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A man has been charged with allegedly performing a Nazi salute before assaulting a stranger in broad daylight on a busy Sydney street.
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A prominent Australian university has been hit with a massive penalty over systemic" record-keeping failures which prevented Fair Work inspectors from investigating underpayments to casual academics.
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A veteran 2GB radio announcer who was a major night-time radio figure for more than three decades has died aged 81.
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A former Labor minister who once called Donald Trump a moron" has addressed rumours he could replace Kevin Rudd as Australia's envoy in Washington.
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Victoria Police's former Chief Commissioner has been subpoenaed to give evidence as a CFMEU organiser fights threat charges, a court has been told.
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A massive manhunt is underway in Western Australia's midwest to find fugitive Kenneth Giles who has been on the run for seven days.
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A Sydney prayer hall linked to a controversial Islamic preacher has permanently closed after council found it operated without approval.
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A leading Jewish organisation has warned it is totally opposed" to a carve-out of new hate speech laws for religious teaching.
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A female sports star spent the night behind bars after allegedly using bank transfer payments to send messages to her ex after being blocked.
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A Palestinian-Australian author axed from Adelaide Writers' Week has made a major legal threat against the state's premier.
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The youngest son from a famous footballing family will appeal his conviction for twice raping a woman.
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A French man has died after falling 20m while rock climbing on a popular cliff, where a young girl lost her life five years ago.
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A high-ranking Neo-Nazi has made a big claim after he allegedly encouraged the abuse of a federal MP, just a day after the NSN announced it would shut down.
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A senior Nationals senator from Victoria has made a shocking declaration about Western Sydney in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
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The youngest son from a famous footballing family has lodged an appeal after he was jailed for twice raping a woman.
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A French man has died after falling 20m while rock climbing on a popular cliff, where a young girl lost her life five years ago.
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NRLW star Maddie Studdon spent the night in police custody after allegedly turning up at her former partner's home following a relationship breakdown.
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A man has stolen a tip jar from a Double Bay cafe in broad daylight, with CCTV footage capturing the brazen theft.
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An American author's explosive rant about Australia's baffling" approach to energy use despite being the envy of the world" has lit up the internet.
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His book on Australia's history topped the charts leading in to Christmas. Now former PM Tony Abbott argues the case for Australia's best ever' prime minister.
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Heartbreaking stories from the victims of Victoria's devastating bushfire crisis - including a woman facing the ultimate triple tragedy in a single weekend - have been revealed.
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A farmer has captured the devastating moment his cattle were forced to flee flames as bushfire engulfed his farm near Goulburn.
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A NSW man has been charged after a federal politician allegedly received death threats at their office.
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A popular Aussie comedy trio have taken the search for a man who allegedly broke into their restaurant office to the next level.
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Beloved Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with child exploitation material offences.
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Party officials have scrambled to remove all traces of the controversial event after questions were raised.
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Lifeguards around the country are facing up to 10 incidents of abuse or aggression every day, with some facilities forced to temporarily close amid a surge in violence.
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Australia's most prominent neo-Nazi organisation has announced it will disband ahead of sweeping federal laws coming into effect - but not without taking a parting shot at the government.
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Beloved Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with child exploitation material offences after police allegedly found him engaging with other offenders online.
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A prisoner has died in a high security Australian jail after being found unresponsive by staff, authorities have confirmed.
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A man has been charged after officers seized an alleged massive illegal haul of tobacco and vapes, which were allegedly stashed in a storage shed.
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A leading Jewish group says Labor's sweeping hate speech reforms have significant shortcomings".
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A man accused of a gruesome double murder has professed his innocence in court, as his lawyers seek time to work with a forensic psychiatrist.
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Renowned Australian author Craig Silvey has been charged with child exploitation offences after police allegedly found him engaging with other offenders online.
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The police inspector who stopped the Bondi Junction killer now faces her own battle, and Australia's response is astonishing.
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A second teenager has been charged after an Airbnb party turned into a nightmare with one boy left fighting for life.
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A mosquito protection warning has been issued after a probable Japanese encephalitis case was detected in a man and chickens in southern regions.
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Police have released CCTV footage of men they believe can assist with the investigation into the alleged murder of a teenager at a bus stop.
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Australians have kept spending at the fastest pace in two years while simultaneously becoming more pessimistic about their financial future than ever.
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A rising Labor star has issued an apology after complaints of a shoot, shag, marry" game allegedly being played at a Hobart festival.
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Sydneysiders have slammed a website pretending to be owned by victims of the Bondi terror attack, as a public warning is issued.
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The high-profile exit comes as more than 180 writers, including ex-New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern, drop out of the festival in protest.
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Authorities have been working tirelessly to rescue Queenslanders trapped by floodwaters as ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji sends a deluge of rain over the state.
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Anthony Albanese has addressed fears about snap gun laws drafted in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
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Anthony Albanese has declared January 22 a national day of mourning following the deadly December 14 terrorist attack at Bondi Beach.
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Australian cricket legend Alyssa Healy has revealed she will step away from the game after an incredible 15-year career.
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A small town has recorded its highest rainfall total in more than a century as ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji causes major flooding in parts of Queensland.
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Police have opened up a renewed probe into the mysterious disappearance of an eight-year-old girl who disappeared from her bed in Melbourne half a century ago - with a massive reward now on offer.
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A man has been arrested in a neighbouring Aussie state following a grim update in the search for a missing Brisbane woman not seen in days.
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A child has died and a man has been hospitalised following a house fire in Melbourne's north.