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James Vlassakis will walk from prison after serving 26 years over the Snowtown killings. (HANDOUT/David Schaefer)
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Shock as Snowtown serial killer set to walk free

Snowtown serial killer James Vlassakis will be released on parole after a review upheld a South Australian parole board decision.

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Marco Tapia, 23, was shot dead during a home invasion in his southwest Sydney home in the early hours of September 1.
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Two teens charged after innocent student shot dead

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A 56-year-old man has been charged over a crash in Scone which left a 22-year-old e-bike rider dead.

E-bike rider, 22, killed in crash with ute as driver charged

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Molly Ticehurst, a childcare educator and young mother, was brutally murdered by Daniel Billings. (Joanna Kordina/AAP PHOTOS)

'Complete bastard': premier says DV murder sentence unjust

Australia
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Shark attack survivor Leah Stewart has revealed terrifying new details about the great white mauling that almost killed her.

Shark attack victim shares terrifying new details

Australia
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Victoria

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Jess Wilson
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Jess Wilson’s political revenge story 24 years in the making

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A three-year-old boy’s day spent proudly choosing and planting flowers with his mum has ended in heartbreak after a brazen thief walked into the family’s front yard and stole his favourite pot just hours later.

WATCH: Brazen thief captured stealing from 3yo boy

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Another state is on track to give police sweeping powers to search for knives. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Experts warn against reliance on knife-search powers

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The Australian Federal Police badge (2014).

Flight attendant accused of $500k heroin plot

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Queensland

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Anthropic’s Claude AI ‌model could help the company achieve a market capitalisation of $2.8 trillion.

Anthropic-Queensland data centre plan slammed by Greens

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Another state is on track to give police sweeping powers to search for knives. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Experts warn against reliance on knife-search powers

Australia
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The child was last seen at 3pm on Monday.

Grave fears for missing 11yo girl as search continues

Australia
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A tourist who fell to her death from the cliffs above Kelingking Beach in Nusa Penida has been identified as a young Queensland woman.

Desperate final moments before Aussie’s cliffside death

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South Australia

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Workers have been told the Whyalla steelworks' blast furnace won't be restarted. (Isabella Ward/AAP PHOTOS)

SA Premier says Whyalla job losses are a matter of 'timing'

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The cause of the whale’s death is unknown. Facebook/Anthony Rowland

Dead whale fuels bird flu panic on popular Aussie beach

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A 73-year-old man will face court accused of alleged child sex offences at a youth detention centre.

Man facing youth centre child abuse charges over 25yr period

Australia
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Jacinta Ann Drust, of Adelaide, is facing a charge each of murder and unlawful killing relating to the death of her former partner Antonio Cavaiuolo in March 2023.

Woman denies pressuring boyfriend into ending his own life

South Australia
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Western Australia

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A crocodile in the Perth Zoo enclsoure.

Boys arrested over shock croc attack at popular Aussie zoo

Western Australia
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A quiet change has been made involving Sydney Swans star Isaac Heeney as fallout surrounding the AFL superstar grows.

Fresh update in Swans hotel scandal as Heeney item pulled

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A man has been rushed to hospital after a shark attack at a beach north of Geraldton.

Horror scenes as man attacked by shark

Australia
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Woolworths staff arrive en masse to check out the Fruit and Veg section of Taylor Road IGA in Nedlands

WATCH: Woolies staff storm IGA in bizarre act caught on CCTV

Western Australia
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ACT

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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

ACT
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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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A Canberra man has become $40m richer after finding the winning Powerball ticket in his wallet.

Man’s shock find makes him $40 million richer

Australia
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Tasmania

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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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Three dead, two critically injured after horror crash at Elizabeth Town, Tasmania 

Three dead, two critically injured after horror crash

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Australia is in for a tough bushfire season, as a combination of below-average winter rainfall and above-average fuel loads mark the first day of spring on Tuesday.

The big spring weather warning for Aussies

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Belgian tourist Celine Cremer went missing during a hike in north-west Tasmania.

Probe finds ‘overlapping errors’ lead to death of backpacker

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Northern Territory

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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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Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright, wife Kaia and Top End Safari Camp are now facing litigation over a 2023 airboat crash in three jurisdictions.
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‘Beyond me’: Judge questions Matt Wright boat crash lawsuits

Australia
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A teenager has been speared during a disturbance between family groups in a remote township

Teenage boy flown to hospital after being speared in back

Northern Territory
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The body of 61-year-old Dominic O'Connell has been found in plunge pool in the NT.
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Devastating update on man missing in national park

Northern Territory
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