Welcome to the 9News.com.au live blog for Monday, December 12, 2022. Australians will need a referral for a free PCR test from 2023. Extra mental health sessions introduced during COVID-19 will be scrapped at the end of the year. There are fresh fears for Christmas travel with security staff expected to strike at multiple Australian airports. A high school student has been rescued from Adelaide Zoo's giant panda enclosure after trying to retrieve a mobile. A man has died after being found with a gunshot wound in Adelaide. And the Australian government is being urged to look into acquiring a $30 billion force of advanced B-21 stealth bombers from the US to deter China.
– Referral needed for COVID-19 PCR test from next year
– Sydney woman found guilty of murder after running down ex
– Australia 'needs $30 billion stealth bombers to deter China'
– Rent bidding banned in NSW amid affordable housing crisis
– Man dies after being found in Adelaide street with gunshot wound
We'll finish the 9News.com.au live blog for Monday, December 12, 2022 there.
Here's what happened.
A sudden storm swept Sydney, causing flash flooding along with road and rail chaos.
Australians will need a referral for a free PCR test for COVID-19 from 2023.
Extra mental health sessions introduced during COVID-19 will be scrapped at the end of the year.
There are fresh fears for Christmas travel with security staff expected to strike at multiple Australian airports.
A high school student has been rescued from Adelaide Zoo's giant panda enclosure after trying to retrieve a mobile.
A man has died after being found with a gunshot wound in Adelaide.And the Australian government is being urged to look into acquiring a $30 billion force of advanced B-21 stealth bombers from the US to deter China.
We'll return tomorrow to take you through the breaking news of the day. Until then visit nine.com.au and 9News.com.au for the latest updates.
A high school student has been rescued from Adelaide Zoo's giant panda enclosure after trying to retrieve a mobile phone that was dropped into the site.
Adelaide Zoo said staff quickly retrieved the student and thankfully the giant panda, Wang Wang, wasn't hanging around at the time.
"While Zoos SA is confident that its response was timely and in proportion to the incident, it will review all safety protocols and procedures," the zoo said.
"Both Giant Pandas are safe and well and the Bamboo Forest was reopened to visitors 30 minutes after the incident."
A Sydney woman who hit and killed a man with her car and told a triple-zero operator it was a "terrible accident" has been found guilty of murder.
Jackline Sabana Musa hit 31-year-old Payman Thagipur with her Toyota Kluger in the car park of his Wentworth Point apartment block after he answered the door in his underwear with another woman at his home on June 27, 2020.
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A wooden baby rattle has been recalled over fears it could pose a choking and suffocation risk for young babies.
The Gigil Wooden Dumbbell Rattle, which is sold on the Etsy Story Gigil GIft Shop, has been recalled by Product Safety Australia.
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Police divers and other emergency services continue to search for a missing teenage boy after a boating accident on a Victorian lake near the NSW border.
One of two teens was rescued from the water after the pair were thrown from a tinny on Lake Mulwala in Yarrawonga at 9am on Sunday.
It happened up to 200m off the shore.
Senior Sergeant Nathan Ractliffe from Victoria Police said a "good Samaritan" went in to help get one teen back to shore after seeing them treading water.
But the other couldn't be found when he went back, said.
"He was tragically unable to rescue the second male," Ractliffe said.
He said they are "working feverishly to locate this male".
Sonar is being used in the search but Ractliffe said weather conditions were not favourable.
The boy who was rescued is helping police.
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