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'Come have a beer': how Dezi Freeman engaged with cops

'Come have a beer': how Dezi Freeman engaged with cops

Details surrounding the negotiations between police and fugitive double killer Dezi Freeman before he was gunned down have been revealed for the first time.

As cemeteries fill, Australians choose forests

As cemeteries fill, Australians choose forests

As cemeteries fill, Australians choose forests

As cemeteries fill, Australians choose forests

Helen Rafferty would be "delighted" to be buried beneath the Wollemi pine she tended to for decades, says her husband, who decided her unusual resting place.

Low speed zones tipped to accelerate national change

Low speed zones tipped to accelerate national change

Low speed zones tipped to accelerate national change

Low speed zones tipped to accelerate national change

More communities are turning to 30km/h speed limit trials to increase safety on local roads, with experts confident the results will spark national change.

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Driver ordered to stay away from ex before fatal crash

Driver ordered to stay away from ex before fatal crash

A disqualified driver was four times over the legal alcohol limit and subject to domestic violence orders when he killed his ex-girlfriend in a car crash.

Last movements of woman revealed before alleged murder

Last movements of woman revealed before alleged murder

Police have released photos and footage of the last-known movements of a woman before she was allegedly murdered by a man she lived with.

Million-dollar reward over 'gruesome' unsolved death

Million-dollar reward over 'gruesome' unsolved death

Police have doubled the reward for help solving the suspicious death of Paul Murray, whose body was found naked and decomposing three decades ago.

'Distraught': wife, children's murder accused in court

'Distraught': wife, children's murder accused in court

A lawyer for man accused of murdering his wife and two children has said outside his first court appearance his client is "pretty distressed".

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Risk assessment on deadly scaffold made in owner's head

Risk assessment on deadly scaffold made in owner's head

Risk assessment on deadly scaffold made in owner's head

Risk assessment on deadly scaffold made in owner's head

A man who erected a scaffold that later killed a dad watching his son play soccer admitted he did not consider the risk posed to the public by adverse weather.

Mother's 'life sentence' after daughter's brutal murder

Mother's 'life sentence' after daughter's brutal murder

Mother's 'life sentence' after daughter's brutal murder

Mother's 'life sentence' after daughter's brutal murder

A mother has confronted her daughter's killer in court after he admitted stabbing his wife to death in a 10-second attack.

Couple found dead in home in confronting murder-suicide

Couple found dead in home in confronting murder-suicide

Couple found dead in home in confronting murder-suicide

Couple found dead in home in confronting murder-suicide

An investigation into a confronting murder suicide is expected to run for weeks after emergency crews discovered the bodies of a husband and wife at their home.

‘Ridiculous': mum slams sentence for car crash cover-up

‘Ridiculous': mum slams sentence for car crash cover-up

‘Ridiculous': mum slams sentence for car crash cover-up

‘Ridiculous': mum slams sentence for car crash cover-up

A mother has vowed to never stop fighting for her two children killed in a horrific crash after a man who tried to cover it up was spared jail.

Legal costs fail for operator in jumping castle tragedy

Legal costs fail for operator in jumping castle tragedy

Legal costs fail for operator in jumping castle tragedy

Legal costs fail for operator in jumping castle tragedy

Rosemary Gamble has failed to have her legal bill paid by the state after being cleared of criminal charges over a jumping castle incident that killed six kids.

Palestinian shot climbing West Bank barrier into Israel

Palestinian shot climbing West Bank barrier into Israel

Palestinian shot climbing West Bank barrier into Israel

Palestinian shot climbing West Bank barrier into Israel

Palestinian authorities say Israeli police have shot and killed a Palestinian man attempting to climb the barrier separating the West Bank from Jerusalem.

Family's heartbreak over dropped manslaughter charge

Family's heartbreak over dropped manslaughter charge

Family's heartbreak over dropped manslaughter charge

Family's heartbreak over dropped manslaughter charge

A decision by prosecutors to withdraw charges against a man who had been accused of killing a young woman and hiding her body has devastated her family.

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Afghanistan veteran dies in parachute training crash

A highly-respected Special Forces sniper who went on multiple overseas deployments has died after colliding with a fellow paratrooper during an exercise.

Free meningococcal jabs for some but 'lottery' persists

A fourth Australian jurisdiction will provide free jabs to some teens for a rare but life-threatening disease as the push for national coverage marches on.

Three men accused of murdering boys to stand trial

Three of the eight teens accused of stabbing two boys to death have been formally committed to stand trial in a Supreme Court.

Gunmen found guilty of executing gangland figure in hit

Two men charged over the planned underworld shooting of Gavin Preston are facing lengthy jail terms after a jury found them guilty.

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Killer could be free in 12 years after stabbing friend

A wheelchair-bound killer who was high on drugs when he stabbed a friend to death has been jailed for a maximum of 19 years, but may walk free in 12 years.

Loved ones honour volunteers killed in rescue tragedy

Two volunteers who made the ultimate sacrifice while responding to a boat in distress, died while doing what they were passionate about, their loved ones say.

'Courage on steroids': volunteers die in rescue mission

Two rescuers who died while trying to save a stricken yachtsman in wild seas have been honoured by their local community for their courage and heroism.

'No place in hell' for father over fatal crash cover-up

The mother of two siblings killed in a horrific car crash has said the unlicensed driver's father failed as a parent after falsely reporting the SUV as stolen.

Flight only lasted seconds before 'catastrophic' crash

Investigators are collecting evidence and assessing the "catastrophic scene" where a plane crashed into a hangar, killing two people and injuring 10 others.

Mystery, police flaws shroud teen's train track death

A coroner will decide whether police racism was a factor in the investigation into the death of an Indigenous teen, whose body was found on rural train tracks.

'Love over evil': Port Arthur remembered 30 years on

Survivors of the Port Arthur massacre have shared their desire for strong gun control on the 30th anniversary of the horrific shooting.

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