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Man charged over live-streamed abuse of kids overseas

Man charged over live-streamed abuse of kids overseas

A man has been charged with a number of offences after being accused of paying for live online child abuse following a tip off from United States authorities.

Ex-Big Bash player faces jail for child sexual abuse

Ex-Big Bash player faces jail for child sexual abuse

Ex-Big Bash player faces jail for child sexual abuse

Ex-Big Bash player faces jail for child sexual abuse

A one-time fast bowler who played for the Hobart Hurricanes and Tasmanian Tigers will face sentencing after sexually abusing a 15-year-old girl.

Tributes flow for teen killed and dumped outside clinic

Tributes flow for teen killed and dumped outside clinic

Tributes flow for teen killed and dumped outside clinic

Tributes flow for teen killed and dumped outside clinic

Mourners have begun leaving flowers and tributes for a teenage boy allegedly stabbed and left to die outside a hospital.

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Real estate giants clash in court over marketing claims

Real estate giants clash in court over marketing claims

Australia's two largest online real estate listing platforms are facing off in court after accusing each other of making misleading claims.

'Full force of law': smuggled boat arrivals deported

'Full force of law': smuggled boat arrivals deported

A man charged over a failed people smuggling operation in northern Australia is set to face the "full force of the law", the federal government says.

Trauma lives on in witness years after bloody murder

Trauma lives on in witness years after bloody murder

A killer has faced court after being found guilty of murder as a witness described how she will never forget hearing the dying victim's suffering.

Family tribute for grandfather after fatal house fire

Family tribute for grandfather after fatal house fire

An 84 -year-old grandfather has succumbed to his injuries after being badly burned trying to rescue a resident, becoming a house fire's second victim.

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Teen allegedly abducted girl to marry without consent

Teen allegedly abducted girl to marry without consent

Teen allegedly abducted girl to marry without consent

Teen allegedly abducted girl to marry without consent

A 17-year-old girl was allegedly abducted near a school to marry an 18-year-old without her consent and imprisoned against her will, court documents reveal.

Shaman accused of lying to save skin in mushroom death

Shaman accused of lying to save skin in mushroom death

Shaman accused of lying to save skin in mushroom death

Shaman accused of lying to save skin in mushroom death

A shaman healer and a woman's partner were too worried about self-preservation to tell medics she had ingested magic mushrooms, an inquest has been told.

Missing father never found after flawed police probe

Missing father never found after flawed police probe

Missing father never found after flawed police probe

Missing father never found after flawed police probe

An investigation into a missing husband and father of three fell short after police failed to follow standard procedure, a coroner has found.

'Angry': woman's run-in with Thai teen's alleged killer

'Angry': woman's run-in with Thai teen's alleged killer

'Angry': woman's run-in with Thai teen's alleged killer

'Angry': woman's run-in with Thai teen's alleged killer

A Thai woman has reported a run-in with an angry Australian man, who was later accused of murdering a teenage girl whose body was found in a suitcase.

'Egregious' cop fights jail for sharing naked images

'Egregious' cop fights jail for sharing naked images

'Egregious' cop fights jail for sharing naked images

'Egregious' cop fights jail for sharing naked images

A former police officer argues he should not have to go to jail, despite recording and distributing a stack of nude images of women he was dating.

US prosecutors told to prioritise 'birth tourism' probe

US prosecutors told to prioritise 'birth tourism' probe

US prosecutors told to prioritise 'birth tourism' probe

US prosecutors told to prioritise 'birth tourism' probe

The Trump administration is targeting people it says come to the US to secure citizenship for their child after the Supreme Court upheld birthright citizenship.

'Catastrophic': cause of toddler's brain injury probed

'Catastrophic': cause of toddler's brain injury probed

'Catastrophic': cause of toddler's brain injury probed

'Catastrophic': cause of toddler's brain injury probed

A two-year-old who died from a brain injury was unlikely to have developed the injury from falling down some stairs, a murder trial has been told.

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Balcony escape, neighbour rescue from deadly house fire

Two men have been critically injured trying to rescue a resident from a burning bedroom while two others jumped for their lives from a balcony.

Teen sentenced for drunken knife assaults on police

An 18-year-old woman pulled out a knife and threatened police who were responding to an armed robbery she had just committed at a liquor store.

FBI determines Nancy Guthrie kidnapping notes are fakes

Two ransom notes sent days after Nancy Guthrie vanished, and a third message from someone claiming to know ‌the kidnappers' identities, have been deemed fakes.

Global search for Australian missing in Mexico

An Interpol alert has been issued for an Australian who has been missing for four weeks since vanishing on a trip to a resort town in Mexico.

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Jewish activist's false win against pro-Palestine shop

A Jewish man and his lawyer have claimed false victory against a pro-Palestinian restaurant they sued for defamation, a judge has found.

Rex misled with sky-high claims before $31.7m crash

A cash-strapped carrier which boasted it would deliver profits before turning a large loss has had another setback with a judge finding it misled the market.

Tip-offs spark second inquest for missing hitchhiker

Two men will be called to give evidence in a second inquest probing the suspected death of a mother who went missing while hitchhiking almost 30 year ago.

'Fear for the future': rushed laws risk corruption

As reports of ongoing CFMEU corruption in Victoria continue to surface, business groups warn new federal laws could spread cronyism across the nation.

Man told cops he could not breathe during fatal arrest

A man died while unsupervised on a short trip to a police station in the back of a van after telling officers to take off his handcuffs.

'Political disturbance': grandma on hate speech charge

A Gaza flotilla member has been charged with using a banned phrase after protesters gathered outside a court to support pro-Palestine activists.

More charges for pediatrician accused of molesting kids

A child-sex-accused pediatrician has been slugged with a slew of fresh charges, as a court hears there could be seven more victims.

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