for a separate medical condition.

Inspector Daniel Bragg told reporters it was still unclear what caused the boy’s death.

He was asked about reports that the boy’s body was covered in bruises when ambulance officers arrived, but said he was unable to confirm this.

He said police were speaking to a number of witnesses, including “people who were inside the house and people who arrived at the house’’.

“There’s a large number of detectives on scene and we are talking to a number of witnesses and trying to establish what’s occurred.’’ 

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

2. Surfer Mick Fanning fights off a shark.

Pro surfer Mick Fanning has had a near miss with a shark in the final of the J-Bay Open in South Africa – and the whole thing has been broadcast for TV viewers.

“All of [a] sudden, I just had this instinct that something was behind me,” Fanning told the World Surf League website.

“And then all of the sudden, I felt like I started getting pulled under water. Then the [shark] came up, and I was on my board and it was like right there, and I saw the whole thing thrashing

The J-Bay Open was officially cancelled less than two hours after the shark attack, with Fanning and Wilson splitting the points and prizemoney.

Fanning – a surfer through and through told TV viewers he was ‘stoked’ he survived the ordeal.

“I’m tripping out right now. I just saw the footage of the attack” he said.

To see the footage go to this post here.

3. Police locate missing 12-year old boy in NSW.

UPDATE: The boy and his dog have been found safe.

NSW Police are appealing for assistance to locate a 12-year-old boy missing from the central coast suburb of Kariong yesterday.

Luca Zonno left his Kariong home about midday to take his dog, Purdy for a walk.

Police say when he failed to return by 5pm, his mother contacted police and an investigation was commenced.

An air and land search was conducted.

He has been described as Caucasian in appearance, about 140cm tall with a slim build and black hair. He was last seen wearing a dark green jumper with red striped down the sleeves with black track pants and red joggers.

He was with his Dalmatian x Mastiff dog ‘Purdy’.

Police would like anyone with information about Luca whereabouts to contact Gosford Police Station (02) 4323 55 99 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

4. Julia Gillard’s one lament.

Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard has told The Times she wishes she had addressed the sexism and misogyny she endured as Australia’s first female prime minister early on in her prime ministership.

She told The Times:

“I should have recognised that if I didn’t deal with it up front, it would build,” she says.

“In the early press conferences I should have pulled up journalists and said, ‘You never would have said that about a male prime minister.’ ”

But she says if she had it may have kicked off what became Australia’s gender war far earlier.

She told The Times that she regrets not acknowledging the feat it was to be Australia’s first female prime minister earlier.

“At the time, she thought it would be “harping on”, but now believes it might have emboldened women, particularly female commentators, to condemn the misogyny thrown at her.”

5. The test that should be available to all women.

The Medical Journal of Australia has called for a maternal blood test that determines foetal abnormalities early in pregnancy to be made more widely available to women arguing that at the moment it is too costly.

The NIPT test, sometimes called the Harmony Test is carried out at 10 weeks by a blood sample.

Writing for The Medical Journal of Australia co-author, professor Caroline de Costa, said it was “very unsatisfactory” that the test was only available to those who could afford it.

“If you can pick up on things earlier and offer termination if there is a serious abnormality, then that reduces the costs to the health system,”

The price of testing currently varies between $420 and $900.

The authors say if the test was more widespread it could lead to gender selection.

“Sex-based termination, widespread in some parts of Asia, is believed to be uncommon in Australia, but this situation could change were the sex known much earlier in pregnancy. The wider introduction of NIPT must be accompanied by appropriate increases in the provision of genetic counselling services for women and of education for health care providers.” Write authors professor Jan Dickinson and professor Caroline de Costa.

6. Speaker Bronywn Bishop took a second charter flight.

News Limited have uncovered a second charter flight taken by Speaker Bronwyn Bishop just five days after her taxpayer-funded helicopter flight to Geelong.

