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A five-year-old boy has been rushed to hospital with critical injuries after a disused parking meter fell on him.
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Matthew Norman, 38, has been arrested and charged in Sydney, just weeks after his return to Australia following 19 years behind bars in Indonesia.
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A man has been charged after allegedly creating a fraudulent will to inherit a $4.5m, estate, including homes and bank accounts.
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A high-profile mum has been charged after she allegedly gave her one-year-old child unauthorised" medication to gain online followers and donations.
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Greens leader Adam Bandt has told voters they have the ability to usher in a golden era of progressive reform" with this move.
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The man police allege murdered Samantha Murphy has been slapped with a fine after pleading guilty to an unrelated drunk motorcycle crash.
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A woman who allegedly set fire to the homes and cars of her former housemates issued one demand for the fires to stop, a court has been told.
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A young woman shot and killed days before Christmas has been remembered for unwavering compassion" as family and friends gather to farewell her.
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The man hand-picked by Donald Trump to lead the US' foreign agenda has given his unwavering support to the significant security deal.
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A massive storm has impacted the east with one death and hundreds of thousands left without power, with more rain due to hit.
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A monster childcare pedophile who abused young girls over a decade and faced 307 charges isn't finished with the courts just yet.
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Police believe a woman who died in a horror house fire suspected to be deliberately lit was a completely innocent" victim.
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Desperate commuters have been forced to pay as much as double to catch an Uber as wild weather and widespread rail disruptions leave them no other option.
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Anthony Albanese is shaking up his leadership team as veteran Labor MP Bill Shorten exits politics months out from the looming federal election.
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The man police allege murdered missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy has been slapped with a fine after pleading guilty to a drunk motorcycle crash after Grand Final celebrations.
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One Aussie state will finally introduce pill testing at music festivals in a bid to save lives - but there's a lot more to the story.
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Peter Dutton reiterated the need for uniform knife laws following the horrific" stabbing of a 63-year-old Coles employee, allegedly at the hands of a 13-year-old.
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A man will front court over domestic violence murder charges after another man found with stab wounds died in a suburban home.
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Horrific details have emerged about how a 16-year-old Australian boy was allowed to drink himself to death" over Christmas lunch with his family.
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Specialist arson police are investigating a house fire which killed a woman and destroyed a three-storey townhouse in the early hours of Thursday.
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Anthony Albanese is shaking up his leadership team as veteran Labor MP Bill Shorten exits politics months out from the looming federal election.
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Private health insurers have been told to sharpen their pencils" and provide a more reasonable" price hike which will come into effect on April 1.
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An unsung hero" of the television industry was found dead in his Sydney home, prompting an outpouring of heartfelt tributes from friends and colleagues.
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A massive storm has impacted the east with one death and hundreds of thousands left without power, with more rain due to hit.
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The NDIS minister will leave parliament weeks earlier than expected, raising expectations the Prime Minister will move for a quick cabinet reshuffle.
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One of Australia's big four banks has renewed its prediction for when the Reserve Bank will cut the cash rate, as spending dropped after the Black Friday sales.
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A young fish and chips shop worker charged after allegedly killing a model while leaving a rave has asked a court for one thing.
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A magistrate has thrown out abuse-related charges against a Channel 7 star at the tail end of a lengthy committal hearing.
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The cost of living crisis is extending to schools, with households making a number of sacrifices to send the kids back to school.
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There's a good reason that the three-and-a-half-hour drama The Brutalist is favourite to win this year's Best Picture Oscar - it's like nothing you have seen before, writes Leigh Paatsch.
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A man has died after being pulled from the ocean unconscious, marking the 55th drowning since summer started.
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Coles has reacted to a worker allegedly being stabbed by a 13-year-old boy inside one of its supermarkets with this nationwide move.
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A new approach to detecting and treating obesity could help in the prevention, management and treatment in adults and children living with obesity, new research says.
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The modern space race is causing headaches for Australian travellers at much lower altitudes, and billionaire Elon Musk is at the heart of it.
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A young fish and chips shop worker was allegedly drunk when he ran over and killed a model and injured others while leaving a rave party.
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A man allegedly bludgeoned his partner to death with a rock after the couple spent a day drinking hand sanitiser, part of a grim growing trend.
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The health system in one Australian state is on the verge of going off a cliff" with more than half of this workforce set to quit.
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The Prime Minister has revealed how he plans to tackle a rise in alleged anti-Semitic incidents across Australia after coming under fire in recent weeks.
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The Prime Minister is taking his pre-election blitz to Tasmania, where Labor is making a play to flip to critical seats and retain a third.
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The Australian Health Practitioner regulator has been notified after a teen girl was allegedly raped during a medical exam at an Adelaide clinic.
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A man allegedly kidnapped and bashed by pro-Palestinian activists later claimed to have been offered a payment by a burger chain boss to drop the case, a court has been told.
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The 34-year-old is facing 116 fraud charges after allegedly scamming her customers to fund her lavish lifestyle.
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Two police officers were allegedly attacked with a pen, one in the face and neck, after responding to calls about a disturbance on a domestic flight.
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The health system in one Australian state is on the verge of going off a cliff" with more than half the mental health workforce set to quit.
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A former ward of the state is suing the WA government for compensation, claiming he was placed into the care of family members who repeatedly abused him.
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Afghanistan veteran Sean Halfpenny, who discovered painting during his recovery from PTSD, will pay tribute to two local heroes in a major artwork.
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The beaches will be closed until further notice" as the EPA works to identify the cause of bizarre debris that has washed ashore.
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Alongside the festival of Aussie sport on TV this week, there's also the return of the Emmy-winning Severance, an Australia Day debate and a brutal Western that's not for the faint-hearted.
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Police in one state have pulled out all stops to crash a press conference and highlight their plight as a pay dispute intensifies.