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Balcony escape, neighbour rescue from deadly house fire

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

Teen sentenced for drunken knife assaults on police

Teen sentenced for drunken knife assaults on police

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

FBI determines Nancy Guthrie kidnapping notes are fakes

FBI determines Nancy Guthrie kidnapping notes are fakes

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.

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Global search for Australian missing in Mexico

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.

Jewish activist's false win against pro-Palestine shop

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

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

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.

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'Fear for the future': rushed laws risk corruption

'Fear for the future': rushed laws risk corruption

'Fear for the future': rushed laws risk corruption

'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

Man told cops he could not breathe during fatal arrest

Man told cops he could not breathe during fatal arrest

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

'Political disturbance': grandma on hate speech charge

'Political disturbance': grandma on hate speech charge

'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

More charges for pediatrician accused of molesting kids

More charges for pediatrician accused of molesting kids

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.

Accounting grad sacked after PM's bank account accessed

Accounting grad sacked after PM's bank account accessed

Accounting grad sacked after PM's bank account accessed

Accounting grad sacked after PM's bank account accessed

Accounting giant EY has sacked an employee who was charged with accessing Anthony Albanese's personal bank account while on secondment at the Commonwealth Bank.

Investment titan sorry for 'shocker' multi-car crash

Investment titan sorry for 'shocker' multi-car crash

Investment titan sorry for 'shocker' multi-car crash

Investment titan sorry for 'shocker' multi-car crash

An investment fund's Australian leader admits he drank alcohol before causing a multi-car pile-up described as an "absolute shocker".

Australian neo-Nazi 'emulating thugs of 1930s Berlin'

Australian neo-Nazi 'emulating thugs of 1930s Berlin'

Australian neo-Nazi 'emulating thugs of 1930s Berlin'

Australian neo-Nazi 'emulating thugs of 1930s Berlin'

A magistrate has dressed down a neo-Nazi leader in court for "repugnant" racial slurs emulating 1930s Germany and hiding behind "the pretence of free speech".

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Unfortunate truth: fatal crash 'could not be predicted'

Police could not have prevented a crash that killed two women, despite a speed camera recording one car at almost 190km/h an hour earlier, a coroner has found.

Search for 'Scorpio' as political violence fears rise

Police are investigating more than 100 menacing letters from someone calling themself "Scorpio" as an expert warns of the rising risk of political violence.

Alleged anti-Israel nurse 'happy' as drug charge binned

A nurse accused of making anti-Semitic remarks to an Israeli influencer has celebrated after an allegation that he possessed a vial of morphine was dismissed.

Crims on notice as money-laundering laws take effect

Workers will receive more tax cuts, small businesses are getting a leg up and laws targeting financial criminals take effect in the new financial year.

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Demons apologise to May's partner over privacy breaches

Melbourne have apologised to Sachi Dade, the partner of former Demons player Steven May, after she mounted legal action alleging three privacy breaches.

How a Thai teen's night at Pattaya beach ended in death

Thai police have pieced together the last moments of a 17-year-old girl whose body was found in a suitcase dumped by a railway - allegedly by an Australian man.

Mother offers forgiveness, hope to her son's killers

A heartbroken mother does not hold any anger towards the men who shot dead her son during a bungled home invasion.

'No woman deserves this': man charged with murder

A woman who died from gunshot wounds in an alleged domestic violence murder was "a beautiful young mother" who leaves behind a two-year-old son.

Man claims self-defence after stabbing cousin to death

A man is on trial after his cousin died of stab wounds while slumped over the steering wheel of his car following an alleged altercation.

Corruption claims mount as premier rejects inquiry call

A state premier is facing mounting pressure to call a royal commission into claims of corruption, nepotism and organised crime links on government projects.

Lehrmann denied Higgins footage from #MeToo documentary

The producers of a documentary starring Brittany Higgins said their film will not affect former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann's trial for alleged rape.

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