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A supplied undated image obtained on Friday, December 20, 2024 of a fire burning near Creswick in Victoria, Tuesday, December 17, 2024. Large parts of Australia face higher bushfire risk over summer, as authorities also warn people to be ready for cyclones, floods and heatwaves. (AAP Image/Supplied by CFA, Coimadai Fire Brigade) NO ARCHIVING, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
Victoria
Holly Hales and Dominique Tassell

More Victorian residents told to ‘leave immediately’ as bushfires rage

Emergency services said they may not be able to help those who stay.

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A man has died after he was found unresponsive by a NSW highway.
NSW
Dominique Tassell

Man dies after he was found with head injuries on side of NSW highway

He was unconscious with critical injuries when emergency services arrived.

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The P-plate driver clocked 200km/h.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

P-plate driver’s 200km/h pursuit and two high-range results

Police have charged a P-plate driver after he was clocked doing 200km/h after being stopped twice in four hours, recording a high-range drink driving reading both times. 

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The bus driver was killed in the collision.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

Horror as bus, truck collide killing driver, many injured

Bus driver killed, many seriously injured after a packed bus and truck collide leaving one of Australia’s busiest highways closed.

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A man has been killed in a shooting in Melbourne’s north.
Victoria
Dominique Tassell and Lucy Mae Beers

Major update after man killed in Melbourne shooting

Two people ‘came to police attention’ after the were dropped off at a hospital.

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Heavily armed police smashed their way into a Liverpool unit and arrested a 37-year-old man.
NSW
Luke Costin

Drug kingpins unmasked as raids snare Asian gangs, labs

A secretive crime agency has lifted the lid on who controls lucrative cannabis markets in Australia as scores of people are arrested with links to Asian crime gangs.

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Igor Korolev and his Australian soldier wife were arrested in Brisbane and charged with spying. (HANDOUT/AUSTRALIAN FEDERAL POLICE)
Australia
Savannah Meacham

Accused Russian spy case delayed for months

A couple accused of spying on Australia for Russia will remain in custody as their case faces more delays.

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The charge against former Uniting Church manager Yolanda Borucki
Australia
Rosanna Kingsun with AAP

Yolanda spoke up about one of Australia’s worst paedophiles. Then police raided her house

Ashley Paul Griffith was sentenced to life in prison last month after pleading guilty to 307 offences against children.

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A man has been jailed for brutally stabbing his former partner to death in front of her child.
Australia
Tara Cosoleto

Murderer jailed for 24 years for shocking killing of ex-partner

A murderer who broke into his former partner’s home and viciously stabbed her to death in front of her young child has been jailed for up to 24 years and six months.

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ASIO’s Mike Burgess and other law officials are warning parents to stay vigilant.
Technology
Kristin Shorten

Urgent police warning for kids on TikTok during holidays

Police fear extremists will prey on children, in the same way child sex offenders groom kids online these holidays, and are warning parents.

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Video
A man is currently refusing to leave a crane on top of a Melbourne building, after a fire was extinguished in a construction site.
Victoria
Dominique Tassell

Police operation in Melbourne as man climbs to top of crane after fire was lit

Traffic and trains in the area were impacted.

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Video
A car was rammed into the front of a Nando’s on Barkly St in Footscray about 2.15am on Friday.
Victoria
Dominique Tassell

Car rammed into Nando’s with pointed message spray-painted on it

The driver had a message for the Melbourne fast-food restaurant emblazoned on the side of the car.

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Meraj Zafar pleaded guilty to murdering his pregnant wife at their western Sydney apartment.
NSW
Duncan Murray

Jailed killer tried to dissolve pregnant wife in acid

A man has been jailed for murdering his young wife and attempting to dissolve her body in a bathtub filled with hydrochloric acid.

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The teenager was washed into the drain.
Queensland
Matt Shrivell

Terror as teen disappears down drainwater pipe

A teenager is lucky to be alive after being swept into a stormwater drain during the Queensland flood crisis, and was then miraculously pushed out of another drain hole in a totally different street.

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The car hit a telegraph pole.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

One woman dead, another critical after telegraph pole crash

One woman has been killed and another is fighting for life after a horrific crash.

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