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New bail laws increase pressures in 'broken system'

New bail laws increase pressures in 'broken system'

The roll-out of new bail laws has caused havoc with more than one per cent of the Northern Territory's population now behind bars.

Two dead after boat capsizes near holiday town

Two dead after boat capsizes near holiday town

Two dead after boat capsizes near holiday town

Two dead after boat capsizes near holiday town

Two people have died and another has been taken to hospital after a boat capsized in waters near a popular summer holiday town.

Man accused of raping airline crew member denied bail

Man accused of raping airline crew member denied bail

Man accused of raping airline crew member denied bail

Man accused of raping airline crew member denied bail

A Fijian man accused of sexually assaulting a Virgin Australia crew member on New Year's Day could make a bid for freedom when he next faces court.

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Sights on bounty hunters to help cull feral pests

Sights on bounty hunters to help cull feral pests

A minor party believes it is closing in on funding that would pay money to people for each feral animal they can kill in a pest control program.

Anti-Semitic graffiti defies Australian values: PM

Anti-Semitic graffiti defies Australian values: PM

The latest round of anti-Semitic graffiti in Sydney's east has been condemned as part of an intolerable rise in bigotry as police investigate.

Grisly discovery at popular tourist destination

Grisly discovery at popular tourist destination

A skull found in a national park popular with tourists has police baffled, with no evidence of a recent death or foul play in the area.

$15,000 of Barbie girls stolen from their Barbie world

$15,000 of Barbie girls stolen from their Barbie world

A Barbie spy squad is keeping an eye out for a collection of dolls worth more than $15,000 stolen from a home while the owners were away on holidays.

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Plants collected on Cook voyage in new online archive

Plants collected on Cook voyage in new online archive

Plants collected on Cook voyage in new online archive

Plants collected on Cook voyage in new online archive

An online archive of more than one million plants has been created, including specimens collected by Joseph Banks on Captain Cook's 1770 Pacific voyage.

Search resumes for missing bushwalker amid heat, fire

Search resumes for missing bushwalker amid heat, fire

Search resumes for missing bushwalker amid heat, fire

Search resumes for missing bushwalker amid heat, fire

The search for a bushwalker missing for 11 days resumes after specialist crews have joined the efforts amid soaring temperatures and nearby fires.

Bad weather pauses search for fisherman missing at sea

Bad weather pauses search for fisherman missing at sea

Bad weather pauses search for fisherman missing at sea

Bad weather pauses search for fisherman missing at sea

The search for an experienced fisherman, missing off the coast since Friday, has been called off as rescuers faced adverse conditions.

Plan for illegal vape sale profits to go up in smoke

Plan for illegal vape sale profits to go up in smoke

Plan for illegal vape sale profits to go up in smoke

Plan for illegal vape sale profits to go up in smoke

A state government is investigating ways to financially target those selling vapes and illicit tobacco in an effort to disrupt the underground criminal market.

Search for man taken by shark ends without finding body

Search for man taken by shark ends without finding body

Search for man taken by shark ends without finding body

Search for man taken by shark ends without finding body

Authorities have concluded the search for a surfer who was seen taken by a shark but have not located his body.

Arson? Forty Winks mattress store goes up in smoke

Arson? Forty Winks mattress store goes up in smoke

Arson? Forty Winks mattress store goes up in smoke

Arson? Forty Winks mattress store goes up in smoke

An early morning blaze at a mattress store has been brought under control as police and arson detectives begin investigating the suspicious fire.

Bodies of those killed in plane crash recovered

Bodies of those killed in plane crash recovered

Bodies of those killed in plane crash recovered

Bodies of those killed in plane crash recovered

Search and rescue crews have retrieved a second body from the wreckage of a light plane that crashed into the ocean killing both people onboard.

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Australian conservator joins Antarctic odyssey

A young Australian conservator is about to head off on an Antarctic expedition, restoring artefacts and retracing the steps of legendary explorers.

Specialist rescue teams join search for missing hiker

Another 50 rescue specialists have joined the search for missing experienced hiker Hadi Nazari in dense bushland and tough conditions.

Two killed as light plane crashes off coast

Emergency services say two people have died following a light plane crash off the coast of NSW.

Man charged with sexual assault of crew member in Fiji

A man has reportedly been charged with rape and sexual assault after an airline crew member was allegedly attacked on New Year's Eve in Fiji.

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Day 10: search for hiker intensifies as more help sent

Another 50 rescue specialists have joined the 10-day search for missing hiker Hadi Nazari in Kosciuszko National Park’s "bloody tough" terrain.

'An inch, and we were gone': bridge disaster remembered

As Hobart marks the 50th anniversary of the Tasman Bridge collapse, its most famous survivor and a historian recount the night the deadly disaster unfolded.

Halt surfing amid shark boom, victim's friend says

Surfing on South Australia's west coast is now too dangerous because of a surge in the population of great white sharks, a friend of a shark attack victim says.

Two brothers on run after woman gunned down on street

Police have vowed to hunt down two brothers anywhere in Australia after a woman was chased and fatally shot on a suburban street.

Flooding threat lifted, storms ahead for rain-hit area

A rain-soaked community has been warned a flooding threat may return with more storms on the horizon after an emergency alert was cancelled, capping a wet week.

Brothers wanted for murder after woman chased, shot

Two brothers accused of murdering a woman on a suburban street were questioned and released without charge before they fled interstate, police say.

Hunt shark for closure, victim's friend urges

A man who warned of a great white shark at a beach hours before his friend was killed says authorities need to hunt down the predator for "closure".

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