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Lawyers for a woman accused of murdering her 78-year-old mother are exploring the possibility of a mental impairment defence, a court has been told.
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Authorities burst through the door to find 18 people including a security guard and Crown Casino employee in the middle of an illegal game of Baccarat.
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NSW Premier Chris Minns has defended a $2m payment to Kathleen Folbigg who was wrongfully jailed for 20 years.
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Aussie star Rebel Wilson is facing a fresh legal threat following separate allegations she undermined attempts to release her film The Deb".
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Millions of dollars are spent every year on one simple, but gross mistake many Australians are making.
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The government is rolling out more than 500,000 extra bins which, it says, will deliver a genuine win-win" for the environment.
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The battle for the blue ribbon Sydney seat of Bradfield has hit the High Court, with the challenge set to be centred on the validity of around 150 votes.
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The Nationals are showing up" for the people of Kiama after rapist MP Gareth Ward's resignation, an MP claims, as a possibly heated by-election looms.
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With two victims dead, and a third in the final hours of his life, police had a key question for mushroom cook Erin Patterson, in video now able to be made public.
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Digital records that were barred from reaching the jury's eyes in Erin Patterson's triple murder trial can now be revealed.
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The baby girl was unlikely" to have died if she had been born in hospital or if the homebirth had appropriate midwife support, an inquest has found.
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A man has been critically injured and a 15-year-old boy arrested after a violent assault in inner Sydney.
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Disgraced MP and convicted rapist Gareth Ward has resigned moments before historic vote to expel him in NSW parliament.
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After tens of thousands marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge last Sunday, a pro-Palestinian group seeks approval to shut down another major bridge.
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A six-year-old girl has died after she was discharged from Sydney Children's Hospital twice in one day.
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Millions of Australians could see their weekend plans foiled as wet weather hits three major cities.
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Killer cook Erin Patterson will return to court for a pre-sentence hearing after she was found guilty of poisoning four members of her husband's family.
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An Aussie state will become one of the first to ban all personal devices - including mobile phones - in early learning centres.
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A serious car-motorcycle crash has sparked traffic chaos for Sydney commuters, with major delays heading in and out of the city.
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A Bill to expand hunting rights would create a taxpayer-funded propaganda unit" and turn state forests into game parks", opponents warn.
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Millions of Australians could see their weekend plans foiled as wet weather hits three major cities.
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A poll has revealed almost 8 in 10 Aussies want stronger climate action to prevent risks from bushfires and extreme weather events.
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The Productivity Commission has called for changes on road user charges for all drivers as a way to fund road and infrastructure upgrades.
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Police remove students protesting against the Gaza conflict in Melbourne after they blocked a major city intersection for about an hour.
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A Perth businessman has made an extraordinary donation to a veterinary school at one of the city's major universities.
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A woman was allegedly tied to a bed so she didn't sneak out of the house to have sex with other men", police claim.
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Dashcam footage has captured the moment a rare celestial fireball streaked across Perth's night sky at 34km per second, leaving stargazers in awe.
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The Crocodile King of the Territory' and a former senior NT cop have shared their testimony on the second day of Netflix star Matt Wright's Supreme Court trial.
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A major overhaul of Medicare's digital services will make it easier for millions of Aussies to have access from their phones.
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The Australian sharemarket has ticked down from a record high but maintained much of the lofty gains as investors prepare for interest rate cuts.
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The Tasmanian Premier is confident the elections are over for now and he will not face another no confidence vote, as he reveals some familiar faces on his new front bench.
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The mother-of-four whose convictions for killing her young kids were later quashed will receive a payout after wrongly serving 20 years in jail.
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Kathleen Folbigg, who spent 20 years in jail wrongly convicted of killing her children, will receive an unfair and unjust" $2 million payment from the NSW government.
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Anthony Albanese says he has no plans to implement any new taxes, despite a groups pushing for hikes to GST and cuts to negative gearing.
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Police believe they have located the body of a missing Newcastle woman three months after she disappeared.
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A judge has condemned a national television program for broadcasting unfair' coverage on the eve of reality television star's Supreme Court trial.
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Chopper footage has captured the moment a man stranded deep in the remote outback was found.
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Australians would get a $3300 payment in exchange for a hike in the GST, in a bold plan to be presented to the government at key economic meetings this month.
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A former judge charged with possessing child abuse material has been given the all clear to do one thing despite police opposition.
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Australia's major banks are joining the wave of smaller lenders cutting mortgage rates ahead of a near-certainty" rate cut next week.
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Anthony Albanese indicated he would not speak with Donald Trump ahead of making a decision whether or not to recognise a Palestinian state.
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A man known for his bizarre public antics by faking a seizure and seeking help from passers-by has issued an apology to one victim in court.
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Within two to three seconds, we went from everything's fine and normal' to the boat being upside down, and we're in the water," the Aussie man said.
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Two car thieves have been sent scambling in fear after a Melbourne homeowner's incredible act.
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A rain band thousands of kilometres long is going to bring showers to large parts of the interior and a huge stretch of Australia's east coast.
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The expulsion of Gareth Ward would usurp" sentencing of the convicted rapist, his lawyer has claimed in court, as the MP fights to keep his job.
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Police have released images of a man they believe could assist in their investigation into a man allegedly exposing himself to two children at a bus stop.
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A fire has torn through a Sydney business and neighbouring factory overnight, leaving one person in hospital.
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An 84-year-old man has died three days after he and his wife, 82, were allegedly assaulted by a man known to them at their home near Wagga Wagga.