The family of 9-year-old bullied Murri boy Quaden Bayles has declined to a crowdfunded trip to Disneyland.
Almost a week after $475,000 was raised to send Bayles and his mother Yarraka to Disneyland after his emotional video went viral, the family has declined the trip.
They've said that they want to donate the amount to a charity, instead.
The gesture came after his mother livestreamed a facebook video that showed the aftermath of a bullying incident at his school in Brisbane.
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2 killed after drone interception near Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield
Two people have been killed after Saudi air defences intercepted a drone that was attempting to hit a facility at Saudi Aramco's Shaybah oilfield on Wednesday, the energy ministry said.
Putin hosts Trump envoy for new Ukraine peace talks, frees US citizen held in Russia
President Vladimir Putin hosted US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff in a grand imperial palace on Wednesday to review new ideas on ending the war in Ukraine amid Washington's latest push to stop Europe's bloodiest conflict since World War Two.
European government websites go dark as software flaw sparks security scramble
Government websites in Europe and elsewhere went offline on Wednesday after the disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in a widely used programming language sent website operators around the world scrambling to protect their systems.
Rubio says Witkoff-Zelenskyy meeting 'positive', ideas to be discussed with Russia
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday that US special envoy Steve Witkoff's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was positive and that Witkoff would share the results with Russia.
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