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Alande Safi borrowed $5 million for 10 days. When he failed to pay back the loan - or its interest - the lender took him to court.
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When it comes to living a healthy life, many people don't know where to begin – or what to believe. Thankfully, these three experts can set you straight.
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This week in our Life in the 'Burbs series, we focus on a neighbourhood that's gone from shabby chic to a developer's dream.
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A detainee has been charged with murder over the death of another detainee at a detention centre in Villawood, Sydney.
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A body has been found in the aftermath of the Longwood fire in Victoria as multiple blazes continue to burn.
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Multiple severe flood warnings are in place in northern Queensland as ex-Cyclone Koji moves inland.
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About a dozen shops across WA have been shot at or set on fire allegedly by recruits of tobacco syndicates. Most are back up and running – and still openly selling illegally imported cigarettes.
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The Hunter Street station is set to become the most expensive on the line, with confidential estimates showing costs have blown out by more than $900 million.
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Myer family siblings Celia Burrell and Richard Shelmerdine are in a legal battle over her plans to build a $3 million beach house next door to his.
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Ten years ago the Herald examined how Sydney would house its population in 2026. But the future poses an even bigger challenge.
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As Gen Zs and Millennials turn to digital subscription services for hair loss, doctors are warning men to consult a GP in person and use additional safeguards.
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Maybe Max and I were on the same page when it came to appreciating the beauty, the solace and simplicity of this special place.
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One month on from the terror attack, thousands converged at Bondi Pavilion for the final daily vigil, shining lights to commemorate the 15 victims who were killed.
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The true test is not whether we establish an inquiry but whether we have the courage to confront uncomfortable truths about how we arrived at this point.
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Kerry Smith thought she was doing the right thing when, feeling the early signs of a cold, she took a popular supplement she'd used before.
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There has been a lucky escape for a Baldivis family after a car came crashing into their kitchen.
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Police said they found human remains 100 metres from a vehicle near Yarck in central Victoria on Sunday afternoon.
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When the Longwood fires crept up over the rolling hills and threatened to reduce Yarck to cinders last week, Robbie Cumming's parents decided to stay back and fight.
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A Sydney childcare centre is the first to be shut down under a tough new crackdown after failing to meet national standards for more than a decade.
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Up to a dozen major bushfires were burning across Victoria after new blazes broke out despite milder conditions.
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A family has been airlifted to safety with their cat after sheltering in a shipping container amid Victoria's bushfires.
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Pressure to reinstate Palestinian-Australian author Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah to the line-up of one of the country's best-loved writers' festivals is mounting.
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A couple driving to the airport has had an unusual mishap after getting their hire car stuck in a sinkhole.
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Parts of North Queensland have copped the brunt of ex-cyclone Koji.
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Higher education regulators have sounded the alarm on early childhood education students, warning some are "not genuine”.
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Eating reindeer, visiting Santa's home in the Arctic Circle and speaking Finnish at school were all novel experiences for Marley Hines.
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Australia has significant deposits of rare earth reserves, but being a useful ally is apparently irrelevant to being annexed by the United States.
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What were once rare disasters are becoming more common with extreme weather events striking multiple times a year and leaders fighting to fund recovery.
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Mass demonstrations in Iran are escalating as millions of people unite to try and topple the country's regime.
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While the system has been downgraded, damaging winds and heavy rain are expected to continue for the next few days.
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Steve Smith smashes a six on his second ball back with the Sydney Sixers.
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While downgraded, ex-tropical cyclone Koji is bringing heavy rain and winds with flood warnings.
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Dozens of West Australian emergency services specialists are flying to Victoria as devastating bushfires ravage communities across the state.
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Wycheproof Fire Brigade shared a video showing one of the fires burning in Victoria overnight.
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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji has been downgraded but is still expected to bring damaging winds and heavy rain to North Queensland from today.
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Residents of a Baldivis home had a rude awakening in the middle of the night when a car ploughed into their house.
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The 83-year-old cyclist died shortly after being struck by a car, while another driver, who allegedly hit two teen e-bike riders, fled into NSW.
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Tropical Cyclone Koji was downgraded to a category 1 system overnight but is still expected to bring damaging winds and heavy rainfall to North Queensland from today.
