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A man who admitted "many lies” while hiding his flatmate's body for months in a tool box has told a jury he was also being dishonest when he confessed to killing her.
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A trial date has been set for a former Channel 7 reality television contestant accused of historical child abuse offences.
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As he received the ball from Caleb Serong and let it launch on the run from inside 50 on Thursday, Alex Pearce believes he had some help to steer it through.
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The ancients are known for their love of cats and ibises, but they took their love of greyhounds to the grave.
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An entity led by Nicheliving boss Ronnie Michel-Elhaj has been hit with a lawsuit at the hands of an investor over claims they were left high and dry after a $1.3 million share sale deal soured.
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Anthony Albanese has called on Labor MPs to remain united and focus on Australian voters ahead of the announcement of his new cabinet.
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Police are investigating after shots were fired at a suburban home in Sydney's west.
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A woman is fighting for her life after her car slammed into a truck on a Melbourne motorway this morning.
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The former CFMEU hardman has missed a second date in the Federal Court, where he is accused of breaching workplace laws by trying to pressure the AFL into dumping Steve McBurney.
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Retailers warn prices will need to rise if the Albanese government bans ubiquitous debit card surcharges next year.
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The pre-recorded video evidence of Patterson's children continued to be played to the jury on Friday, the ninth day of the murder trial.
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The former Test cricketer introduced his cocaine dealer to his brother-in-law before his dealer allegedly fled with $660,000 of drugs, leading to MacGill's kidnapping.
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Reports claim Australian players and coaches in the Indian Premier League are trying to leave the country as a conflict with Pakistan escalates.
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Catholic parishioner Andrea Chavez, from Colombia, shares her delight at the election of Pope Leo XIV - who has strong ties to Latin America - at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney on Friday morning
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A man from NSW has become Australia's latest multi-millionaire after winning the $30 million Powerball jackpot.
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A gunman remains on the run today after a house in western Sydney was hit by bullets during a drive-by shooting.
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The old Elsternwick Park golf course has become a battleground between a council and local environmentalists, even as both strive towards the same goal.
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Australia's richest person slammed the opposition for not being Trumpian enough. Before the election she dined with a Liberal backbencher who firmly agreed.
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Aleesha Gilmore was found innocent of the murder of schoolboy Cassius Turvey on Thursday. However, she still faces more jail time over her involvement in a series of assaults and a kidnapping in the days before Cassius was attacked.
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WA primary schools teachers are calling for a more consistent approach when it comes to teaching the subject, and more time to plan their lessons.
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Passengers hoping to take the train to the new airport may have to wait an extra year – even if the dispute is resolved on contractors' terms.
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An 11th-hour deal between the South Australian premier and the Women's National Basketball League has saved the Adelaide Lightning.
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Protesters dressed as sea creatures have targeted Woodside's annual general meeting.
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Driver accused of the manslaughter of Anthony Woods told detectives he was a victim just hours after the constable was run over.
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Thousands are expected to attend the state funeral for World War II veteran Arthur Leggett.
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Black smoke has again poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope has been elected after second or third ballots.
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The Bears are officially back in the NRL with confirmation Western Australia has been granted the league's 18th licence.
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More changes are coming to Olympic venues ahead of Brisbane 2032.
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A cat camera has captured two thieves ransacking a home.
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Media personality and breast cancer survivor Ali Clarke is hoping to inspire others with her story.
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The race to become NSW's next police commissioner is shaping up as a showdown involving two men who wanted it last time, and one of the most experienced officers in the force.
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Melbourne is being challenged to reinvent the CBD from a place to house office workers on weekdays to a week-long destination for recreation and culture.
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David Hurding says he has been a roadie for Metallica, Coldplay and Rihanna. He's now homeless, camping in Musgrave Park – but not for long.
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Negotiations between Football Queensland and the state government over an upgrade to Perry Park may soon bear fruit, with hints from the Brisbane Roar its billionaire owners might be willing to help cover the cost.
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Erin Patterson's nine-year-old daughter cried in the pre-recorded interview with police as she was asked to remember events surrounding the deadly lunch.
