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Seven News presenter Rod Young will retire this Thursday, wrapping a stellar 45 years in journalism.
Young joined Seven News Brisbane in 2002 where he co-presented weeknight bulletins alongside “work wife” Kay McGrath for almost a decade before relocating tothe Gold Coast where he co-presents with Amanda Abate.
He was previously at ABC News Brisbane where he began working in the late 1970s and at station 2GO at Gosford on the New South Wales Central Coast.
“To the legions of loyal supporters who’ve been there over many years, a heartfelt thank you. My sincerest gratitude for the encouragement that has kept me going through good and bad,” he told the Gold Coast Bulletin.
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Five-week-old boy killed by family dog on NSW Central Coast
Paramedics were unable to revive the baby boy after being called to the family’s home early Sunday morning
The five-week-old baby boy’s parents were home at the time of the incident. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP
The five-week-old baby boy’s parents were home at the time of the incident. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP
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Sat 10 Jul 2021 23.38 EDT
First published on Sat 10 Jul 2021 19.41 EDT
A baby boy has died after being mauled by his family’s American Staffordshire dog on the New South Wales Central Coast.
Emergency services were called to the Kariong home at 2:20am on Sunday with reports the baby had been mauled.
A family pet that mauled a newborn baby boy to death in the family home attacked the neighbour s dog just weeks earlier.
The five-week-old boy was killed by his family s American Staffordshire terrier at their home on Jeffs Close in Kariong on the NSW Central Coast about 2.18am on Sunday.
Police and paramedics tried to revive the little boy after they rushed to the property, but he was declared dead at the scene.
On Sunday afternoon, district commander Detective Superintendent Darryl Jobson described the situation as a matter of tragic proportions .
Pictured: First responders at a home on the Central Coast after a baby boy was mauled to death by a staffy
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