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Protests have broken out across the United States over the shooting death of an American mother by an ICE agent in Minneapolis.
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Queensland Premier David Crisafulli has warned residents to prepare for significant rainfall as Tropical Cyclone Koji makes its way to the coastline.
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At least 65 people have been killed and thousands have been arrested in anti-government protests in Iran.
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A 19-year-old man has been arrested after another teenager was found fatally stabbed in Melbourne's CBD.
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Firefighters continue to battle a number of out-of-control bushfires in Victoria.
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A tropical low lurking in the Coral Sea was declared a cyclone overnight.
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Growth in short-stay listings has stagnated, threatening revenue from the new Airbnb levy, but experts are not convinced there will now be more long-term rentals.
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Women's muscle mass across the lifespan has been mapped for the first time by Australian researchers who found resistance training counters the effects of declining sex hormones.
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Far from being a bit cliquey with the interlopers from Sydney, these locals are ready to help, despite the odd jibe about the flashy Speedos.
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Fierce winds and hot weather have sparked more than 200 fires in every corner of the state, leaving a trail of destruction and dozens of towns on high alert.
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"Henry” has done us all a great service in pointing out the life left in classic Test matches when other sports result in dead rubbers.
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A late wind change was expected overnight creating perilous conditions for fires still burning out of control across the state.
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A witness has described the moment a car crashed into a patrol car and the alleged driver was chased by police.
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North Queenslanders are bracing for a tropical low to strengthen to a category 1 cyclone before it crosses the coast.
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After winning Dancing with the Stars in the US, Robert Irwin is back home at Australia Zoo and has unveiled a photo competition for Crikey Magazine.
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The bureau has issued an alert for damaging winds along the Sydney coastline as a southerly buster arrives to provide relief after temperatures soared above 40 degrees.
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After an out-of-control bushfire tore through a small township in Victoria, residents returned to find relics of their family history completely lost.
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The top of 42.2 degrees recorded at Observatory Hill was the equal-highest of the summer so far, while the state has been spared major bushfires for now.
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Calls have arisen to widen the Commonwealth royal commission into antisemitism to widen to include all forms of hate impacting social cohesion.
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Police are hunting for a man who shot a local dead inside his home in the early hours of the morning.
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ICE agent's phone captures fatal confrontation in Minneapolis
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After 30 straight hours of constant firefighting, dozens of crews were forced to pull back to make a desperate last stand.
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Hospitals have reported a rise in presentations from people with asthma-like symptoms, as the bushfire crisis spreads heavier smoke across Victoria.
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A local firefighter commander of 48 years, lost his own home while fighting a bushfire in his hometown.
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Victorians have told of their urgent dash to outrun a fire that fast approached their town of Natimuk.
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The Longwood fire flattened homes in Alexandra, including that of frontline firefighters and volunteers.
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We measured how western Sydney's urban fringe experienced Saturday's heatwave. It was horrifying.
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Ann and Jamie Laherty-Hunt returned to the fire-ravaged hamlet of Ruffy to find their dream home had been destroyed. But there were little wins in the ruins.
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Ask Tyrone Rice about the devastation of the little town of Harcourt and you get a stiff upper lip in response.
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David Crisafulli said the theft was "as low as you can get” after cables were cut in Far North Queensland as it braces for a cyclone.
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Victorians in fire-ravaged towns across the state are grappling with immense loss, as major bushfires continue to pose a threat.
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Nightlife is growing significantly faster in Sydney's west than in the east – and this is not by accident.
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A man is dead after being shot in the chest inside his western Sydney unit in what police are calling a targeted attack.
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Video shows extensive bushfire damage in Harcourt, Victoira.
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Lancelin locals found large packages tied to flotation drums in the ocean about 30 kilometres offshore that police allege was left there by a passing livestock carrier.
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CCTV footage appears to show two men collect items from bins behind Inflation nightclub and put them into a City of Melbourne truck.
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The smell of smoke is drifting down to Melbourne, as residents report ash falling into their homes. But weather experts warn the air quality will only deteriorate as smoke settles in across the state on Sunday.
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Letter writers and coin collectors of the world unite! Our analogue days are numbered.