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The lone security guard in charge of CCTV at Westfield Bondi Junction when Joel Cauchi attacked had been flagged for ongoing issues.
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The party's deputy is a strong contender to take over where Peter Dutton left off, but Bill Young thinks it would be career killer.
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David Mond sued this masthead over a series of columns published in 2021 and 2022.
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Two men have been convicted of murder over the 2022 death of Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey.
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A massive funding backlog is leaving Sydney councils struggling to fix major roads, with those in the west and south-west hit hardest.
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An 11-year-old boy is pleading for a heartless hit-run driver to come forward after he was knocked off his bike and left for dead while riding home from school.
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A world-first breakthrough at a Sydney hospital could change the lives of burns patients.
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Three children have died after a suspicious fire engulfed a home in Toowoomba.
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Jack Brearley, 24, and Brodie Palmer, 29, have been found guilty of the murder of Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey at the end of a three-month trial.
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A video recording of evidence from Erin Patterson's daughter was played to the Supreme Court on Thursday.
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So, 133 singles enter a villa and have no contact with the outside world. Why the Vatican's centuries-old ritual is becoming a social media sensation.
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Court documents detail events on the night Frances Crawford died, based on police interviews, phone messages, and tracking data from her husband's Garmin device.
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Tens of thousands of Catholics and tourists are again waiting as cardinals return for a second day of voting to elect a new pope.
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Four children have been arrested after a police chase across Sydney.
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Greens leader Adam Bandt has officially conceded, making him the second party leader to fall at this election.
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Crown prosecutor Chris Cook presented Chinese national Yang Zho with photos of his alleged victim's body after it had been sealed for 10 months in a tool box.
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One of the first nurses to attend to Erin Patterson when she self-presented to hospital has taken the stand in court.
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Brisbane LNP Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner has backed in his state party colleagues' plans for the riverside Visy recycling factory at South Brisbane, despite being a vocal supporter of the former Labor government's now-abandoned vision for the site.
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A man has been found with life threatening injuries on the side of the Western Freeway near Melton.
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Killer James Stoneham was accidentally given day release without the victim's distraught mother being told.
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Greens leader Adam Bandt has conceded defeat in his seat of Melbourne, after 15 years serving the electorate.
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The Gabba's famous pitch could survive the stadium's demolition, Queensland's sports minister said following a suggestion from an Australian Test star.
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The guard wept as he recounted the Bondi Junction attack, which left one colleague dead and another injured.
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Australia's best known PI, Ken Gamble, on busting fraudsters, his feud with Peter Foster, and how his former acting and boxer careers help in undercover work.
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For years, Sydney's north-west corridor has been the centre of urban growth – and in a familiar story, infrastructure hasn't kept up. But there's a plan for change.
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Their mother, who escaped the home with other children and her partner, remains in hospital under police guard, as homicide officers investigate.
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A Queensland man is facing dozens of charges after allegedly Queensland man in their homes without their knowledge.
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Make no mistake, WA's Premier gave a firm middle finger to National Rugby League bosses when he waited until they had settled into their flight to WA to announce the Perth Bears NRL deal.
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There are major traffic delays on the M1, Sydney-bound, after a serious crash.
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RecipeTin Eats' Nagi Maehashi beats Brooke Bellamy at publishing industry awards
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Amid debate over costly council pool redevelopments, North Sydney Council faces a fresh legal dispute over the redevelopment of its harbourside Olympic pool.
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Indian captain Rohit Sharma has called time on his Test cricket career.
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Greens refuse to concede seat of their leader Adam Bandt, with up to 15,000 absentee and declaration votes yet to counted.
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A school in Perth's south has become the biggest in the state for the first time, but others are not far behind in the race to reach 3000 enrolments.
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Grace Donato's daughter Adriana was killed with a hunting knife by her ex-boyfriend in 2012. Grace discovered by chance that the killer had been allowed out on day release.
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The 22-year-old was eating outside a kebab shop when police say he was set upon by a group of violent youths. He never made it home.
