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It's Monday, July 31 and this is The Loop. Here is today's latest news, as it happens.
The death of a woman whose body was found in the water at an Adelaide beach is being investigated by SA Police.
Police were called to the jetty at Glenelg about 7:45pm yesterday after a person was "seen floating unresponsive in the water".
Officers from SA Police's water operations unit swam out to retrieve the woman, who was brought to shore "but sadly could not be revived".
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A five-year-old boy has died in hospital after being hit by a car on Sydney's northern beaches.
Police say the child was hit by a car driven by a 77-year-old man at Collaroy early on Sunday afternoon.
Paramedics treated the child at the scene before he was taken to the Sydney Children's Hospital in a critical condition, however he died early last night.
Specialist police were called in to examine the scene and the driver was taken to hospital for mandatory testing.
A report is being prepared for the coroner.
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Helicopter crash search 'first priority' for defence forceMinister for Defence Personnel Matt Keogh has told ABC News Breakfast his number one priority is finding the missing crew members of the crashed Taipan helicopter off Hamilton Island.
Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs were on board the MRH90 helicopter that ditched into the ocean during a training exercise as part of Exercise Talisman Sabre on Friday night.
Mr Keogh said the search has involved Australian Defence Force personnel, United States Defence Force, as well as Queensland emergency services.
"This is our first priority," he said.
"It is finding our four missing Defence Force members. As well as providing support to their families at this difficult time when their family members are missing. And that remains our key priority.
"As you'll appreciate, there are people involved in this search that are part of the defence family for the four that are missing as well and they're throwing everything at finding them as soon as we can."
The Matildas are up against Canada in Melbourne tonight, with fans breathing a sigh of relief Sam Kerr is available to play.
Questions still remain about what role she will play and whether coach Tony Gustavsson will put her into the game.
Samantha Lewis has this analysis:
The ACT government will today be handed down the findings from an inquiry into the trial of former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann over the alleged rape of Brittany Higgins.
Mr Lehrmann has maintained his innocence and there remain no findings against him after his trial was abandoned.
The now-abandoned case against Mr Lehrmann attracted intense public interest as it proceeded through the ACT courts last year, partly due to the messy entanglement with politics, after the alleged offence was claimed to have happened inside a minister's office at Parliament House.
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The 2023 Logies saw the biggest names in Australian television under one roof in Sydney.
Sonia Kruger won the Gold Logie for Most Popular Personality on Australian TV.
Tony Armstrong took home the inaugural Bert Newton award for most popular presenter.
While indie pop singer-songwriter Amy Shark won the Graham Kennedy award.
These were the biggest moments of the night:
Welcome back to the Loop after our short hiatus.
Here is some of this morning's news:
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Wally Lewis reveals probable CTE diagnosisIn an interview with 60 Minutes Wally Lewis has revealed he has been diagnosed with probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE.
The 63-year-old Queensland rugby league great told the program he had been struggling with short-term memory loss which lead him to step away from his sports presenting role.
"For a lot of sports guys, I think most of us take on this belief that we've got to prove how tough we are … how rugged," Lewis told 60 Minutes.
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is a neurodegenerative disease linked to repeated trauma to the head.
A report by ABC's Digital Story Innovation Team shows how 3D imaging is now being used to help look for signs of the illness.
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42 reports of unidentified bodies found in NSW this yearMissing Persons Week 2023 has launched with NSW Police announcing this year the State Crime Command's Missing Persons Registry has received 42 reports, and 20 confirmed reports, of unidentified bodies and human remains found in NSW.
Of those 20 confirmed reports, the Missing Persons Registry has identified nine through varying investigative techniques, including advancements in DNA.
Six of those remain subject of ongoing investigations.
Those six unidentified remains were found in various parts of NSW: from Kiama to Moree and Byron Bay.
A powerful bomb has ripped through a rally of supporters for a hard-line cleric and political leader in Pakistan's north-western Bajur district that borders Afghanistan, police and health officials said.
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