The Herald Sun writes that Ms Bishop took the charter service to the NSW town of Young, where she was key speaker at the $50-a-head Liberal event at the Young Services Club but that the charter was not listed in the six-month audit of travel expenses by federal politicians.

According to the office of Ms Bishop this flight is due to appear in the next expenditure list.

Yesterday Ms Bishop was forced to defend a taxpayer-funded trip to Europe that cost almost $90,000 she said, “international travel was expensive.”

7. Sugar-free recipes in well-known books aren’t sugar free at all.

The chief scientific officer of health charity GI Foundation has spoken out about the so called “sugar free” recipes in books by authors such as Pete Evans, Sarah Wilson, Kate Bradley, Lola Berry and My Kitchen Rules stars Luke and Scott saying that many of their recipes are not “sugar free” at all.

Dr Alan Barclay has told News Limited that claims some of these recipes are sugar-free are wrong and could threaten the health of those with diabetes.

He points out that in blogger Kate Bradley’s book 33 recipes use sugary alternatives including maple syrup, coconut sugar and rice malt syrup.

“These alternatives are still sugars” he says “Some of which are worse than table sugar in terms of calories and GI.”

He says the claims from these authors they are “sugar free” is simply lies.

“All five books claim clearly on the cover that all recipes inside are sugar free, which is simply untrue,” he said.

“This is not fair to those buying the books and making the recipes for their families and children thinking that they are making healthy choices.”

8. Pauline Hanson speaks out at Reclaim Australia rally.

Pauline Hanson has spoken at yesterday’s Reclaim Australia rally in Rockhampton telling protesters “I am against the spread of Islam”.

She told the crowd she did not like the way Australia was changing.

“We have other different religions that have never been a problem in Australia,” she said.

“I see divisions happening in our country and it’s purely based on Islam.

Ms Hanson claimed she was not targeting Muslims

“I’m targeting the ideology, what Islam stands for – and it is very different to our culture and Christianity.

“This is a peaceful rally and the rest of Australia will see this.”

Eight people were arrested at the rallies in Sydney, Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast yesterday.

9. Doctor takes selfie next to woman giving birth.

A doctor who took a selfie next to woman about to give birth has caused outrage on social media with many calling for him to be sacked.

The doctor, a student obstetrician in Venezuela, posted the picture on his Instagram with the caption: “Lady I can deliver your baby but first let me take a selfie.”

A petition calling for the hospital to investigate Daniel Sanchez’s behaviour has received over 5,000 signatures already.

“It is absolutely unacceptable and illegal to take pictures of the women or babies admitted to the Maternity Services without their knowledge and without their consent,” wrote the creator of the petition.

“It is just simply inappropriate in the professional interaction.

“And to then publish it on social media with sexually discriminatory comments it is extremely worrying and an embarrassment to any hospital.”

He has since made his Instagram account private.

10. Man found dead in swimming pool at Demi Moore’s home.

A 21-year-old man has been found dead in a swimming pool in Demi Moore’s home.

Police said the man’s body was discovered early on Saturday morning in the Los Angeles property. Moore, 52, was not home at the time.

The man – who has not yet been identified but is not believed to be a family member – accidentally drowned, according to coroner’s officials.

Reports suggest a party was going on at the house on Saturday night.

A neighbour told TMZ that the actress’ children have been throwing “parties every day, day and night” in recent weeks.

11. ‘Thankfully no hipsters were injured’: London Fire Brigade apologises for tweet.

The London Fire Brigade has had to apologise after announcing, “no hipsters were injured” in a restaurant blaze in east London.

Twitter user complained that the comment about a fire in a pop-up restaurant in Shoreditch was “unprofessional” and “not funny”.

Around half of the building was damaged by the blaze early Sunday morning.

But the LFB came under a different type of fire for their tweet.

Do you have a story to share with Mamamia? Email us news@mamamia.com.au.
[post_snippet id=324408]