Police have released bodycam video of the moment an officer pulled a baby from the back of a car that had been stolen from a Gold Coast garage.
The baby was in the rear child seat of a white Mazda 3, parked in the garage of an address on Stringybark Drive about 4.25pm when the car was stolen.
The car was found abandoned in a Worongary industrial estate.
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The baby was safe and well and reunited with family.
Police are investigating.
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is "absolutely gutted" after a Sri Lankan immigrant who was known to local authorities injured six people in an "extremist" terror attack at an Auckland shopping centre this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to the Countdown store at LynnMall shopping centre in New Lynn, in Auckland's west, around 2.40pm today (12.40pm AEST), after reports several people had been stabbed.
In a confrontation with the attacker, police were forced to shoot him dead on arrival.
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In a press conference alongside NZ Police Commissioner Andrew Coster, Ms Ardern confirmed the attacker was a "violent extremist" terror sympathiser who had been known to authorities since 2016.
He was under heavy surveillance by specialist tactical officers due to his extremist views, and it was them who shot him dead.
Those officers had followed the man from his Glen Eden home to the supermarket in New Lynn.
Once inside, he got hold of a knife and approached officers who later shot him.
Ms Ardern said the man, a Sri Lankan national who came to New Zealand in October 2011, had previously been before the courts.
She said the law meant he could not be kept in prison, but he was being monitored "constantly".
Suppression orders meant she could not share further details at this stage, but she was seeking further guidance from the courts on that.
Commissioner Coster said the man was acting alone, and police were not looking for anyone else in connection with the attack.
Witnesses described scenes of mass hysteria as several people were attacked before the assailant was shot.
Police said he died at the scene.
Tim, who did not want his last name used, said he saw an elderly man lying on the ground with a stab wound to his abdomen.
Another victim, a middle-aged woman, was stabbed in the shoulder, he said.
"(People were) running out, hysterically, just screaming, yelling, scared," Tim said.
"The police came just before I was going to try and find the fella."
Another witness, Brittany Denyer, was about to park to enter the Countdown when she said police officers ran up to her and told her to "hurry up and evacuate immediately".
"People were panicking, and it was a gridlock trying to get out of New Lynn," she said.
"Police and ambulances (were) everywhere.
"I was told by another police officer while I was waiting to be diverted that someone had been stabbed.
"Police cars kept arriving and people were running away from the mall trying to get out of the area.
"I am very thankful I didn't arrive five minutes earlier as I would've been inside.
"It would have been so scary for anyone inside the mall."
Stuff understands one of the victims fled onto a bus at the adjacent bus station, and waited there until police and ambulance arrived.
Multiple videos posted on social media from the incident show people shouting and fleeing the mall.
A spokesman from Kiwi Property, which owns LynnMall, said it had been advised of an incident at the Countdown.
"The matter is now in the hands of the police, and we'll continue to provide them with our full assistance," he said.
Great North Road in New Lynn has been cordoned off, with a tweet from Auckland Transport stating more cordons were likely.
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Chemist Warehouse staff, near the supermarket, were advised by officers to stay at the back.
St John spokeswoman Dani Tucker said it was alerted at 2.40pm.
"Five ambulances, three rapid response unit and four managers have responded to the scene," she said.
Police said the incident was still unfolding, and they would provide further information when they could.
This story originally appeared on Stuff and has been republished with permission.
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There are 28 new cases of COVID-19 linked to New Zealand's Delta outbreak, bringing the total number of cases to 764.
Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson and Director of Public Health Dr Caroline McElnay gave the update in a press conference on Friday afternoon.
27 of the new cases reported on Friday are in Auckland, and one is in Wellington – a close contact of an existing case.
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It represents the lowest number of new daily cases in 12 days.
Dr McElnay said the fall in cases was "encouraging" but officials continue to be mindful that these outbreaks "can have a long tail".
"We can't afford to be complacent."
Mr Robertson echoed that, saying the "job is not yet done".
The number of unlinked cases in the outbreak has fallen from 65 to 31, Dr McElnay advised.
Of Thursday's 49 cases, 86 per cent were known contacts of cases.
51 per cent were household contacts of existing cases who were already in isolation.
