澳洲新闻 (ABC新闻快递) 2011-08-18(在线收听

A young Melbourne girl has died and two others are in hospital after a dog attack last night. The four-year-old was playing with her cousin at her St Albans home when they were attacked by a neighbour's dog. The little girl died at the scene. The dog was captured and is likely to be destroyed.

Police searching bushland for the remains of Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe have found a shoe they believe may belong to the missing teenager. It was discovered yesterday afternoon in the main area they'd been searching for for several days. It's now being scientifically tested.

The Australian Medical Association president Steve Hambleton is warning locking up asylum seekers is inherently harmful to their physical and mental health. He says it's an ethical and public health issue and is urging politicians to stop mandatory detention.

New Zealand's wayward emperor penguin will be heading back to the his Antarctic home in style. A New Zealand's scientific research ship will drop him off during its next expedition there. The penguin dubbed Happy Feet has become an Internet celebrity since he was found near death on a New Zealand beach in June. He's been recovering in Wellington Zoo and is now well enough to be set free.

And Australian rock group Skyhooks album, Living in the 70s has been put on the National Film and Sound Archive's historic register. Each year, 10 recordings are added to the Sounds of Australia list. The maiden speeches of the first women elected to Federal Parliament and the 1952 Melbourne Cup--a race call, were also selected.

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