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1. A man has been charged after allegedly setting three children on fire in Perth.
Two young children are being treated in for burns after they were allegedly set alight after being doused in a flammable liquid.
The young girls, aged three and seven, have been treated at the Princess Margaret Hospital while a third victim, a six-year-old boy, remains with family.
The ABC reports that the three-year-old girl is in a critical condition after suffering extensive burns.
Police were called to the Doubleview home just after midnight after it was reported that a 43-year-old man was making a disturbance at the Holbeck Street residence.
He was arrested and has been charged with one count of aggravated grievous bodily harm and two counts of attempted grievous bodily harm.
Police believe further charges will be laid as the investigation continues.
2. Christopher Pyne says he supports gay marriage.
Federal Education Minister Christopher Pyne has followed former Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s lead and come out in support of same-sex marriage.
Whilst promoting his new book during a National Press Club interview, Mr Pyne said that gay marriage would allow more legal certainty for children raised in same-sex families.
Top Comments
1. How is that not attempted murder?? FFS