35 per cent of Thursday's cases were considered to be infectious while in the community.
These people were either essential workers, or visited a supermarket or healthcare provider.
As of 9am on Friday, 37,620 contacts linked to the outbreak had been formally identified.
Of these, 31,668 (84 per cent) have been followed up with by contact tracers, Dr McElnay said.
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87 per cent have had at least one test.
There are 43 people with COVID-19 in hospitals across the Auckland region.
Nine are in intensive care or high dependency care units. Three are on ventilators.
To date, 33 people in the outbreak have recovered.
There are now eight sub-clusters in the outbreak, the largest of which remain the Assembly of God Church in Māngere (347 confirmed cases) and the Birkdale social cluster associated with Case A (74 cases).
Of Friday's reported cases, 25 have been epidemiologically linked to the cluster. Three continue to be investigated.
To date, there have been 747 cases in Auckland and 17 in Wellington linked to the Delta community outbreak, after Case A was detected on August 17.
As of 9am Friday, there were 261 locations of interest linked to the outbreak.
This number is also decreasing day-on-day.
There continue to be no unexpected wastewater detections across New Zealand.
Regarding the alleged abscondee from the Novotel MIQ facility, Mr Robertson said "obviously something has gone wrong here".
The person was tested as they were a close case, and originally agreed to be transferred to MIQ.
CCTV shows the individual left their room three times.
On the final time, they departed the facility at 11.07pm.
The person then walked home, CCTV shows. There are no locations of interest as a result of this walk home, he said.
Mr Robertson said officials have advised there is "no risk to public safety" as a result of this incident.
More than 89,000 COVID-19 vaccines were administered across the country yesterday.
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To date, more than 3.6 million doses of the vaccine have been given, including 2.4m first doses and 1.2m second doses.
Slightly less than 12,800 tests were carried out across the country in the past 24 hours.
Of these, 6460 were done in the Auckland region.
Dr McElnay said officials were seeing an "expected drop off" in tests because time has gone on in lockdown, and most people who attended locations of interest have already been tested.
The large number of tests early on in this outbreak was largely driven by people who had been to locations of interest, she said.
However, officials encouraged people to continue coming forward for testing – as it was important to understand whether the outbreak is under control, she said.
This story originally appeared on stuff.co.nz and has been republished with permission.
Former chief medical officer Brendan Murphy has been named Australian Father of the Year ahead of Father's Day on Sunday.
Professor Murphy, who is now the Secretary of the Department of Health, is best known for his role in Australia's management of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison gave the professor a shout-out during his media conference today, praising him for his contribution to keeping Australia safe.
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"Congratulations Professor Murphy – Father of the Year," Mr Morrison said.
"I think he has often been seen as the father figure in many ways from this platform."
The prime minister added he hoped he did not break "some secret" by mentioning the good news.
Professor Murphy is a father to his sons Ben and Alex, and a grandfather to Anna, three, and Emily, one.
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The award acknowledges his work supporting Australians through the pandemic and his dedication to his family.
"Being named Australian Father of the Year is a huge and unexpected honour," Professor Murphy said.
"Fatherhood is a unique and humbling experience that has changed me profoundly, and informed my values to have a stronger focus on family and community.
"A truly wonderful part of fatherhood has been the joy of reliving aspects of it again as a grandparent."
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A three-year-old Queensland boy has been reunited with his parents after being trapped in New South Wales for two months.
Memphis Francis arrived in Brisbane just before 2pm today on a chartered flight from Griffin by charity Angel Flight, running across the tarmac into the arms of his emotional mum Dominique Facer.
Young Memphis had been staying with his grandparents in the Riverina region of south-west New South Wales when Queensland slammed its border shut in July.
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COVID-19 border restrictions meant the three-year-old could not return home to his mum and dad in Hervey Bay until he was granted an exemption by Queensland Health yesterday.
Ms Facer told Today health authorities had told her an exemption would not be approved as it didn't fall into compassionate grounds.
However, Chief Health Officer Dr Jeanette Young yesterday said the family had not applied for an exemption, and one had been granted as soon as Queensland Health became aware of the family's situation.
The Facer family will have plenty of time to catch up, required to spend the next 14 days in home quarantine.
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