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- A final report released after the Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicides;
- Italian officials considering a plan to manage Rome's iconic Trevi Fountain;
- Italy's Jannik Sinner has won the U-S Open in convincing fashion.
The search continues for a man suspected of pouring hot coffee over a baby boy in a Brisbane park three weeks ago.
Queensland Police say their search has now widened to include interstate and international partner agencies.
Police have been searching for the man since he poured a thermos of hot coffee on the boy on August 27, leaving the nine month old with significant burns to his face, arms and legs.
Detective Inspector Paul Dalton has previously described the incident as deliberate and unprovoked.
"In 35 years of being a police officer, I've never come across a job where a child this young in these circumstances has been attacked."
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At least four civilians have died in Israeli air strikes in Syria.
A local health official quoted by Syria's state news agency says 13 people have also been injured in the attack, several of them critically.
It's understood the strikes took place in the vicinity of the city of Misyaf.
Two intelligence sources say the strikes hit a chemical weapons facility near Misyaf, which is believed to be used for weapon production by Iranian military experts.
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The final Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide report has been handed to Governor-General Sam Mostyn.
It will be tabled in parliament and made public later this afternoon.
The commission spanned three years, receiving almost 6,000 submissions documenting widespread bullying and abuse in the Australian Defence Force.
Chair Nick Kaldas says it is now up to the government to act on the report's findings.
"The problems are clear. They're not new, but they're clear. And we hope that the Royal Commission has achieved one thing, which is to make the problems undeniable. It's really up to the government and our parliament now, we will hand down our recommendations and findings today. We hope they're approached in a bipartisan manner. It should not be a political issue uniting to help and support our veterans and our serving members."
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Australians on income support are cutting back on meat, fresh fruit and vegetables because of the rising cost of living.
An Australian Council of Social Service [[ACOSS]] survey of 760 people living on JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and the Parenting Payment in July and August found that most [[71 per cent]] were cutting back on certain foods.
It has also found three in four were struggling to afford the medication they needed, while 51 per cent said they skipped meals altogether.
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The Opposition is calling for powers to split up QANTAS and Jetstar following the failure of smaller airlines in Australia.
This year budget airline Bonza has been liquidated, whilst REX has entered administration as they struggle to compete with major airlines.
The government has committed to introducing an airline industry ombudsman to improve the treatment of customers - but the opposition says divestiture powers are needed to improve competition.
Nationals Senator Bridget McKenzie says the aviation sector isn't meeting community expectations.
"The Australian travelling public doesn't expect much. It expects its planes to take off and land safely on time, their bags to arrive in the same place that they do, and for them to be able to afford a ticket. And right now, the aviation sector is in crisis."
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Officials in the city of Rome are considering imposing a fee for tourists to access the popular Trevi Fountain.
Hoards of visitors pack the Baroque monument on any given day, taking selfies and throwing a coin into the water.
But authorities are now considering a two euro ($A3.37) ticket to access the open-air fountain, which the Eternal City's top tourism official, Alessandro Onorato, says is more or less the same amount that people toss into the fountain to make a wish.
Onorato says he hopes the fee will discourage people from eating on the steps overlooking the fountain and feeding pigeons - or worse, from re-enacting Anita Ekberg's plunge into the fountain in Fellini's La Dolce Vita, a frequently repeated misdemeanour that carries a fine.
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In tennis news,
Jannik Sinner has become the first Italian man to win the US Open.
He has powered to victory against American Taylor Fritz, taking out the match 6-3, 6-4, 7-5.
Sinner's tournament began under controversy after he tested positive for an anabolic agent in March - though he avoided a ban because a tribunal accepting it was due to unintentional contamination.
He says this victory is especially significant.
"This title for me means, means so much, because the last period of my career was was really not easy. I love tennis. I practice a lot for for this kind of stages, but i also realised that off the court, there is, a life. I would like to dedicate this this title to my aunt, because she is really not feeling well, health wise, I don't know how much I still have her in my life."
