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As ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji batters North Queensland, emergency crews have carried out dramatic rescues, including two adults and five children forced onto tables by rising floodwaters.
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Police officers armed with semiautomatic rifles will be deployed for the Australian Open in a move one senior political figure has branded a sad sign of the times".
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The Matildas' incredible run on home soil in 2023 is a sporting moment few Aussies will soon forget - but its success lays bare a troubling trend.
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A 19-year-old has been arrested after another man was found with fatal stab wounds on a street in Melbourne's CBD.
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When he was confronted by an irate woman with bulging eyes in a park on Christmas Day, TJ realised something was seriously wrong with his city.
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Thousands are without electricity as ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji lashes North Queensland, forcing dramatic rescues and sparking warnings of potentially life-threatening flooding."
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The Bondi shooting hero has suffered a major setback just hours after an emotional meeting in New York with former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.
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Ex-Tropical Cyclone Koji has made landfall in North Queensland, with warnings the system's heavy rainfall could cause life-threatening flash flooding".
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Tropical Cyclone Koji is making landfall in North Queensland, with residents bracing for heavy rainfall and potentially dangerous flooding.
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An elderly man was unable to be saved after a tree fell on him while watching a local cricket match.
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A young international visitor has been found dead after he was swept out while swimming on the Gold Coast.
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North Queensland is bracing for Cyclone Koji to make landfall, with residents warned to expect damaging winds, heavy rain and possible flooding.
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A single mum who repaid rent arrears after falling ill last year is being evicted from a social housing home where she has lived for the past four years with nowhere to go.
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Thousands have braved heatwave conditions to attend Canberra's iconic car festival, which has been given an exemption from the territory's first total fire ban in six years.
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North Queensland is bracing for Cyclone Koji as it makes landfall, with residents warned to expect damaging winds, heavy rain and possible flooding.
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How the use of the popular app Shazam app wound up costing a popular chain of gyms more than $260,000 has been revealed in court.
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Australia faces extreme weather chaos as NSW swelters under 43C heat with total fire bans while up north locals brace for a possible cyclone.
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North Queensland is bracing for Cyclone Koji to make landfall about 4am, with residents warned to expect damaging winds, heavy rain and possible flooding.
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North Queensland is bracing for Cyclone Koji to make landfall, with residents warned to expect damaging winds, heavy rain and possible flooding.
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A man has been shot dead at a western Sydney unit block in the early hours of Saturday morning.
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Queensland's premier has expressed fury at a particular act as police urge locals to take shelter from an incoming cyclone.
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The boy's family members performed CPR after he was pulled unresponsive from a pool, but sadly he couldn't be saved.
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A popular hybrid SUV has been recalled after a potentially deadly manufacturing defect was discovered.
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Queensland's premier has expressed fury at a particular act as a cyclone threatens to unleash devastating rainfall across coastal communities.
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A head swim coach at a prestigious girls school has been accused of sexually assaulting a child he met on a social media application.
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A dire warning has been issued from authorities who are urging those in heatwave affected areas to use common sense, stay cool and look out for the elderly as temperatures soar past 43C.
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Australia is on the cusp of reaching a population milestone - even as the nation stares down the barrel of a demographic crisis amid crashing migration and birthrate levels.
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Authorities are urging those in heatwave affected areas to use common sense, stay cool and look out for the elderly as temperatures soar past 43C.
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A family's Melbourne home was hit with bullets during what police believe was an accident during an alleged targeted shooting on another property.
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A man's chilling words uttered to a woman after he fired a sawn-off rifle at her head have been revealed along with horror details of his campaign of abuse" against her.
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The individual figures attached to Jake Weatherald's maiden Test summer weren't flashy, but there is one statistic that sits firmly in his favour for the future.
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Wallabies flanker Fraser McReight has taken over as the Queensland Reds skipper ahead of the new Super Rugby Pacific campaign.
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Sydney is set for a historic weekend with work set to get underway on the first new heavy rail station in more than a decade.
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A popular beer has been pulled from shelves over a risk it could cause illness or injury if consumed.
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Melbourne's off-season from hell has continued with another two stars confirming they won't be at the club in 2027.
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Police have charged a teenager with attempted murder after a 17-year-old boy was allegedly stabbed when a brawl broke out at a house party in Sydney's west.
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The Prime Minister has hit back after being asked about excluding Australia's domestic spy chief from National Security Committee meetings.
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A 17-year-old girl has died and two people are fighting for life after a crash in Sydney's southwest.
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A victim of the horrific Bondi shooting has shared her outrage at her experience of her identity" being ripped" while she was being treated at hospital.
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Two boys have been hospitalised after crashing and rolling an allegedly stolen car during a wild police pursuit.
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A prominent Palestinian-Australian writer has been removed from a major literary festival line-up, with organisers citing cultural sensitivity" following the Bondi tragedy.
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An NRL club became entangled in a bitter family dispute that saw multiple rejected offers and explosive accusations in court.
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Jewish leaders are demanding answers after a cartoon ran by Nine newspapers suggests royal commission calls are being orchestrated by Israel.
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Massive queues formed outside an ordinary Sydney art gallery as fans of an international rock sensation braved the heatwave conditions to meet and greet their idol.
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The Prime Minister has hit back at suggestions voters see him as a weak" leader after resisting calls to call for a federal royal commission into the Bondi terror attack.
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Rangers have made a terrifying discovery at an idyllic Aussie swimming and camping spot frequented by families.
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Optus has poached Telstra veteran Sri Amirthalingam as its new chief technology officer as the telco continues rebuilding trust after its devastating triple-0 outage.
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Rangers have made a terrifying discovery at an idyllic Aussie swimming and camping spot frequented by families.
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Anthony Albanese has yielded to weeks of pressure, confirming a federal royal commission into the Bondi terror attack will go ahead.
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The Ashes are done and dusted, with Australia showing the rest of the world why they are the most feared team in cricket, but questions remain over the hosts going forward.