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As the gateway heaved during a busy holiday period, air traffic controllers were facing an unusually fetid issue – the raw smell of sewage.
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The week in photos from our award-winning staff photographers and regular contributing photographers at The Age
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A crime scene has been declared after five fire crews battled the blaze at the site of a planned 34-storey tower development.
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We asked writers to share the moments that changed their young lives for The Age 2026 Opinion summer series
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The Broadway Hotel in Woolloongabba went in flames for a third time just before midnight on January 9, 2026.
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Police are investigating the possibility that the driver of a truck that crashed into four cars may have suffered a medical episode.
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North Queensland communities are being urged to prepare for a destructive weather system that is barrelling towards the coastline.
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The manhunt for a missing gunman in Perth's north has entered its third day.
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A state of disaster has been called in parts of Victoria as hundreds of firefighters continue to battle out-of-control conditions statewide.
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The clash between two legal heavyweights is just one front in a long-running war.
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With only four sessions permitted each season – each limited to just one hour between 7am and 8am – abalone fishers have limited time to catch their quota.
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Life, or what's left of it, is too short for the folly of must-do lists. It's easier to work out your "never-agains”.
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I can't stop bragging about her: her beauty, power and presence.
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More than just a playground for Melbourne's wealthy during summer, the seaside community in Sorrento still maintains a sense of coastal soul.
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Teri Teramoto's life has taken an unpredictable path: from Hiroshima to Chatswood.
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Firefighters are urgently searching for three people, including a child, who are missing after the Longwood bushfire destroyed homes and buildings as extreme weather conditions grip the state.
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Out-of-control bushfires threaten homes in the state's north and east as firefighters prepare for conditions that are expected to be the worst in Victoria since Black Summer.
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A video shared to social media shows several destroyed commercial buildings in the Victorian town.
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From a million blooming sunflowers to medieval jousting and the state's biggest motorsport festival, south-east Queensland is set for a massive year of unique regional events.
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Two men have died after collision in Wembley in Perth's western suburbs, with CCTV capturing the moment of the impact.
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Police are confident 58-year old Kenneth Giles is using 'bush tracks' to evade them while on the run, after a woman was shot in the hand at a Mullewa property this week.
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New data reveals the number of children treated for injuries at Perth Children's Hospital's emergency department last month, with one family's story serving as a warning to others.
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Dozens of writers have pulled out of the Adelaide Writers' Week after it dropped a Palestinian author from the program.
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A significant stretch of the North Queensland coastline is in the danger zone with a tropical low currently sitting off the coast in the Coral Sea.
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Police are probing whether a medical episode was the cause of a major multi-vehicle crash in Queensland, which left two toddlers fighting for life.
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A 17-year-old girl has died at the scene of a horror car accident in Sydney's south-west overnight.
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Thick, grey smoke is blanketing the town of Yea, and most residents have left. But some are staying to protect their homes and animals.
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Police are searching for the driver responsible for a dangerous stunt after three people were spotted car-surfing inside the M8 tunnel.
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Iran is being rocked by intensifying anti-government protests, sparked by the collapse of the local currency.
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An urgent recall has been issued for a luxury Volkswagen SUV due to fears it could pose a major fire risk.
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At least five houses have been destroyed in the western Victorian town of Natimuk.
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At the Mansfield Showgrounds, animals outnumber people, brought by fire-hit residents from far and wide seeking shelter for them.
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Giving a label to impending dangers "can make hazards more memorable”, say two academic experts.
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Australia's best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa Abdel-Fattah.
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A scorching day recalled catastrophes of the past. Could this be a new Black Friday? Emergency warnings playing on painful memories may help avoid utter disaster.
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Five homes have been lost in a blaze in Victoria's west.
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Some residents have been told it's too late to leave as an erratic and fast-moving bushfire threatens towns near the Walwa bushfire, in the north-east of the state.
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More than 20 homes are estimated to be lost and a family-of-three are missing as out-of-control bushfires burn across Victoria.
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The Bureau of Meteorology's station in the city recorded a maximum of 42.9 degrees at 4.04pm. Just over an hour later the temperature had dropped to 31.3 degrees.
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It's obviously very dangerous being anywhere near US police, ICE or the Border Patrol.
