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'Eyes in the sky' spotting a dozen sharks every day

'Eyes in the sky' spotting a dozen sharks every day

The world's largest aerial shark surveillance program is being rolled out after drones detected an average of 20 sharks a day during winter.

Crews race to find Australian missing on Peruvian trail

Crews race to find Australian missing on Peruvian trail

Crews race to find Australian missing on Peruvian trail

Crews race to find Australian missing on Peruvian trail

Loved ones of an Australian man missing on a hiking trail in the remote Andes are urging local authorities to support a search and rescue effort.

The rescue bid bungles that cost Australian PoW lives

The rescue bid bungles that cost Australian PoW lives

The rescue bid bungles that cost Australian PoW lives

The rescue bid bungles that cost Australian PoW lives

Command and intelligence bungles stopped proposed missions to rescue Australian and British PoWs in Borneo during World War II, a military historian says.

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Flags go up ahead of challenging lifesaving season

Flags go up ahead of challenging lifesaving season

Forecast hot conditions are expected to draw large crowds as iconic red and yellow lifesaving flags go up at NSW beaches.

Police arrest four in connection with gangland shooting

Police arrest four in connection with gangland shooting

Authorities have charged four people with a number of offences, including murder, in connection with a fatal shooting in March.

Body in bin: suspicious deaths spark police probes

Body in bin: suspicious deaths spark police probes

Three suspicious deaths - including the discovery of a body in a bin - are being investigated by police in a state.

'Unbanned': premier weighs in on contentious picnic row

'Unbanned': premier weighs in on contentious picnic row

A controversial planning regulation that stopped patrons from picnicking on a grassy inner-city lawn has been overruled by a premier.

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Three teens remain seriously injured after fatal crash

Three teens remain seriously injured after fatal crash

Three teens remain seriously injured after fatal crash

Three teens remain seriously injured after fatal crash

A 17-year-old boy and two 16-year-olds are in a serious condition after a bus and two cars crashed on a regional highway.

'Dark day': promising young constable killed in crash

'Dark day': promising young constable killed in crash

'Dark day': promising young constable killed in crash

'Dark day': promising young constable killed in crash

Mia Lay had only been on the force for 16 months but had showed exceptional promise before she died in a crash while in a police car pursuing a stolen vehicle.

Tributes for boy who died in hospital after shooting

Tributes for boy who died in hospital after shooting

Tributes for boy who died in hospital after shooting

Tributes for boy who died in hospital after shooting

The school attended by an 11-year-old boy who suffered a gunshot wound to the face has paid tribute to him after he died in hospital from his injuries.

Plans to air building boss claims foiled by MP: ICAC

Plans to air building boss claims foiled by MP: ICAC

Plans to air building boss claims foiled by MP: ICAC

Plans to air building boss claims foiled by MP: ICAC

A state treasurer has told a corruption inquiry he was asked by a developer's lawyer to air damaging claims about the then-building watchdog in parliament.

Second child dies after alleged car stabbing

Second child dies after alleged car stabbing

Second child dies after alleged car stabbing

Second child dies after alleged car stabbing

A young child has died in hospital days after a mother is alleged to have stabbed three children in a car on a quiet roadside.

Unemployment nears five-year high ahead of rates call

Unemployment nears five-year high ahead of rates call

Unemployment nears five-year high ahead of rates call

Unemployment nears five-year high ahead of rates call

While a rise in the unemployment rate in August likely won't stop the Reserve Bank hiking rates at its next board meeting, further rate rises are less certain.

Third person charged linked to mistaken identity murder

Third person charged linked to mistaken identity murder

Third person charged linked to mistaken identity murder

Third person charged linked to mistaken identity murder

A third person has been charged in connection with the murder of a 40-year-old man, but police have not yet found the shooter responsible.

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Violent, serious offences decrease as crime rate falls

Child offenders aged 10-17 continue to over-represent major violent crimes in one state but police say they are seeing a reduction in repeat offences.

'You are in on it': ICAC probes alleged $5m shakedown

Fake records about a purported $5 million bribe are alleged to have been cooked up by a fugitive developer's lawyer to smear a building tsar, a probe has heard.

Little incentive to have kids and no way to move out

How the cost of living and policy has impacted Australians has been laid bare in the latest update of the nation's longest running and broadest reaching survey.

Former premier to front Big Build royal commission

A recently deposed premier will be called to give evidence at a royal commission into alleged corruption on taxpayer-funded building sites.

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Shared grief and plea from families of Nepal missing

The relatives of several Australians missing in Nepal have asked the government for additional support amid ongoing uncertainty about their loved ones' fates.

No evidence youth crime program reduces offending

A report has exposed concerns with a state government's flagship youth crime program, finding there is no evidence it has reduced offending.

Two men charged after alleged kidnapping and assault

Early morning raids have nabbed two men after the alleged kidnapping of a man who was seriously beaten at a business before the pair got away with cash.

Second man charged months after deadly mass shooting

A second man has been charged with murder after a man was killed and four others injured in a suburban shooting.

Mother charged with murder after child stabbed to death

A mother has been charged with murder after her and three children were found inside a car in the Blue Mountains with stab wounds.

Widened search, gangland probes after boy shot in face

Detectives are looking for witnesses nearly a day after boy, 11, was shot inside a unit, probing possible organised crime links among those present.

Accused extremist boy posed 'imminent' attack threat

Police say there is no ongoing threat after charging a 14-year-old boy with planning to attack random people in multiple public areas in a regional city.

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