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All of the Greater Sydney and Greater Hunter areas have been placed under a total fire ban. NewsWire / David Crosling
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‘Extreme’ fire warning for millions of Aussies

One Aussie city is gearing up for a tense day at the office as fire departments prepare for the worst.

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NSW

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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is vowing to cap net debt.

NSW Labor breaks ranks with Albanese in shock debt move

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Police allegedly uncovered 2.5 million files after seizing 120 electronic devices from a NSW home, exposing allegations of abuse spanning seven years.

Man charged over alleged seven-year sexual abuse horror

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Dozens of people have been bitten by bats across NSW. NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Major alert issued after dozens bitten by bats

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Ex-students Edward Garth and Emma Hughes have described their experiences at Redeemer Baptist. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

Naked principal, shared beds: religious school probed

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Victoria

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A one-year-old girl has died in hospital after a devastating incident on a private property.
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Tragedy as baby girl dies after being struck by car

Victoria
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Flydubai co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami is alleged to have attended the MyCentre mosque in Melbourne.

Melbourne mosque leader denies radicalising flydubai pilot

Australia
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A woman has been struck by a stolen car in Melbourne.

Teen arrested after stolen car hits woman near Melbourne Marathon route

Victoria
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Jayda Allen, 21, was found dead at a Melbourne apartment.
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‘So loved’: Young woman found dead inside apartment identified

Victoria
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Queensland

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Queensland's clampdown on prisoner voter rights will prevent more from voting in the 2028 election. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

‘Problematic’ push to cut prisoners’ voting rights slammed

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Rajwinder Singh has launched an appeal to overturn his conviction and sentence for the murder of Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley.
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Killer to appeal conviction for young woman’s brutal murder

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Medical experts warned about returning an ill child into Kerrie Struhs' orbit, a coroner has heard. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Effort to keep young girl from mum's cult 'stonewalled'

Queensland
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A Brisbane disability support worker has been charged with a swathe of offences after he allegedly groomed, indecently assaulted, and supplied drugs to a teenage boy under his care.

Disability worker charged with incident assault of child

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South Australia

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Police investigate the death of a baby boy at Tollgate Motel.

Couple charged after baby boy found dead in motel room

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Passengers on an Emirates flight bound for Dubai have endured a frightening mid-air disruption after pilots were forced to shut down an engine and turn back to Adelaide.

Emirates flight bound for Dubai forced back to Adelaide

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Aidan Alchin, 23, was killed in a crash with two cars in Paracombe, Adelaide Hills.

After years of bullying, Aidan found love. Then tragedy struck months before his wedding

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James Vlassakis was seen walking through the Adelaide Pre-release Centre car park before being driven away.

Snowtown killer seen in public for first time in decades

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Western Australia

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Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders was a sexual predator hiding in plain sight. 

Inside double life of the evil bishop hiding in plain sight

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A Perth woman has revealed the horrifying moment a group of strange men took her photo at a pub and used AI to turn it into sexualised content. 

Perth woman’s horror after men turn pub pic into AI porn

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Two decades after it opened to raised eyebrows, Henderson is the heart of Australia’s biggest rearmament since World War II.

Inside WA’s massive new defence hub

Western Australia
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ASC CEO Alex Walsh says AUKUS will bring Western Australia long-term economic sustainment.

Nuclear subs bring more benefits than national security

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ACT

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Clocks will jump forward one hour at 2am on Sunday. Glenn Campbell/NcaNewsWire

Why millions of Aussies are set to lose an hour’s sleep

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A guest at the Ibis Budget Canberra was charged $1800 when shower steam set off the smoke detector.

Budget hotel ‘blindsides’ guest with $1800 charge after hot shower

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Liu Jinsong, right, China’s new ambassador in Canberra, with Masaaki Kanai head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.

‘Asia enforcer’: China’s new ambassador lands in Canberra

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ACT Liberal Party leader Mark Parton and, inset, the photo he took in the committee room.

‘Wanna swap’: Libs leader responds to sex worker text claim

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Tasmania

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A parliamentary inquiry wants "Daniel's Law" redrafted, saying it has significant problems. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Pushback over 'Daniel's Law' identifying sex offenders

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The smelter had been at loggerheads with state-owned Hydro Tasmania over a new energy deal. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

Aluminium smelter gets $200m bailout to keep lights on

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A coroner has heard of scenes of "organised chaos" after a jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Top cop makes apology over jumping castle tragedy

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Three families grieving after devastating deadly head-on crash on Bass Highway, Tasmania

Three families grieving after devastating deadly head-on crash

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Northern Territory

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Judge blasts Darwin lawyer over $20k divorce grab.

Divorce lawyer blasted for trying to ‘squeeze’ 20k from ex

Australia
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The Australian soldier killed at Mount Bundey in the Northern Territory has been named as 28 year old Brendan Hannam, a junior NCO in the Royal Australian Regiment

28-year-old soldier killed in Army accident named

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Ali Curung, an Indigenous Australian community in the Barkly Region of the NT.
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Taxpayer-funded appeal for brutal repeat DV offender fails

Australia
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Firefighters are battling a blaze burning in extreme weather conditions on the outskirts of Darwin. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
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Emergency warning as bushfire threatens homes and lives

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