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Alpine towns gearing up for the school holiday and summer peak are instead facing huge losses.

Deserted businesses feel strain as Freeman manhunt drags on

Locals are feeling the financial scars of a massive search for accused cop killer Dezi Freeman as visitors abandon the region and business bookings are cancelled.

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Rungnapha Kanbut kept two Thai women as slaves for about six months after they came to Australia.

'Evil' woman jailed for forcing women into sex slavery

A woman has been jailed for keeping two Thai women as slaves and forcing them to perform painful sex work every day for at least 12 hours.

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Victoria Police have warned the people who are ‘harbouring’ Dezi Freeman to come forward and surrender.

‘People know’: Major shift in search for Dezi Freeman

Victoria Police have issued a new plea and warning in the search for Dezi Freeman, now working to pressure people they say know where the accused cop killer is. 

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Black-clad men throw punches and kicks in a violent attack on an Aboriginal protest camp.

'Gutless': Far-right attack on Aboriginal site slammed

Police are investigating an attack by far-right demonstrators on an Aboriginal protest camp after an anti-immigration rally.

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Independent senator Jacqui Lambie says rallygoers are ‘embarrassing the country’.

‘Thugs’: Lambie unleashes on neo-Nazis

Outspoken senator Jacqui Lambie has condemned neo-Nazi groups after their involvement in March for Australia rallies at the weekend.

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A man held a placard bearing the image of accused police-killing fugitive Dezi Freeman during Sunday’s anti-immigration protest.

Ex-cops fume at ‘obscene’ Dezi Freeman protest sign

The protester at a weekend rally held a placard with a picture of an alleged cop killer who remains on the run after allegedly shooting two officers.

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Andrew Burow has been missing from his Kelvin Grove home for more than a week.

Two charged with torture as hunt for missing man intensifies

Queensland police investigating the ‘out-of-character’ disappearance of a 56-year-old man have charged two other men with torture offences.

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Two police officers allegedly murdered by a sovereign citizen include a detective days away from retiring and a small business owner-turned cop. 

‘Devastating’: Fallen Victoria Police officers identified

As a manhunt continues for Dezi Freeman, the suspect who police allege fatally shot two officers and seriously injured a third, the identities of the two fallen officers have been confirmed. 

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Matt Wright is accused of trying to cover up evidence after a helicopter crash.

Croc-wrangler ‘cool, clinical and premeditated’ after crash

The prosecutor in celebrity croc-wrangler Matt Wright’s trial said the star rushed to the scene of the crashed chopper to assist his friends but also wanted to get there before investigators.

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Dezi Freeman is still being hunted by cops

The months I spent with accused killer and the day he was allowed to keep his guns

One day, Dezi Freeman told me about being back in court to settle one of his feuds. At the time, I believed it was another inconsequential update.

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Brayden Holten said he did not see who threw a fatal punch despite being metres away.

'Drunk idiot': Man denies brutal stomp in fatal brawl

A man standing within metres of the blow that killed a beloved 23-year-old denies he has ever discussed who threw the killer punch.

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Dezi Freeman, 56, fled into bushland after allegedly killing two police officers and injuring a third in a shooting ambush.

Alleged cop killer's issues with authority laid bare

Fugitive gunman, Dezi Freeman, previously referred to the police in court evidence as 'frigging Nazis' and 'terrorist thugs' and once tried to arrest a magistrate.

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Three people have been found unresponsive at a home in the Blue Mountains.
The 32-year old woman was found on a beach in the state’s north coast at around 10am on Saturday.

Grim discovery on quiet NSW beach

A horrific discovery has been made on a quiet beach just south of the Queensland border, sparking a police probe.

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Lisa Cunningham

Mother accused of murdering her step-daughter speaks eight years after arrest

Whether the child died as the result of a medical tragedy - with sepsis and pneumonia - or at the hands of her Australia step-mother will be for a jury to decide. 

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