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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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

The bizarre circumstances surrounding mushroom murderer Erin Patterson’s movements before and after the fateful beef Wellington lunch continue to come to light following her conviction. 

Radio star Jackie O Henderson is under police protection after a man accused of stalking her was arrested, with new details about the situation coming to light.

The 16-year-old victim was allegedly set upon by a group of 10 people.

Commuters at one of Melbourne’s busiest stations have been left stranded, and the rail network has been thrown into chaos after a fire shut down most services in and out of the transport hub.

A Rebels bikie member has been charged after video emerged of a caged cat being shot at point-blank range.

Alarming new allegations have been revealed about why Erin Patterson was thrown into a notorious isolation cell, before she was found guilty of triple-murder.

A notorious Snowtown serial killer who murdered members of his own family could win his bid for parole as early as next month.