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

1. Girl found unconscious hanging from monkey bars.

A six-year-old girl has been rushed to hospital after she was discovered unconscious, hanging from playground equipment.

The girl was found at the Kidz Klub Playland & Cafe at Jamisontwon in Sydney’s West.

The Daily Telegraph reports the girl may have been entangled in the monkey bars.

Paramedics and Careflight helicopter staff worked to placed the girl in an induced coma and subsequently rushed her to Westmead hospital in a stable but serious condition.

Kidz Klub has been closed while police investigate.

2. Abbott government urged not to slash Paid Parental Leave.

Proposed changes to the government’s Paid Parental Leave scheme could have a dramatic impact on the income of Australian families of teachers, nurses, ambulance service workers and retail workers.

As of July 2016, the Abbott government has proposed individuals will not receive PPL entitlements from the government if they are also receiving payments from their employer.

In a study commissioned by Fair Agenda and the YWCA, Professor Marian Baird and Dr Andreea Constantin found families could be left out-of-pocket by thousands of dollars each week as a result of the changes.

This will be particularly critical for people working as teachers, nurses, ambulance service workers and retail workers, the study found.

The report urged the government to not push ahead with the proposal to slash its PPL scheme.

3. Social media discovers the cutest creature ever to walk the earth.

An orphaned grey wallaby has been snapped hugging a teddy bear – and, naturally, the internet has fallen in love.

The photo of the adorable joey was Tweeted by Tim Beshara, captioned: “My mum (a wildlife-carer) sent me this. Showing the value of a good hug, especially for an orphaned wallaby. #wildoz”

Oh, did we mention the cute creature’s name is Doodlebug?

Beshara’s Tweet has now been retweeted more than 2,500 times — and has been covered by media across the world.

Beshara told Huffington Post Doodlebug was rescued last year after being orphaned. He is now 15 months old and is being cared for by wildlife rescue organisation WIRES until he is strong enough to be released.

4. New cancer treatment listed on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme could save Australians thousands of dollars.

A new bone marrow drug has been added to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, changing the lives of people suffering from cancer.

According to SBS, there are 1,200 Australians diagnosed with bone marrow cancer Muliple Myeloma each year.

The listing of the drug, Pomalyst, on the PBS has the potential to save them thousands of dollars. While Polamyst previously cost approximately a thousand dollars per treatment, it will now cost as little as $50.

5. Mount Isa caravan explosion being investigated as murder-suicide.

Police have determined explosives were used to blow up a caravan, killing two children and their father in Queensland last month.

It was previously believed gas bottles were responsible for the explosion that claimed the lives of Charlie Hinder, 38, and his kids Nyobi, 7, and River, 4 in Mount Isa on July 28.

However, police are now investigating the case as a murder-suicide, Brisbane Times reports.

Authorities are considering the possibility Hinder planned the explosion and placed explosives in the caravan outside his home in Deighton Street, Mornington.

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