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Australia leverages Indigenous, sports links in Pacific

Australia leverages Indigenous, sports links in Pacific

Australia is leveraging all diplomatic tools including Indigenous connections and sports links to boost engagement in the Pacific as geopolitical tensions rise.

State short thousands of police, leaked memo reveals

State short thousands of police, leaked memo reveals

State short thousands of police, leaked memo reveals

State short thousands of police, leaked memo reveals

Police numbers in NSW are at dangerously low levels, according to a senior officer's internal message to his boss.

Body found in search for boy swept out to sea

Body found in search for boy swept out to sea

Body found in search for boy swept out to sea

Body found in search for boy swept out to sea

A body has been found following a multi-agency land and sea search for an 11-year-old boy swept into the water while crossing a channel.

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Man who bashed cop and left her for dead to be released

Man who bashed cop and left her for dead to be released

A drug-addicted man who hit police officer Samantha Barlow over the head with a brick will be set free from prison despite objections from his victim.

Fourteen people investigated for terror symbol displays

Fourteen people investigated for terror symbol displays

Police are investigating the display of terrorist iconography and whether rhetoric about killed terrorists crossed the threshold into inciting violence.

Search for 'beloved boy' ends but family remain hopeful

Search for 'beloved boy' ends but family remain hopeful

The family of an 11-year-old swept out to sea in a popular beach town has praised volunteers who are selflessly dedicated to finding their "beloved boy".

Taxpayer-backed defence for ex-cop on murder charges

Taxpayer-backed defence for ex-cop on murder charges

A late change in legal representation by former police officer Beaumont Lamarre-Condon has been described as "regrettable" by a magistrate.

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Cannabis driver study joint venture takes to the road

Cannabis driver study joint venture takes to the road

Cannabis driver study joint venture takes to the road

Cannabis driver study joint venture takes to the road

A study to test medicinal cannabis' impact on drivers has begun, days after Victoria's upper house drew a line between impairment and a positive blood test.

'Devastating' police dog deaths probed after pod fail

'Devastating' police dog deaths probed after pod fail

'Devastating' police dog deaths probed after pod fail

'Devastating' police dog deaths probed after pod fail

A review is under way after two NSW Police dogs were found dead inside a purpose-built, air-conditioned pod on an official vehicle.

Tighter police gun controls after alleged double murder

Tighter police gun controls after alleged double murder

Tighter police gun controls after alleged double murder

Tighter police gun controls after alleged double murder

Stricter controls on the movement of NSW police-issue weapons and an overhaul of paper-based tracking come after a review prompted by an alleged double murder.

School zone dispute prompts top cop corruption referral

School zone dispute prompts top cop corruption referral

School zone dispute prompts top cop corruption referral

School zone dispute prompts top cop corruption referral

One of Victoria's top cops has been referred to the state's anti-corruption commission following an alleged road rage incident outside a school.

Arrest over Nazi salute at Land Forces expo protest

Arrest over Nazi salute at Land Forces expo protest

Arrest over Nazi salute at Land Forces expo protest

Arrest over Nazi salute at Land Forces expo protest

People who allegedly pushed crates against police horses, assaulted police and performed the Nazi salute at a weapons exhibition have been arrested.

Port climate protest opposed due to safety risks

Port climate protest opposed due to safety risks

Port climate protest opposed due to safety risks

Port climate protest opposed due to safety risks

Police are opposing a climate group's protest against coal exports at a NSW port due to safety and economic risks and concerns over civil disobedience.

Ex-cop gets suspended sentence after 'sexting' teens

Ex-cop gets suspended sentence after 'sexting' teens

Ex-cop gets suspended sentence after 'sexting' teens

Ex-cop gets suspended sentence after 'sexting' teens

A former police officer has been convicted but will not go to jail despite asking two teenage girls for nude photographs and videos in exchange for money.

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Budget blowout won't impact police frontline: premier

A $116 million budget blowout will not impact frontline police services, Queensland Premier David Crisafulli says as he vows to bolster their ranks.

Blaze that killed girl, babysitter 'not suspicious'

Police have ruled a fire that killed an eight-year-old girl and her babysitter as not suspicious with investigations remaining ongoing.

Inquest confirms crooked cop Rogerson's final moments

Australia's most notorious corrupt cop spent his final moments bedridden and lapsing in and out of consciousness, an inquest into his death has been told.

Husband of interest in Indian mum murder as $1m offered

Nearly 10 years on from Prabha Arun Kumar's stabbing death, police have raised the stakes of their investigation with a $1 million reward for information.

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'Recent threats': Thorpe's alleged attacker in court

A woman who allegedly left Lidia Thorpe with serious nerve and spinal injuries in an assault outside the MCG has faced court virtually due to "recent threats".

Three dead in 'unsurvivable' midair plane collision

Three people have died in an "unsurvivable" midair collision between two light aircraft over Sydney's southwest.

Family mourns couple killed by truck crash into home

A farming couple killed when a truck crashed into a home would want their community to keep working to make the world a better place, their family says.

Body found, murder charge in search for horse breeder

Police scoured a semi-rural property for the body of 82-year-old Edwin Dobbin after charging a man over his murder and allegedly covering up the crime.

Up in smoke: 'huge' cannabis crop torched after bust

Five people have been arrested in one of Victoria's largest cannabis drug busts as crops with a street value of more than $26 million are destroyed.

'Cover up' after killing of gang-linked home invader

The alleged shooting murder of a man involved in a home invasion was concealed by the gunman's organised-crime associates, police say.

Huge drug driving increase but no behavioural change

NSW's crime statistics bureau has found no evidence a big increase in drug driving detections has led to a change in driver behaviour.

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