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Second boy charged over 'unprovoked' stabbing, assault

Second boy charged over 'unprovoked' stabbing, assault

Police have charged a second teen over the violent assaults and stabbing of two people after arresting a 19-year-old man.

Couple sues tour operator over outback bus crash

Couple sues tour operator over outback bus crash

Couple sues tour operator over outback bus crash

Couple sues tour operator over outback bus crash

Two passengers physically and emotionally injured in a fatal bus crash on a remote stretch of road are taking on a "anachronistic" compensation laws in the NT.

Injured girls expected to survive suspicious home blaze

Injured girls expected to survive suspicious home blaze

Injured girls expected to survive suspicious home blaze

Injured girls expected to survive suspicious home blaze

A mother remains in a critical condition after a gas cylinder exploded inside a townhouse while the condition of her injured daughters has improved.

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Remoteness a risk factor amid rise in domestic killings

Remoteness a risk factor amid rise in domestic killings

Spouses and partners are perpetrators in half the assaults that land women in hospitals across Australia, while homicides have increased in the past five years.

School bus crash accused 'not the villain', jury told

School bus crash accused 'not the villain', jury told

Truck driver Jamie Gleeson has denied he was driving dangerously in the lead-up to a collision that left seven primary school students seriously injured.

Airshow pilot reveals spinal damage in aerobatic crash

Airshow pilot reveals spinal damage in aerobatic crash

An experienced pilot who crashed in front of thousands of spectators at an air show remains without full feeling below his waist as he continues his recovery.

'Escape, hide, tell': terror cop's mass stabbing plea

'Escape, hide, tell': terror cop's mass stabbing plea

Terrorism police want Australians to know what they should do if confronted with an armed offender, after a knife-wielding man killed six people at a mall.

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Man in court after alleged hospital carjacking attack

Man in court after alleged hospital carjacking attack

Man in court after alleged hospital carjacking attack

Man in court after alleged hospital carjacking attack

A man has faced court and a woman is in a serious condition after she was allegedly hit with her own car in an attempted carjacking at a suburban hospital.

Climate change demands more blood, prevents collection

Climate change demands more blood, prevents collection

Climate change demands more blood, prevents collection

Climate change demands more blood, prevents collection

Extreme weather events caused by climate change are seeing a rising need for blood donations but also making it more difficult than ever to collect them.

Accused murderer denies he intended to kill man

Accused murderer denies he intended to kill man

Accused murderer denies he intended to kill man

Accused murderer denies he intended to kill man

Malwal Aweng has accepted he stabbed a man to death but told a Supreme Court jury he did not intend to kill him.

Higher bar to prove stress, burnout in compo overhaul

Higher bar to prove stress, burnout in compo overhaul

Higher bar to prove stress, burnout in compo overhaul

Higher bar to prove stress, burnout in compo overhaul

Psychological injuries that stop people getting on with the job have been blamed for making a major state workers compensation scheme unsustainable.

Children among seven injured as burnout goes wrong

Children among seven injured as burnout goes wrong

Children among seven injured as burnout goes wrong

Children among seven injured as burnout goes wrong

Two children, aged eight and 10, are among seven people injured after a teen driver lost control of his car while doing a burnout.

Ten-year national road safety plan 'wildly off-track'

Ten-year national road safety plan 'wildly off-track'

Ten-year national road safety plan 'wildly off-track'

Ten-year national road safety plan 'wildly off-track'

Increases in Australia's road toll over the past four years have been at a level not recorded since 1966, before the introduction of seatbelts.

Two-year-old bitten in second dingo attack in two days

Two-year-old bitten in second dingo attack in two days

Two-year-old bitten in second dingo attack in two days

Two-year-old bitten in second dingo attack in two days

Two people have been bitten by dingoes in separate attacks at a popular tourist destination during the busy Australia Day long weekend.

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Warning to parents after dingo attacks four-year-old

Rangers are urging parents to be vigilant after a dingo attacked a four-year-old at a popular Queensland tourist destination.

Leave Lebanon now, but for some, it's not that easy

Lebanese Australians are watching on in horror as Israel bombs southern parts of Lebanon and the capital, Beirut, levelling buildings and killing hundreds.

Brisbane blaze destroys building as man fights for life

A fire has been brought under control after destroying one building and seriously damaging another, with a man taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries.

'Have faith': boxer put trust in doctors before death

Doctors missed multiple opportunities to catch a brain bleed caused by hits to the head in a 18-year-old boxer for months before his death, an inquest found.

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'Petrified' siblings fight for their lives after blaze

The father of one-of-the-three children found unconscious inside a burning home says one child may not survive as the siblings remain critical in hospital.

Ex-NRL star loses bid for $1m spinal injury payout

A former professional rugby league player has lost a court bid to claim a sizeable insurance payout after suffering a career-ending spinal injury in a tackle.

Magistrate's brother jailed over 'brazen' stabbing

Sean Sonnet, the brother of a Victorian magistrate, will serve more jail time after admitting to stabbing another man in the chest.

Tips for Aussie rules women to head off concussion rate

Women footballers are at a greater risk of concussions than their male counterparts, with training tweaks required for better safety, a study has found.

Alleged university stabber committed to stand trial

Alex Ophel has been committed to stand trial in the ACT Supreme Court after allegedly stabbing two students at the Australian National University.

Princess Anne leaves hospital after head injury

Princess Anne has left hospital where she was treated for minor head injuries and a concussion thought to have been caused by a horse.

Man charged after hospital staff assaulted, slashed

Police have charged a man after he allegedly slashed security guards and injured a nurse at a western Sydney hospital.

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