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Politicians and the Jewish community have reacted to Anthony Albanese's call for a Royal Commission into antisemitism.
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The Longwood fire hit Matt Fowles' family-owned winery outside on Thursday morning and just 45 minutes later, it had left a moonscape of scorched vines, razed homes and dead sheep.
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Australia's best writers festival could collapse within days as international and local writers boycott it in protest at the removal of Randa Abdel-Fattah.
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Tradies pulled the toddlers from one of two cars struck by a truck on the Sunshine Coast.
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Heatwave warnings remain in place over the weekend as intense weather continues to grip large parts of the country.
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Crews across Victoria are continuing to battle multiple fires burning at an emergency level across the state.
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Extreme heat and wind are expected to sweep into NSW and the ACT on Saturday, with warnings a large bushfire burning south of the Murray River could blow across the border.
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Three vessels have been sunk by a fire that also destroyed a fourth, as the operators of a lower north shore marina take stock of the damage.
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Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan has provided an update on the bushfires burning in the state.
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Two motorcyclists have died after colliding head-on in a late-night crash in Wembley on Thursday.
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As a tropical low closes in on the far north, up to half-a-metre of rainfall is possible in some areas, with flooding expected.
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Victoria Police Deputy Commissioner Bob Hill has confirmed a man, woman and child "are unaccounted for" in the fire danger zone in the Longwood East area.
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John James, the 94-year-old architect behind the Reader's Digest building in Surry Hills, visits the site that marked both the peak and end of his career.
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The fake website, created nine days after the terror attack, claims its co-founder was shot in the tragedy. NSW Fair Trading is working to get it removed.
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Multiple homes are confirmed lost in the Ruffy area in Victoria's bushfires, while three people remain unaccounted for.
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A massive electrical storm swept in to south-western Victoria at midnight. It felt like the prophecy of a day of catastrophe for Victoria.
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Victoria's Emergency Management Commissioner Tim Wiebusch has confirmed property losses from the Longwood fire.
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The pair were known to each other and have been seen travelling in a Holden ute.
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A fire has ripped through superyachts at The Spit Marina in Mosman.
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An uncontrolled bushfire continues to burn near Longwood, VIC on a day of catastrophic fire danger.
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Some council bureaucrats in south-east Queensland are out-earning David Crisafulli and their own mayors, with a few taking home more than $600,000 a year.
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North Queensland is bracing for a weekend of severe weather as the risk of a tropical cyclone intensifies.
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Victorians have been told to expect catastrophic fire conditions today, with extreme heat, fierce winds and lightning strikes expected.
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The police search for an armed man in WA's Mid-West over a shooting at a rural property continues today.
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Protesters have clashed with police after an American citizen was shot dead by an immigration agent in Minneapolis.
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An American man has been jailed in the UK over running a sustained bomb hoax campaign.
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Four people have been treated for smoke inhalation during a fire at a marina on Sydney's lower north shore.
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The actor appeared on social media unfiltered, and the internet melted down. What's wrong with ageing naturally?
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Perhaps the key to the Venezuela puzzle is to remember that Trump's administration is made up of divergent factions. When it acts it is because one has prevailed, or the factions have agreed.
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A plan to build 17 residential buildings on a car park and block of land has angered residents in this Sydney community.
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This year may have started with a bang, but 2025 was a big one for WA sport. Here are the most discussed moments and memories from the past 12 months.
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The 16-year-old Olympic skateboarder has set her sights on surfing, too, at the LA Games. Her surfing prowess began riding the "beginner” waves at Yamba's Spooky Beach.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has buckled after weeks of pressure, calling a royal commission after the Bondi terror attack.
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England coach Brendon McCullum shirks off a question regarding his methods from former captain Nasser Hussain.
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Jungle-themed movie classics under a subtropical canopy kick off a summer of music, arts and culture at South Bank. Here's what's on.
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Two bushfires are burning out of control in the state's north, triggering emergency warnings and traffic closures. Keep up to date with the latest information here.
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Our findings show that burning plastic as household fuel is far more commonplace than previously thought.
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Police are still searching for a man believed to be armed with a gun in the mid-west region of Western Australia.
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WA Police have launched a major crackdown in response to teenagers allegedly terrorising Perth's northern suburbs.
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