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The City of Perth council considered imposing a no-protest zone around Government House after a meeting with WA Governor Chris Dawson that remains shrouded in secrecy.
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After testifying at a rape trial, Sarah Rosenberg, supported by her lawyer mum Julie, has founded an online resource for victims of sexual violence.
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When Ema Walraven became a zookeeper in the 1980s, she found the attitudes to women positively Darwinian.
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A father has told of the moment he woke up to find a wanted man fleeing police in his backyard.
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A teenager, who had gone missing after he was allegedly lured by a man on social media, has been found.
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A new report has found that thousands of homes and high-rises in south-east Queensland are at risk the next time a cyclone approaches.
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A 20-year-old Adelaide woman has been killed in a horror hit-run crash.
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After 529 days of survival in the Kangaroo Island wilderness, Valerie the dachshund has been reunited with her owners.
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When Erin Patterson mentioned her children had eaten leftover beef Wellington, a doctor warned against her reluctance to have them checked out.
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Karen Webb's tenure has come to an abrupt and unexpected end after three years of leaks and attacks from powerful sections of the media.
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NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has unexpectedly resigned after just three years in the job.
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The integrity of the high-stakes selective schools test has been questioned, and parents are still waiting for answers.
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Brisbane schoolboys were asked to submit questions they wanted answered. The result: a new app that gives them advice on relationships, respect, sex and consent.
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A man accused of murdering his flatmate has admitted that he "led police on a wild goose chase” while knowing the woman's body was concealed in his tool box.
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A judge has found there was only a flimsy basis for the suspension of Sarah Tricarico, whose clients include Tony Mokbel.
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Erin Patterson has pleaded not guilty to murdering three relatives by serving them a beef Wellington laced with death cap mushrooms. Follow our live coverage of the triple-murder trial here.
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One in 10 teenagers are running across the tracks in Victoria while the boom gates are down.
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The University of Melbourne's inaugural annual report into racism found of 33 complaints made against staff, only two were investigated.
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A nine-year-old boy is dead and a woman is under police guard after a suspicious house fire in Toowoomba, Queensland.
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The tiny home movement has taken the nation by storm, and now they're also available to rent in Queensland.
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The Queensland health minister said he was appalled by failures at Robina Hospital that contributed to the death of a former police officer.
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Woolworths is promising western Sydney shoppers faster and more efficient home deliveries and grocery collections.
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The outspoken former Labor leader received several tickets to the cricket courtesy of nicotine giant British American Tobacco.
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The court was told a man received burns to 30 per cent of his body after a "homemade candle” was dropped on him in the early hours of Tuesday morning.
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Up to 12 boys embroiled in a "strapping” scandal at Ballarat Grammar have been allowed to return to their boarding house.
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Narre Warren man Adris Kheyali, 23, was refused bail as prosecutors reveal they intend to rely on an unnamed witness and phone data to link him to Mohammed Keshtiar's murder.
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Joel Cauchi called Queensland Police complaining his father had taken his collection of knives. Body-worn cameras captured the interaction outside the family's Toowoomba home.
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A man accused of murdering his flatmate, whose body was found in a tool box 10 months after her death, has told a jury she died after inhaling nitrous oxide.
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Homes were left without power after a high-voltage electrical transformer exploded and caused a potentially life-threatening fire in Sydney's north.
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NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has resigned with almost two years left on her term.
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The only daughter of Don and Gail Patterson has given emotional testimony about rushing to her mother's hospital bedside following the fateful meal.
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Peter Dutton has made his first statement since conceding defeat at the federal election.
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Police body cam footage shows officers speaking to Joel Cauchi about his knife collection just over a year before the Bondi Junction stabbings.
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The blaze spread to adjoining businesses, including a pet shop, where hundreds of birds, fish and rabbits perished.
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Tasmanian residents and industry leaders have joined Melbourne scientists as they take the next steps to bring the Tasmanian tiger back from extinction.
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Police footage shows the Bondi Junction attacker at the Cauchi family home on 8 January 2023.
