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Trio on people smuggling charge as $300k, vapes seized

Trio on people smuggling charge as $300k, vapes seized

Police have seized hundreds of thousands of dollars as well as illegal vapes while investigating a failed people smuggling operation.

Politicians accused of inflaming fears over crime rates

Politicians accused of inflaming fears over crime rates

Politicians accused of inflaming fears over crime rates

Politicians accused of inflaming fears over crime rates

Two in three Australians are anxious about crime but experts say these fears are being exploited by politicians pursuing populist law and order agendas.

Girl dies, students hurt in school bus rollover horror

Girl dies, students hurt in school bus rollover horror

Girl dies, students hurt in school bus rollover horror

Girl dies, students hurt in school bus rollover horror

The use of seatbelts will form part of a probe into a tragic bus crash that killed a young student and injured scores of others, including the elderly driver.

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Daniel's legacy in law to protect kids from predators

Daniel's legacy in law to protect kids from predators

The parents of murdered schoolboy Daniel Morcombe are celebrating the establishment of a state public child sex offender registry but want it to go national.

Beloved skipper killed, four rescued after boat capsize

Beloved skipper killed, four rescued after boat capsize

A boat skipper has died and four people have been rescued after a charter boat capsized after hitting a dangerous sandbar, prompting a rescue effort.

Sovereign citizens: attack mirrors rise in radicalism

Sovereign citizens: attack mirrors rise in radicalism

The sovereign citizen movement in Australia is growing and a related pattern of extreme violence will continue unless there is a crackdown, an expert says.

Search for masked vandals at fighter jet-linked factory

Search for masked vandals at fighter jet-linked factory

Footage has been released of three people allegedly involved in vandalising a metalworks with anti-Israeli messaging, after it was linked to fighter jet parts.

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Huge cost of missing early intervention for children

Huge cost of missing early intervention for children

Huge cost of missing early intervention for children

Huge cost of missing early intervention for children

A failure to identify health and development issues in young Australians is costing $22.3 billion annually, described as a "wake-up call" for governments.

'Predictor of peace': women backed at conference

'Predictor of peace': women backed at conference

'Predictor of peace': women backed at conference

'Predictor of peace': women backed at conference

Australia's new ambassador for gender equality has headlined a conference of women leaders for practical outcomes over conflict, crisis and climate.

Albanese backs 'difficult decision' on NDIS reforms

Albanese backs 'difficult decision' on NDIS reforms

Albanese backs 'difficult decision' on NDIS reforms

Albanese backs 'difficult decision' on NDIS reforms

Reforms to rein in the NDIS were difficult but needed to be done, the prime minister says, despite concerns over changes for children with autism.

Scores of childcare workers' clearances to be suspended

Scores of childcare workers' clearances to be suspended

Scores of childcare workers' clearances to be suspended

Scores of childcare workers' clearances to be suspended

A gap allowing childcare workers accused of offences to keep working in one state will be closed, with more than 170 people in the firing line.

Four men charged after Brownlow Medal betting scandal

Four men charged after Brownlow Medal betting scandal

Four men charged after Brownlow Medal betting scandal

Four men charged after Brownlow Medal betting scandal

Police have laid more than 100 charges following a betting scandal on the AFL's most prestigious individual award, the Brownlow Medal.

'Wake-up call': the cohorts driving record drownings

'Wake-up call': the cohorts driving record drownings

'Wake-up call': the cohorts driving record drownings

'Wake-up call': the cohorts driving record drownings

Australia’s drowning deaths have hit a sobering new high, with two at-risk groups accounting for an alarming number of incidents.

'Gut-wrenching': kids shut out from homeless support

'Gut-wrenching': kids shut out from homeless support

'Gut-wrenching': kids shut out from homeless support

'Gut-wrenching': kids shut out from homeless support

Thousands of children flee violent or abusive homes across Australia each year, only to be sent back or left to the streets by ailing, ill-equipped services.

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'We cop it': abused, tired retail workers demand change

Understaffed, abused and at the mercy of constant job changes, retail workers are burned out and almost half plan to throw in the towel.

Rabbitohs hooker hit with drug supply, betting charges

Weeks after being interviewed by police and released, South Sydney's Brandon Smith has been hit with drug supply and betting charges by Queensland Police.

'Bizarre' push to drop net zero sets up coalition clash

An effort to repeal the net zero emissions target has highlighted internal opposition divisions over climate change as Labor is urged to do more.

Thousands flood cities demanding action on Palestine

Hundreds of thousands of protesters across Australia have called for greater sanctions against Israel and an end to its bombardment and occupation of Palestine.

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Child sex offenders to be known in public registry

New laws will allow parents in one state to search for child sex offenders who live nearby but some groups say the changes could do more harm than good.

Massive turnout for Gaza expected despite bridge ban

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators are gearing up for nationwide rallies calling for action to stop the bombing of Gaza as a court bans a bridge protest.

Deaths spark homicide investigations, murder charges

The death of a critically injured woman has sparked a homicide investigation, while a murder charge as been laid over the fatal assault of a 55-year-old man.

A whale of a time: record sightings at season's start

Early whale sightings on the South Australian coast are being hailed by scientists who say they are a flagship species for successful conservation management.

Australian blitz targets illegal fishing in the Pacific

Fishing is the cornerstone of smaller Pacific island nations that heavily rely on stocks for revenue but that's come under threat from illicit practices.

Pro-Palestine march changes route after bridge ban

Activists have bowed to police pressure and abandoned plans to march across a major bridge as part of a national day of action against the war in Gaza.

Mother charged after dead baby found in storm drain

The mother of a baby boy found dead inside a stormwater drain by maintenance workers has been charged with concealing the birth of a deceased child.

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