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Murder charge after woman dies in 'crash with kangaroo'

Days after a man rang emergency services and claimed his partner had been injured in a car crash with a kangaroo, the 33-year-old has been charged with murder.

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Manhunt for rapist enters third day after escape

Police are continuing a search after an immigration detainee previously convicted for rape escaped from a hospital where he went to get medical treatment.

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Premier, colleagues shocked after MP found dead

A state MP has been found dead at his home, prompting condolences to his family from all sides of politics.

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Art controversy in court and on national gallery walls

The Ngura Pulka exhibition is finally opening at the National Gallery of Australia, following a three-year delay because of allegations of interference.

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Man incited racial violence with Cronulla bashing calls

A man has pleaded guilty to inciting racial violence by calling for bashings at the site of infamous race riots following the Bondi Beach massacre.

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‘Inherently dangerous and unnecessary’: NT buses will soon be patrolled by armed officers

First Nations lawyers and politicians warn the change will disproportionately affect Indigenous people, making them feel ‘less safe, rather than more safe’

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Indigenous woman makes history in chief magistrate role

Proud Kamilaroi woman Justice Louise Taylor has been appointed chief magistrate of the ACT Magistrates Court.

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'Drop the knife': conflicting accounts of cop shooting

A police officer says he yelled "drop the knife" before shooting an Indigenous man while a witness claimed nothing was said ahead of an inquest into the death.

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Police said nothing to First Nations man immediately before opening fire, court hears

Police say they told the 27-year-old man to ‘drop the knife’ before he was fatally shot. But the only non-police witness says they said nothing, a court heard

The Guardian - AU

Mother begs for closure in daughter's cold-case mystery

Family members of a woman killed more than two decades ago are pleading for information, while lamenting her father died never knowing what happened.

AAP

Bones found on holiday island could have colonial past

Police are investigating whether bones found on a popular holiday island that was once an Aboriginal prison are human.

AAP

Bailed neo-Nazi's call to free accused war criminal

A prominent white nationalist accused of harassing female leaders online has called for the release of alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith.

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'River to sea' accused denies hateful speech intent

The first person charged under a state's new anti-Semitism legislation has denied being hateful when he used outlawed words "from the river to the sea".

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'Warning flare' for high Indigenous kids' jail rates

Laws sold as a solution to community safety are being used to lock up First Nations youth while fuelling future crime, according to experts.

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The Guardian - AU

No children charged with Queensland’s new ‘adult crime, adult time’ offences in 11 years, government statistics show

Under the bill, 12 offences will be added to laws that already allow children to be sentenced to life behind bars for some non-violent crimes

The Guardian - AU

Ben Roberts-Smith arrested: former Australian soldier charged with five war crime murders in Afghanistan

Roberts-Smith previously failed in his attempt to sue three newspapers which published allegations he murdered unarmed civilians and bullied comrades

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'Nowhere left to run': Australians react as 33,000 Sydney residents and 8,600 Melbourne natives flee due to rising immigrant population

Australians are leaving hubs like Sydney and Melbourne for other parts of the country amid a flush in immigration levels under Labor, according to official data. In the year 2024-2025, more than 33,000 residents left Sydney while 8,600 abandoned Melbourne. Moreover, Adelaide, Hobart, Darwin and Canberra are also experiencing net…

The Guardian - AU

Australian Human Rights Commission investigates racial discrimination complaint against NSW government

Investigation comes after South Asian Muslim and caste-oppressed Hindu community representatives lodged formal complaint

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The Guardian - AU

Aboriginal child moved 1,700km from remote NT community should be returned, family court rules

Judge says boy should go back to his community to learn about stories and rituals ‘that can only be taught on country’

The Guardian - AU

Six reasons why Bob Hawke was Australia’s gold standard prime minister

Former attorney general Gareth Evans outlines the factors that created an unparalleled reformist momentum – and the crucial role Paul Keating played

The Guardian - AU

Sisters of officer killed by Dezi Freeman plan to sue police for negligence, lawyer says

Dianne Thompson and Lois Kirk tell Victoria police in letter ‘we did not expect to feel invisible’ after Neal Thompson’s death

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Outspoken Liberal MP wins spot in election-ticket twist

Controversial state Liberal MP Moira Deeming has emerged victorious in a bruising preselection battle after a rival dropped out of the running.

The Guardian - AU

‘We’re the experts in our own lives’: Victoria’s First Nations treaty body is holding its first elections

Gellung Warl candidates, Lidia Thorpe’s son among them, are hoping to bring their lived experience to ‘a new era’ of politics in the state

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Cop killer not the first fugitive drawn to 'wild west'

A century before double murderer Dezi Freeman set foot in the isolated Upper Murray, another fugitive killer also sparked a statewide manhunt.

The Guardian - AU

Moira Deeming to secure top spot on Victorian Liberal ticket

Reversal of fortune comes just one week after she was dumped in favour of Dinesh Gourisetty, who then withdrew his nomination

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