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The brothers, aged six and seven, were found dead in their home on the outskirts of Coonabarabran. Police are investigating their deaths as a double homicide.
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A child has died in a Toowoomba blaze and six people are in hospital, some with critical injuries. Police say the homicide squad has been called in.
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The state's police commissioner has spoken exclusively to the Herald after announcing her resignation after three years in the job.
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An investigation is underway after a suspected arson attack on an Acai shop in Melbourne spread to adjoining businesses.
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Bega announced that its cheese processing and packaging operation in Strathmerton will cease to exist by mid-2026.
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Australia's largest underground rail cavern has been scraped from tonnes of sandstone beneath Sydney's city centre.
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Liberal candidate Tim Wilson has claimed the inner-Melbourne seat of Goldstein after a neck-in-neck race against teal independent Zoe Daniel.
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Outspoken Nationals senator Matt Canavan has gone as far to suggest a break-up of the Coalition following the election defeat.
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For the first time in almost 70 years, the Church's Australian hierarchy will not have a voice in the election of the next pope.
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A brazen midnight arson attack in Sydney's south-west has been caught on camera.
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NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb is expected to resign.
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An account on X bearing the name of the prominent political pundit has been gaining big traction with its silly tweets. The real Niki Savva is not amused.
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A child has died and three people are fighting for their lives after a house fire in southern Queensland overnight.
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Firefighters have confirmed a child has died after house fire in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane.
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Nerves are high among soccer clubs in Melbourne's south-east after three separate incidents, including the firebombing of a car and two blazes that have destroyed clubhouses.
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A child is unaccounted for after a house fire in Harristown, Queensland.
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Ian Wilkinson has testified at the mushroom poisoning murder trial of Erin Patterson.
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Younger voters dominated the electoral roll, but the Liberals couldn't find them.
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Until my daughter was seven, she never saw me modelling healthy self-care. We did change that, over time – but some companies will only think inside the box.
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Jack died in the Blue Mountains the day after his birthday. For his mother Renee, it was the tragic end to years of pain that should never have happened.
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Commentary tends to focus on the day-to-day campaign, but political researchers say there are long-term structural forces at play in how we vote.
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A woman has been charged with breach of duty after a man wearing an ankle monitor suffered serious burns in a suspicious house fire.
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An Australian tourist has died after losing his footing on a hotel staircase in Thailand.
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An investigation has found almost one third of doctors in training have experienced bullying, harassment and discrimination at hospitals in Western Australia.
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Federal election vote counting continues with a number of Melbourne seats still on a knife's edge, with the Greens and the Teals trying to stave off challengers.
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The new chief commissioner of Victoria Police faces a stern test when he begins next month, with crime rates soaring and a slump in morale among frontline officers.
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North Adelaide's new $135 million aquatic centre, slated to open early next year, is nearing completion.
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A Yorke Peninsula woman is recovering from an unusual and aggressive eagle ray attack.
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One of the state's school sectors is urging reform of the HSC, saying students are being nudged towards easier subjects.
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Nurses had raised concerns about a patient before he attacked and killed a former police officer at Robina Hospital.
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The town pastor who survived a poisoned mushroom lunch that killed three family members has recalled how he and his gravely ill wife were dramatically rushed through the corridors of a regional hospital after a local doctor learnt their sickness might be from death cap mushrooms and not simply gastro.
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The PM's gracious speech on election night shows he has learnt the lessons of the first three years and deserved his famous victory, writes Max Redmayne
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Parents are spending tens of thousands of dollars on tutoring fees for their children. But there are no reliable standards.
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Colourful councillor Andrew Thaler has been suspended from Snowy Monaro council for unethical, intimidatory, abusive, harassing and discriminatory behaviour.
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A NSW coroner is likely to recommend systemic changes after an overworked police force failed to connect a mass killer to the mental health system before his attack.
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Of the four guests who dined on beef Wellington at Erin Patterson's house in 2023, only one survived. On Tuesday, that guest – Ian Wilkinson – will tell his story for the first time when he takes the stand as a witness in the cook's murder trial.
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