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A Tasmanian police officer has been charged with using a carriage service for child abuse material. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Arrest after teen killed in alleged deliberate hit and run

A man has been arrested after a teenage boy was struck down and killed by a car that police allege was deliberately aimed at a group walking along the road.

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A suspicious device has washed up on Main Beach in the Gold Coast.

‘Torpedo’: Bomb squad confirm discovery at Aussie beach

An exclusion zone has been as established around a popular beach after a torpedo was discovered on the sand, with locals told to ‘avoid the area’.

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Police swooped after the discovery of a massive amount of the prohibited drug.

‘Bute’ 6.3 tonne date rape drug bust worth $132m

A couple has been arrested in relation to a staggering amount of a drug related to sexual assaults found in a warehouse lock-up, set for distribution via Australia Post. 

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A fish and chip shop in Queensland has been destroyed by vandals.
A caravan laden with explosives seemingly intended for a synagogue and other Jewish-linked addresses is the subject of a massive cross-agency investigation, in a major escalation of the anti-Semitism crisis. 

Explosive-filled caravan a ‘power move’ to create chaos

A legal expert says the Dural explosive caravan plot was designed to create fear and confusion across the community and was never intended to be detonated.

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Nurses Ahmed Rashid Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh.

Further charges to come over vile anti-Semitic video: Police

New South Wales’s top cop says ‘there will be further charges’ from the ongoing investigation into an alleged anti-Semitic video involving two Sydney nurses. 

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Police have made a massive MDMA bust on the NSW, Queensland border.

Byron Bay MDMA bust worth $5.5m headed for WA, NSW

Police in two states have executed a huge drug bust after a year long investigation and in the process secured nearly $5.5 million worth of MDMA headed for NSW and WA.

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Paul Barning (pictured with wife Leonie), 58, fell into the waters off Port Stephens on Sunday
Elizabeth Struhs died after her medication was withheld as her parents and others prayed around her. (HANDOUT/JAYDE STRUHS)

Parents, 'cult' group to learn fate for killing girl

A young girls parents will be among 14 church group members sentenced for manslaughter after the eight-year-old died when her medication was withheld.

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A man refused a breath test after his car landed on top of a house.

Airborne car flies off roadway and slams into roof of house

A driver allegedly refused a breath test after his car became airborne off a motorway and speared onto the roof of a house with a man asleep inside.

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A petrol station has been damaged and a police car was rammed during an incident in Hawthorn East, Melbourne.

Man allegedly drives car into police vehicle, damages Melbourne petrol station

The luxury car driver and his passenger were taken to hospital following the incident.

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Nine units were gutted in a Whalan unit fire on Tuesday evening.
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Two NSW Health employees have been seen in a video allegedly threatening Jews. Pictured are Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh

Nurse charged over alleged anti-Semitic death threat video

One of the nurses who allegedly made death threats against Jewish patients attending Bankstown Hospital in Sydney has been charged.

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There are fears for the driver of a car after a fiery crash involving a truck at South Morang.

Arrest after driver dies in truck collision inferno

Emergency services have been confronted with a horrific scene after a car collided with a truck sparking a fireball which killed a female driver.

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Bali Nine member Matthew Norman has had a 20-year-old joyriding charge dismissed without conviction. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

‘Guilty’: Bali Nine member admits decades-old offence

A member of the infamous Bali Nine has faced court over a 20-year-old charge, pleading guilty to a judge who did not take his time spent in Kerobokan Prison into account.

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