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Navy veterans celebrate key milestone for service

Navy veterans celebrate key milestone for service

As Australians across the country pause to mark the sacrifices made by the nation's servicemen and women, veterans will also celebrate a key anniversary.

'Personal toll': DV fighters step back from foundation

'Personal toll': DV fighters step back from foundation

'Personal toll': DV fighters step back from foundation

'Personal toll': DV fighters step back from foundation

The parents of a woman killed by her partner have stepped down from a charity after successfully campaigning for laws against coercive control.

Never mind the crocs: man takes epic swim challenge

Never mind the crocs: man takes epic swim challenge

Never mind the crocs: man takes epic swim challenge

Never mind the crocs: man takes epic swim challenge

An ultramarathon athlete will attempt a world record swim in a river swarming with crocodiles - but they are the least of his worries.

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Murder charge over missing brother of football great

Murder charge over missing brother of football great

Police have made a major breakthrough in a 14-year missing persons case involving the fraudster brother of a former elite footballer.

Grandmother killer loses bid to have sentence reduced

Grandmother killer loses bid to have sentence reduced

A boy who killed a grandmother in a car jacking and triggered controversial youth justice laws has lost an appeal over his 16-year sentence.

Harvey Norman facing class action for 'misleading' ads

Harvey Norman facing class action for 'misleading' ads

A retail giant is set to battle a class action lawsuit after the Federal Court ruled it misled consumers with a widespread advertising campaign.

Abandoned PhD helps to unearth Twelve Apostles' origins

Abandoned PhD helps to unearth Twelve Apostles' origins

A study has uncovered the ancient, and surprisingly recent, origins of a beloved cliffside attraction, aided by the findings of an unpublished thesis.

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Police under fire as officer rammed, another attacked

Police under fire as officer rammed, another attacked

Police under fire as officer rammed, another attacked

Police under fire as officer rammed, another attacked

A police officer has fired three shots at a vehicle that pinned him, while other officers were struck by a car and punched to the head in separate incidents.

Dingoes attack three children at remote campground

Dingoes attack three children at remote campground

Dingoes attack three children at remote campground

Dingoes attack three children at remote campground

A four-year-old girl is among several children who have been attacked by dingoes at the same remote campground, prompting rangers to hunt down the animals.

Man accused of claiming over $1.5 million in NDIS fraud

Man accused of claiming over $1.5 million in NDIS fraud

Man accused of claiming over $1.5 million in NDIS fraud

Man accused of claiming over $1.5 million in NDIS fraud

A former NDIS provider has been charged with dozens of fraud offences after allegedly claiming more than $1.5 million for services he didn't provide.

Investigator erupts in heated exchange at union inquiry

Investigator erupts in heated exchange at union inquiry

Investigator erupts in heated exchange at union inquiry

Investigator erupts in heated exchange at union inquiry

The investigator whose report led to a commission of inquiry into a controversial union has responded angrily after having his methods challenged.

Dirty dozen list boosts 'adult crime, adult time' laws

Dirty dozen list boosts 'adult crime, adult time' laws

Dirty dozen list boosts 'adult crime, adult time' laws

Dirty dozen list boosts 'adult crime, adult time' laws

Sweeping additions to a state's “adult crime, adult time” laws have been introduced while giving police new powers to crack down on anti‑social behaviour.

NDIS revamp deadline guaranteed as 'hostages' exposed

NDIS revamp deadline guaranteed as 'hostages' exposed

NDIS revamp deadline guaranteed as 'hostages' exposed

NDIS revamp deadline guaranteed as 'hostages' exposed

Anthony Albanese has offered assurances to disabled Australians as a premier warns overhauling a federal support scheme will leave the discarded worse off.

Most domestic violence-charged police remain in the job

Most domestic violence-charged police remain in the job

Most domestic violence-charged police remain in the job

Most domestic violence-charged police remain in the job

Police are often failing to document conflicts of interest when investigating allegations of domestic violence involving officers, an independent review found.

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'Just instinct': farmer loses arm, neighbour steps up

A quick-thinking neighbour has been credited with helping save the life of an elderly Queensland farmer who lost his arm in a horror harvester accident.

'System broken': more going hungry as food crisis hits

Charities are buckling under a surge of hungry Australians as fuel price pressures swell into a "cost of surviving" crisis.

'Shocking': ex-minister accused of threat to contractor

A former state minister has been asked to respond to explosive claims she threatened to tear up a developer's contract unless he worked with a rogue union.

Gaming giants face big fines for exposing kids to harm

Video game platforms have been told to show how they are preventing Australian children from being groomed and radicalised or risk heavy fines.

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Toddler killed in fatal crash walking home from daycare

A toddler has been fatally struck by a vehicle in a tragic accident as she and her family were walking home from a daycare centre.

AI-camera traffic fines withdrawn after drivers appeal

More than 2000 AI-camera traffic fines for seatbelt misuse have been cancelled in the six months since the technology went live in one state.

Make or break: firm forced to 'pander to union boss'

A demolition firm boss says he had been forced to pander to a powerful union boss - but later withdrew a tender rather than caving to the CFMEU's demands.

Public servant charged after cyber-theft of 5600 files

A trove of 5600 sensitive government documents were allegedly stolen by a Treasury employee, with police arresting him for the data breach.

Five arrests after foiled alleged underworld kidnapping

Police have four men and a teen over the alleged kidnapping of an underworld associate held at gunpoint, beaten with a baseball bat and bundled into his car.

'Cruel and unsafe': crackdown on exotic animal trade

A fresh campaign has been launched to crack down on the rise of increasingly sophisticated, and often cruel, exotic pet smuggling operations.

Premier doubles down on protest laws as charges linger

Despite a court ruling laws designed to curb protest activity were unconstitutional, NSW Premier Chris Minns is maintaining they were the right thing to do.

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