1. Students poisoned at Brisbane school after ingesting substance they thought was popping candy.
Twenty-five students at a school north of Brisbane have become violently ill after eating what they thought were lollies – but turned out to be Mystical Fire – a novelty substance that is thrown on camping fire to create multi-coloured flames, made from copper sulphate and copper chloride.
News Limited reports that just after 2pm yesterday paramedics were called to Deception Bay State School, north of Brisbane after one of the students brought the crystals to school and convinced the others it was popping candy.
A parent told The Courier-Mail their 10-year-old child was given the crystals that look like popping candy by another child that they did not know from another year.
“He said he saw a friend have it and they fell down shaking.”
Another child, Year 4 student Leilani Nanai said “The girl who was giving it out had ripped the part of the packet where it said ‘fire’ to make it seem it wasn’t bad.”
Four children were hospitalised but are expected to make a full recovery.
The Department of Education said that the “school followed the correct procedure and took immediate action to notify Emergency Services and parents.”
2. Teenager charged over the death of a Queensland toddler allegedly refused to get him help because he wasn’t his child.
A court has heard that a 17-year-old charged over the death of a Queensland toddler allegedly refused to get him help because he wasn’t “his child or his problem.”
The Courier Mail reports that Ryan Robert Barry Hodson, who lived with the toddler, is one of three people charged with the manslaughter of 21-month-old Mason Jet Lee, who died from severe injuries on June 11.
Police said that Mason suffered widespread injuries including scarring and bruising to his legs, abdomen and head. The connective tissue between his scalp and skull had been torn when his hair was pulled.
The court heard Hodson refused on multiple occasions to get the child medical help when asked allegedly telling one person “f*** your mouth up, it’s not our business, it’s not our problem”. He also allegedly said he Mason to see a doctor because he “wasn’t his child”.
Hodson was denied bail in the Caboolture Magistrates Court. Mason’s mother, Anne-Marie Lee, who is charged with manslaughter was also denied bail.
3. Man lifts child over fence at zoo and puts him in rhino enclosure to get a better photo.
A man, visiting a zoo, has lifted a boy over the fence into the rhino enclosure to get an unobscured photo.
Those pesky fences just get in the way when trying to get a pic of a dangerous animal…
Twitter user Adrianna Straszewska first noticed the man at Dublin Zoo help the young boy climb the fence, he stayed there for more than 20 minutes.
The Mirror reports the man forced the boy to move closer to the rhino.
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3. Twits on Twitter, although I don't advocate putting children over or under barrier fences at zoos/wildlife parks, the boy wasn't in danger, clearly the fence in question could not contain a rhinoceros and is only intended to prevent humans from falling into the moat that IS the physical barrier between the two. As for the "He was only metres away from the rhinos." in the photo it looks (to me) like a 30-50m distance so its doubtful the rhinoceros could even see the boy.
So he was at risk of falling into the moat then?
Well no not really, he was under supervision and in both angles, standing back from the edge and either holding the hand of an adult or the railing, he's in no more danger of falling in than a child of the same age is of falling into traffic while holding and adults hand waiting to cross the road. Its the wrong thing to do and it sets a poor example, but its certainly not a "horrific moment" as one headline put it, there is no comparison between this and an unsupervised much much younger child falling into a gorilla enclosure.
Every time Rudd opens his mouth to behave like the petulant man he is it just reinforces the fact that Turnbull has absolutely made the correct decision in denying Kevin the chance to apply for the role he so desperately covets
Couldn't agree more - seeking another chance to parade his massive ego around on the international stage. Labor's hypocrisy this one astonishes me.