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Asbestos detected at two Queensland sites

Asbestos detected at two Queensland sites

A transfer station has been closed and another site under investigation after asbestos was detected in central Queensland.

Police return to area of cyclist shooting as trail cold

Police return to area of cyclist shooting as trail cold

Police return to area of cyclist shooting as trail cold

Police return to area of cyclist shooting as trail cold

Detectives are at a dead end in their investigation over what was behind an elderly cyclist's shooting, seven years after the attack.

Final man charged over drug lord's brazen shooting

Final man charged over drug lord's brazen shooting

Final man charged over drug lord's brazen shooting

Final man charged over drug lord's brazen shooting

Police believe they have charged the last man involved in the daylight murder of a convicted Sydney cocaine kingpin.

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WA cut off as dangerous floods inundate roads, rail

WA cut off as dangerous floods inundate roads, rail

Flooding caused by heavy rainfall and thunderstorms has closed the main road and rail routes connecting Western Australia to the rest of the country.

Four children among travellers missing in remote region

Four children among travellers missing in remote region

Concerns are mounting for seven people, including four children, who are missing after travelling in two cars in a remote part of Western Australia.

Fatal car park stabbing a 'drug deal turned robbery'

Fatal car park stabbing a 'drug deal turned robbery'

A man in his twenties fatally stabbed with a carving knife was attempting to supply drugs to his alleged killer in a shopping centre car park, police allege.

Suspected mafia figure shot dead outside suburban home

Suspected mafia figure shot dead outside suburban home

Detectives are investigating after a man reported to be fruit and vegetable wholesaler John Latorre was shot dead outside his home in Melbourne.

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Alleged Nazi salute stunt at cinema sparks police probe

Alleged Nazi salute stunt at cinema sparks police probe

Alleged Nazi salute stunt at cinema sparks police probe

Alleged Nazi salute stunt at cinema sparks police probe

A Jewish community has been left reeling after a group allegedly performed Nazi salutes during a screening of a Holocaust film at a popular cinema.

Mystery surrounds discovery of man and woman's bodies

Mystery surrounds discovery of man and woman's bodies

Mystery surrounds discovery of man and woman's bodies

Mystery surrounds discovery of man and woman's bodies

An investigation is under way after the bodies of a man and a woman were found in Melbourne's northeast, as police wait on tests to confirm cause of death.

Two men in custody over fatal assault in shop car park

Two men in custody over fatal assault in shop car park

Two men in custody over fatal assault in shop car park

Two men in custody over fatal assault in shop car park

Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man was fatally assaulted in a shopping centre car park on the Gold Coast.

Relief in sight after record-breaking heatwave

Relief in sight after record-breaking heatwave

Relief in sight after record-breaking heatwave

Relief in sight after record-breaking heatwave

Temperatures have continued to soar across southeast Australia but relief is in sight for millions in one part of the country.

Thousands of youths arrested in year-long crackdown

Thousands of youths arrested in year-long crackdown

Thousands of youths arrested in year-long crackdown

Thousands of youths arrested in year-long crackdown

A police operation has resulted in more than 11,000 arrests over drug, weapons, traffic, property crime and bail offences, with 4000 of those children.

'Sad and tragic': NT crime spikes as teen left to die

'Sad and tragic': NT crime spikes as teen left to die

'Sad and tragic': NT crime spikes as teen left to die

'Sad and tragic': NT crime spikes as teen left to die

A group of men are on the run after a fatal crash in Alice Springs as police scramble to keep up with rising crime rates in the Northern Territory.

Music festival death sparks fresh pill testing calls

Music festival death sparks fresh pill testing calls

Music festival death sparks fresh pill testing calls

Music festival death sparks fresh pill testing calls

The Victorian Greens are renewing calls for onsite pill testing following the suspected overdose death of a man at a weekend music festival.

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Vietnam War monument vandalised with Gaza message

A memorial for Vietnam War veterans has been defaced with graffiti about the conflict in Gaza, with the RSL urging protesters to rethink their approach.

Religious leader groomed girl to build new sect: police

The founder of a religious group and his partner told a young girl she had been chosen to procreate with him to build a new sect, police say.

Family 'ecstatic' after vulnerable boy found safe

A boy who lives with autism and Down syndrome has been found by a staff member at a medical centre after the search for him entered a third day.

Two people arrested over large-scale hooning event

Two people have been charged over a large-scale hooning event, which attracted a crowd of 350 people at the weekend.

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'Once-in-lifetime housing crisis' engulfing Vic: body

Victoria's peak homelessness body has criticised the government for cutting homelessness programs in the middle of a "once-in-a-lifetime housing crisis".

Acquittals more likely in judge-only criminal trials

Judge alone criminal trials conducted in the NSW higher courts are more likely to result in the defendant being acquitted than jury trials.

Investigation into woman's wheelie bin death continues

Detectives are continuing to investigate the suspicious death of a woman after her body was found dumped in regional Victoria.

New party drug scheme keeping users out of court

People caught with small amounts of illicit drugs in NSW are receiving fines, rather than court notices - but advocates want more clarity on the new scheme.

Woman's body found in wheelie bin in regional Victoria

The death of a woman whose body was found at Buckley in southwest Victoria, is being treated as suspicious by police.

Police search rural property for missing man

Police have searched a rural Queensland property to find any trace of Marc Kristian Mietus, who went missing more than two decades ago.

Answers sought after woman killed in Brisbane bus crash

A bus crash that killed a woman in Brisbane's CBD is being investigated after the driver mounted a kerb, pinning the 18-year-old against a building.

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