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Optus customers are once again experiencing mobile service outages across the country. 

Optus customers impacted by outage across Australia

Optus customers are once again experiencing mobile service outages across the country. 

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An inquest is being held into the death of a young boy after a house fire. (Patrick Hamilton/AAP PHOTOS)

Father 'weird' after son's fatal burns, coroner told

A father appeared ‘disconnected’ from his seriously injured son who had suffered soon-to-be fatal burns during a house fire, police officers have testified.

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The brand has announced the majority of its stores will be closing its doors in 2026.

‘Affordable’ homewares brand shutting 12 WA stores

The brand has become a staple in WA shopping centres since it opened the doors to its first location in 1975. 

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Brenton Tarrant wants to appeal his conviction and sentence of life without the chance of parole. (AP PHOTO)

Australian shooter who killed 51 wants conviction overturned

Brenton Tarrant, the Australian man responsible for New Zealand's deadliest mass shooting, has appeared in a Wellington court in a bid to appeal his conviction.

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‘Bit him’: Wild Dezi Freeman manhunt claim

Months after alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman fled into dense bushland in Victoria’s High Country, theories have emerged about his whereabouts.

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An Air Asia flight has been diverted to Brisbane. istock

Chaos as plane u-turns, makes emergency landing in Australia

An Australian flight to Malaysia has been forced to turn around and make an emergency landing.

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Israel President Isaac Herzog arrives in Sydney.

Australian Jews embrace ‘much-needed’ visit from Israeli president

Israel’s president has touched down in Australia, with the Jewish community welcoming the ‘much-needed visit’.

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Australian households are failing to properly insure their homes from disaster.

Silent ‘epidemic’ leaving Aussie homeowners at risk of losing everything

Struggling families are facing ‘an almost impossible choice’ when it comes to their properties.

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Premier Chris Minns last week promised an ‘overwhelming police presence’/ Photo: Gaye Gerard /NewsWire

Sydney braces for chaos amid Israeli President’s visit

Sydney is on the brink with thousands expected to defy restrictions to protest the arrival of Israel’s President in Australia to honour the Bondi attack victims.

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A young CEO was shocked to learn Victoria’s COVID-19 fines were still standing after being served a warrant for his arrest for unpaid infringement he received during Melbourne’s harsh lockdowns.

Shock as young CEO served arrest warrant for overdue COVID fine

Police rocked up to his office asking that he pay nearly $10,000 or else face arrest.

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A man has been fatally stabbed at a home in Melbourne’s west.
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Claire Gaiter claimed staff from Goodstart Early Learning in Echuca called to say her daughter Matilda had been hit with a shovel on Wednesday morning.

Toddler allegedly hit with shovel by another child at daycare

The three-year-old’s mother was left in tears when she saw her daughter’s ‘horrific’ injuries.

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Tony Mokbel has become a free man after the shock acts of his trusted lawyer were exposed.

Tony Mokbel's new life as a free man

Jailed for three decades for running a drug empire, it was the shock acts of a person he trusted that led Tony Mokbel to begin a new life as a free man.

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