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We’ve rounded up all the news you need to know today — so you don’t have to go searching.

  1. Malcolm Turnbull declares win

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has declared victory for his Coalition in last week’s closely fought federal election.

Eight days after the polls closed, the Coalition has now won 74 seats and Labor 66, while five remain undecided, according to ABC News.

Yesterday, Labor leader Bill Shorten conceded defeat.

“I have spoken to Mr Turnbull and congratulated him,” Mr Shorten said.

He added that Labor was willing to work to find “common ground” with the government.

2. AIDS is no longer a public health issue in Australia

Australia’s top scientists have declared “the end of AIDS” as a public health issue.

Researchers from the Kirby and Peter Doherty institutes and the Australian Federation of AIDS Organisations have announced the age of the fatal syndrome over, ABC News reports.

At the disease’s peak in 1990s, about 1,000 Australians died each year.

But the mid-1990s advent of anti-retroviral medication, which stops HIV from progressing to AIDS, saw the number of AIDS-related deaths in Australia plummet. Now, the numbers of AIDS-related deaths in Australia so low it is not recorded.

3. Seven-year-old boy fighting for life after Victoria car crash

A seven-year-old boy from Victoria is in critical condition after being hit by a car on Saturday.

The boy was struck in Main Street, Bairnsdale, shortly after 3pm yesterday.

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He sustained head injuries and was taken to Bairnsdale Hospital.

Paramedics attend to the injured boy. (Photo: Seven News)

Ambulance Victoria spokesman John Mullen said the child was flown to the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne, The Age reports.

As of yesterday morning, he remained in a critical condition.

Investigators are reviewing CCTV footage and speaking to witnesses, according to The Age.

4. Dallas sniper sent home from Afghanistan after alleged sexually harassment

The Dallas sniper who shot five officers and wounded seven more at a Black Lives Matter protest was sent home from Afghanistan after allegedly sexually harassing a female soldier, the New York Daily News reports.

Micah Xavier Johnson, 25, served in the Army Reserve for six years from 2009, the US military said.

But in May 2014, in Afghanistan, he was accused of sexual harassment by a female soldier that involved him reportedly buying her kinky Victoria's Secret underwear.

The soldier, Ana Ma, sought protection in 2014 against Johnson.

After lodging a complaint, Ma also requested the military equivalent of a restraining order to keep Johnson away from her. She also reportedly suggested psychiatric care for the Army reservist.

Ana Ma, who was allegedly harrassed by Johnson. (Photo: Facebook)

Johnson was ultimately discharged from the army in April 2015.

5. Breastfeeding mums being shamed by GPs

Queensland mums are allegedly being breastfeeding-shamed by health practitioners.

The Courier-Mail reports that fed-up mothers are turning to social media to share their frustrations at the attitudes of some health workers.

Some mums claim GPs have asked them not to feed during consultations, while nurses in hospitals have closed curtains around them.

“It’s difficult enough for vulnerable new mothers learning how to breastfeed without the very people who should be supporting them telling them to cover up,” parenting and breastfeeding expert Pinky McKay told The Courier-Mail.

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6. Bin Laden's son threatens revenge on the US

Osama bin Laden's son has threatened revenge against the United States for assassinating his father.

In an audio message posted online, Hamza bin Laden promised to continue al-Qaeda's fight against the US and its allies .

“We will continue striking you and targeting you in your country and abroad in response to your oppression,” Hamza said in the 21-minute speech, entitled “We Are All Osama."

“As for the revenge by the Islamic nation for Sheikh Osama, may Allah have mercy on him, it is not revenge for Osama the person but it is revenge for those who defended Islam.”

Osama bin Laden was killed in Pakistan US commandos in 2011.

7. Did Pauline Hanson copy this policy from Wikipedia?

Controversial politician Pauline Hanson has been slammed on social media over the source of information used in her party's medical marijuana policy.

An image posted to Reddit on Sunday shows that most of the One Nation party's policy on medicinal cannabis may have been copied from Wikipedia.

The post compared the policy from the controversial party's website to Wikipedia's page titled 'Medical Cannabis'.

"All the parts highlighted are word for word the same as the Wikipedia page on medical cannabis," the Reddit post -- which was picked up by The Daily Mail -- reads.

"Notice how Wikipedia delivers a more sceptical approach such as "There is limited evidence" yet when you go back to One Nation's policy this is left out."

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