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Man sought 'easy money' as $300m drug deal cash courier

Man sought 'easy money' as $300m drug deal cash courier

A man who drove interstate with a bag of cash to assist an international drug deal instead found himself targeted by undercover police.

Drug deaths spark call for cop, parole officer training

Drug deaths spark call for cop, parole officer training

Drug deaths spark call for cop, parole officer training

Drug deaths spark call for cop, parole officer training

Two tragic drug-related deaths have led to recommendations police and parole officers be given better medical, first aid and mental health training.

Woman set to appear in court after fatal house fire

Woman set to appear in court after fatal house fire

Woman set to appear in court after fatal house fire

Woman set to appear in court after fatal house fire

A woman is set to appear in court months after a house fire killed a father and his five boys on Russell Island near Brisbane, devastating the local community.

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Albanese working to keep Julian Assange out of US jail

Albanese working to keep Julian Assange out of US jail

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has strategised with Julian Assange’s legal team to help secure the WikiLeaks founder's release as he appeals extradition.

Lockbit cybercrime gang disrupted in global takedown

Lockbit cybercrime gang disrupted in global takedown

Law enforcement agencies from several countries say they have infiltrated and disrupted a ransomware syndicate behind cyber attacks around the world.

Assange targeted by US over WikiLeaks exposures: lawyer

Assange targeted by US over WikiLeaks exposures: lawyer

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's legal team is trying to stop his extradition from the United Kingdom to the United States in a two-day hearing.

Assange begins last-ditch fight to stop US extradition

Assange begins last-ditch fight to stop US extradition

Julian Assange's lawyers have begun their final UK legal challenge to stop the WikiLeaks founder from being sent to the United States to face spying charges.

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Mass vigils as Assange faces final extradition test

Mass vigils as Assange faces final extradition test

Mass vigils as Assange faces final extradition test

Mass vigils as Assange faces final extradition test

Julian Assange's supporters are gathering in Melbourne, hours before a hearing that could determine if he will be extradited to the US on espionage charges.

Qld top cop to stand down, says not a scapegoat

Qld top cop to stand down, says not a scapegoat

Qld top cop to stand down, says not a scapegoat

Qld top cop to stand down, says not a scapegoat

Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll will not renew her contract after almost five years at the helm, finally ending speculation about her future.

Predator admits threatening child to follow rules

Predator admits threatening child to follow rules

Predator admits threatening child to follow rules

Predator admits threatening child to follow rules

A judge has delayed sentencing so a man who admitted dozens of offences can be assessed to understand the sinister and manipulative offending.

Child, woman found dead in martial arts centre

Child, woman found dead in martial arts centre

Child, woman found dead in martial arts centre

Child, woman found dead in martial arts centre

A young child and a woman in her 40s have been found dead at a martial arts centre hours after police found a man dead in a home a few kilometres away in Sydney

Police 'didn't do anything wrong' with informant Gobbo

Police 'didn't do anything wrong' with informant Gobbo

Police 'didn't do anything wrong' with informant Gobbo

Police 'didn't do anything wrong' with informant Gobbo

A former police handler has given evidence to the Victorian Supreme Court as drug kingpin Tony Mokbel fights to appeal his convictions.

Man took assisted dying drugs meant for someone else

Man took assisted dying drugs meant for someone else

Man took assisted dying drugs meant for someone else

Man took assisted dying drugs meant for someone else

A woman has told an inquest how she left her father's home to run errands and returned to find him dead from assisted dying drugs prescribed to another person.

German doctor fined for importing drugs

German doctor fined for importing drugs

German doctor fined for importing drugs

German doctor fined for importing drugs

A German doctor has been fined for importing an illegal drug into Australia, after more than 700 grams of GHB was found in his luggage.

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Pro-Palestine activists arrested after rooftop standoff

A pro-Palestine protest on the roof of a Melbourne factory has led to charges against eight people.

Woman shot in leg while getting into car

Police say a man approached a woman as she got into a car north of Brisbane and shot her in the leg before fleeing.

ANZ, Suncorp welcome takeover approval as ACCC reflects

ANZ's proposed $4.9 billion takeover of Suncorp's banking arm will proceed after a tribunal found it would not lessen competition but would benefit consumers.

SA parole rules set to tighten for accomplices

The SA government will rush new laws through parliament to limit the freedoms of an accomplice of the Snowtown serial murderers when he is released.

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Jarryd Hayne's mate to get $38k over spitting story

A friend of Jarryd Hayne will receive "nominal" defamation damages over a Seven report that claimed he stared down and spat at the ex-NRL star's rape victim.

Officer charged in fatal Indigenous teen crash

The sergeant whose unmarked police car was involved in a fatal crash with an Indigenous teen has been charged with his death in news welcomed by his family.

Inquest into frog-poison death paused for new witnesses

Publicity around a man's death at a spiritual health retreat has prompted witnesses to come forward with information but it will take a court time to hear it.

Trio accused of tram track attack on little penguin

Victoria's Conservation Regulator is looking for three young males who they believe attacked a little penguin at St Kilda.

PNG leader vows tough response after dozens massacred

An eruption of tribal violence in PNG that resulted in dozens being killed has prompted Prime Minister James Marape to bestow additional powers on the army.

Dozens of people massacred in PNG tribal violence

PNG police say a highlands tribe, their allies and mercenaries were on their way to attack a neighbouring tribe when they were ambushed, with dozens killed.

Dog breeder claims may put unsuspecting owners at risk

Dog owners and vets are relying on unchecked animal details from breeders and it may have contributed to a fatal outcome for one family, an inquest has heard.

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