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Mount Lindesay Hwy closed, three rushed to hospital after four car crash at Cedar Grove near Logan
Police said the death was not being treated as suspicious

Girl, 7, struck and killed by falling tree

A young girl has died after being struck by a falling palm tree while playing in a yard in the Northern Territory.

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The shooting took place at a busy coastal area of northeast Queensland.

Police shoot dead man armed with machete, knife

A man has been shot dead by police after he advanced on officers armed with a machete and a knife.

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Bradley John Murdoch was given a life sentence over the murder of Peter Falconio in 2001.

Twisted Falconio murderer takes body location to the grave

BEN HARVEY: Murdoch either didn’t believe in God or didn’t fear his judgment because he was prepared to deny Falconio’s family any closure.

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Farzana Kauser was sentenced to 13 years jail after her arrest.

Mum used her kids to smuggle $30m worth of cocaine

A mother has been identified as the ringleader of a massive drug smuggling operation after using her children as ‘mules’ before being taken down by police.

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A man has been found lying on a road seriously injured following an alleged road rage incident in Punchbowl, Sydney.

Man left on the road with head injuries following alleged road rage incident

One witness told 7NEWS he saw two men jump out of a car behind the victim’s vehicle.

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The air wing have been heavily involved in locating the missing plane.

Body located in wreckage of light plane crash

A search and recovery party that set out to locate the wreckage of a small plane after it crashed in the NSW Snowy Mountains has discovered the body of the pilot.

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The wreckage of a crashed plane has been located in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

‘Not survivable’: Police launch recovery mission after light plane crash

The pilot of a crashed plane is believed to have died after the discovery of wreckage ‘you wouldn't recognise’ as an aeroplane, NSW police say.

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Two bodies have been found inside a home. 

Grim discovery as two bodies found inside home

Police say the bodies appear to have been there for ‘a considerable amount of time’.

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A police officer has been arrested in Sydney, charged with serious offences including misconduct in public office and possession of child abuse and bestiality material.

Cop allegedly accessed child abuse material on work computer

A senior police officer has been arrested in Sydney, charged with serious offences including misconduct in public office and possession of child abuse and bestiality material.

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A 17-year-old boy is being assessed for a neurological condition after allegedly attempting to hijack a plane at one of Australia’s major regional airports.

New details as boy is accused of hijacking Jetstar flight

There’s an update after a 17-year-old boy allegedly attempted to hijack a plane at one of Australia's major regional airports.

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Peter Falconio’s father has spoken out on the 24th anniversary of his son’s murder.

Father breaks silence as Falconio killer close to death

The father of murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio has made an impassioned plea in the hope his killer will disclose the whereabouts of his son’s remains before he dies.

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The 26-year-old was escorted to a tarmac in the Wheatbelt by police after she was found.

ALIVE: Missing backpacker found in WA outback

German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found by a member of the public injured and ravaged by mosquitoes but, miraculously, alive after 12 days missing in the outback.

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A man was struck after leaping from a moving vehicle.

Incredible vision as man hit by police car during chase

WATCH: A man has tried to evade police after crashing the van he was driving, before being run over by an unmarked police car. WARNING GRAPHIC VISION.

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