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A Qantas passenger jet has had to make an emergency landing in Sydney.

Emergency landing for Qantas Perth-bound flight

A Qantas flight bound for Perth has been forced to turn around and make an emergency landing on Monday morning.

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A man has drowned in the surf.

Swimmers try to revive man after drowning at popular beach

Swimmers and paramedics have tried in vain to save a man who drowned after in incident in the surf.

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Communities on Queensland's coast are bracing for gale force winds as Cyclone Alfred approaches.

Millions brace for unprecedented assault from Cyclone Alfred

Communities in the firing line of a cyclone have been told to prepare for life-threatening flooding and ensure they have tinned food at home.

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Buyers are looking to get ahead of a wave of demand with prices emerging from a three-month dip.

Housing downturn over as rate cut boosts sentiment

Some states have witnessed home prices fall in recent years but a rebound is happening with the market higher in February as buyers look to get in ahead of a wave of demand.

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A Melbourne car bombing that killed a businessman has remained as one of Australia’s most baffling unsolved cold cases.

Major update in one of Australia’s most baffling unsolved cold cases

7NEWS can exclusively reveal that there is now a $1 million reward being offered to help solve the fatal car bombing.

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The Crown Princess got ‘soggy’ onboard when the cruise ship tilted in the water while travelling through New Zealand last Tuesday.

Cruise ship horror as Crown Princess tilts, injuring passengers

The cruise liner blamed strong winds and a directional change for the severe tilt.

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US support is still needed for a peace deal in Ukraine, shadow home affairs minister James Paterson says, despite a heated exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.

Ukraine peace deal 'not durable without US backing': Coalition

US support is still needed for a peace deal in Ukraine, shadow home affairs minister James Paterson says, despite a heated exchange between Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky.

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HMAS Choules is on a rescue mission off the eastern coast after an ocean rower got into trouble. (Ian Currie/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian navy sent to rescue rower caught up in cyclone

A long-distance sea rower is waiting to be rescued by Australian authorities after being caught up in Tropical Cyclone Alfred.

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A 27-year-old woman was found on the footpath in North Toowoomba with multiple serious injuries.

Man charged with murder after shooting woman in broad daylight

A man faces murder charges after a 27-year-old woman was fatally shot on a suburban street west of Brisbane earlier this week.

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A 14-year-old girl was allegedly stabbed multiple times at an Epping shopping centre on Friday.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Wednesday, February 5, 2025. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Cash injection for Medicare as Albo vows to build more urgent care clinics

The Prime Minister is desperately trying to make health a key political issue, as he sees it as a strength over Opposition Leader, Peter Dutton. 

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Ted Marchmont will fly to Florida for proton beam therapy.

Cancer patients forced overseas as $500m Australian treatment centre sits empty

Parents say Australia is lagging behind the rest of the world and our children ‘deserve better’.

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