Man suspected of coffee attack on baby flees country, young children fighting for life after house fire: Australia news live

Well her story seems to be getting stranger by the day.

Raygun has found herself top of the WDSF World Rankings for female breaking. Take a look for yourself here.

It comes after she won the WDSF Oceania Championship but it will be hard for her to maintain that position after she declared in her tell-all interview with The Project that she won't be competing anytime soon.

The parents of the baby hospitalised in the Brisbane coffee attack say they're "devastated" the suspect managed to flee the country.

Speaking after Queensland Police announced the 33-year-old suspect had fled Australia days after the attack, Luka's parents said the news was "heartbreaking".

"This obviously means that we're going to have to wait who knows how long to get justice for our son," Luka's mother said.

She said she felt some relief that he is not in the country after she suffered from severe anxiety in the wake of the attack, living in fear he could strike again.

"I had no idea where this person was, I didn't want to leave this hospital because it became our safe space," she said.

Detectives are "devastated" they missed the suspect in the baby coffee attack flying out of Australia by just 12 hours, Detective Inspector Paul Dalton said.

"I think the family would be more upset about that... [we were] very close," he told reporters.

He said it took them 15 minutes to realise the man detectives had identified had fled the country, leaving police "deflated".

Det Insp Dalton said police will "do whatever they can" to track down the suspect.

Police still have no idea over the suspect's motive for allegedly pouring hot coffee over the baby.

"There's not many investigations where you don't get a clear motive... it's strange," Detective Inspector Paul Dalton told reporters.

Queensland Police say the 33-year-old male has no criminal history in Australia and was not known to police.

The 33-year-old foreign national suspected of the coffee attack on a Brisbane baby on August 27 was only identified by police five days after the attack, and had flown out of Australia a day earlier on August 31.

Detective Inspector Paul Dalton told reporters the man had travelled to Sydney by road a day after the attack and he had used "counter-surveillance activities" to prevent detection.

The man has been coming to Australia since 2019 on several different visas.

Queensland Police has confirmed the man who is suspected of throwing hot coffee over a baby has left the country. They would not confirm which country the man has fled to.

Police said the crime committed against the baby is a life imprisonment offence.

We will bring you more details as we have them.

It's been a brutal winter for Australia's ski resorts with drastically less snow than usual thanks to Australia's warmest August on record. It's meant some sites have closed their ski lifts for the season and the following two photos will show you exactly why.

The first picture is of what Mount Hotham looks like on a good day. The one after is this morning, taken at a time of year where snow levels are normally still high, showing the grim situation the resort has had to face this year. Mount Hotham's snow season came to an offical end on September 4.

Well this is bit of a bizarre competition from IKEA.

While the flat pack masters are offering a $5k bedroom makeover to the person who can showcase on TikTok why they're the country's worst sleeper, there's also one 24-hour challenge they must go through to get their prize.

The winner will be made to spend 24 hours inside a 'Sleep Billboard' near Sydney's Harbour Bridge where passersby can watch them inside a custom-built bedroom.

“This is truly an Australian-first, and we can’t wait to showcase how IKEA can help Aussies get a better night’s sleep in this highly immersive way," IKEA's Patricia Routledge said.

Would you spend 24 hours in the pod to win a $5k bedroom makeover? Have your say below.

Roughly the size of a classroom ruler, this crack has wreaked havoc for commuters this morning.

Several services were cancelled and plenty more delayed as urgent repair works were needed on the broken track at Sydney's Central Station during rush hour.

Transport for NSW’s rail operations director Jas Tumber told 2GB the work required was "logistically very complex to do while we’re still operating the network".

A woman in regional NSW has landed herself $4.8 million despite only playing the lottery for less than 12 months.

The Kingsdale resident will now receive $20,000 every month for 20 years after winning division one in Friday's Set For Life draw.

“I’d only really started playing lotteries in the last year. I obviously was hopeful, but I never thought I’d actually win division one!” she told lottery officials.

She discovered her win on Saturday but was waiting for confirmation from The Lott when they called her this morning.

The Oasis hype continues to roll on for many as the band announced their comeback tour last month.

And it's prompted plenty to share their memorable interactions with the Gallagher brothers, including Australian-based journalist Lucie Morris-Marr who was a young reporter in the UK at the time the band was at their peak.

She's described the moment Liam Gallagher chased her car "like that T-Rex in Jurassic Park" as they both gave each other the middle finger.

We've added another picture from photographer Fiona Hanson of a not too happy Liam marching down the stairs of his home to approach Lucie and her colleague.

The search for a man who is suspected of throwing hot coffee over a baby in a Brisbane park has gone overseas.

Police fear the man may have fled the country, and have contacted authorities abroad to help identify the man pictured running from the area on August 27.

"Detectives are continuing to investigate the matter and are working with interstate and international partner agencies to progress the investigation," a police spokesperson said.

The nine-month-old baby suffered significant burns to his face, arms and legs and has since undergone three rounds of surgery.

Ouch.

Former MasterChef Australia judge Melissa Leong has shared a painful update over the weekend after she took part in a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu session.

"Gotta start somewhere! Thank you to everyone who rolled with me at BJJ this week. Learning comes with takeaways," she wrote.

The 42-year-old is a known fan of mixed martial arts and was host of the UFC Fight Week in Australia earlier this year.

A man has been stabbed multiple times while trying to intervene after witnessing an alleged assault in Sydney’s southwest.

Emergency services found a man with a wound to his chest on Macquarie Street in Liverpool about 2.20am on Sunday.

Police have been told the 44-year-old was stabbed multiple times after he witnessed a man allegedly assaulting a woman inside a parked car and attempted to intervene.

It’s believed the 44-year-old wasn’t known to either the man or woman. He was treated by paramedics before being taken to Liverpool Hospital in a stable condition. Investigations are ongoing.

- NCA NewsWire

Three young children are fighting for life after a fire tore through a house in Melbourne’s northwestern suburbs.

Emergency services were called to a home in Fergus Court in Sydenham about 9.30pm on Sunday following reports of a house fire.

Firefighters entered the home to tackle the blaze and found three children inside, who were treated at the scene by paramedics.

The children, aged, 5, 3 and 1, were then rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

Neighbouring properties are being assessed for smoke damage however the fire didn’t spread.

An investigation has been launched into the circumstances of the blaze.

- NCA NewsWire

Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson appeared on 60 Minutes last night in the aftermath of intense backlash for her "holistic" response to breast cancer where she turned down conventional methods including chemotherapy on the advice of doctors.

And when pressed if her approach had "cured" her cancer, Macpherson failed to offer a definitive answer in relation to that particular terminology.

“The word cure is a very interesting word," she told the program.

“No, I healed through breast cancer. I had a very formidable team that helped me through it.

“So now I would, you know I’m clinically in remission, that’s words that you know most doctors would say.”

Her treatments included natural medications through “intravenous drips, dentistry, osteopaths, chiropractors and a lot of spiritual work”.

Read more from the interview here.