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A man’s ‘sick’ and ‘obsessive’ behaviour towards a woman in the weeks before he stabbed her in the neck have been revealed in a series of texts and voicemails.

Man’s 115 calls before stabbing ex in neck

A man’s ‘sick’ and ‘obsessive’ behaviour towards a woman in the weeks before he stabbed her in the neck have been revealed in a series of texts and voicemails.

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Pauline Hanson has rubbished rumours she will encourage Ben Roberts-Smith to run against Andrew Hastie in Canning at the next federal Election.

Pauline Hanson rubbishes Ben Roberts-Smith ON rumours

Pauline Hanson has rubbished rumours she would try and convince Ben Roberts-Smith to run as a One Nation candidate against Andrew Hastie in Canning at the next federal election.

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A DiDi rideshare driver was charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. Now his visa history has come to light.

Shock update in DiDi driver sexual assault case

A DiDi rideshare driver was charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 17-year-old girl. Now his visa history has come to light.

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A male diver has been bitten by a suspected 4.5 metre shark just before 11.30am on Saturday at Michaelmas Island off Albany. 

Diver dies after shark attack off West Australian coast

A man has died after he was bitten by a shark off the coast of Albany on Saturday morning.

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Nurse reveals ‘surprising’ way she paid for $22K life-saving surgery.

‘Surprising’ way nurse paid for $22k life-saving surgery

The 69-year-old was left with chronic pain after spending a lifetime on her feet helping patients. Then a conversation with a colleague gave her the solution.

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Rook grabbed a knife from the kitchen after asking the couple a series of ‘inappropriate’ questions about their relationship. NewsWire /Brendan Beckett

Man’s crude questions before stabbing ‘friend’

The vulgar questions a man asked before he stabbed his ‘best friend’ over his relationship with his ex-girlfriend have been revealed in court.

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Keith and Dianne Blessing were critically injured in an alleged home invasion in Torrington, near Tenterfield, on Thursday morning. Facebook

‘Long road’: Update after couple stabbed

The daughters of an elderly couple stabbed in a shocking attack in their rural home have spoken out after their parents’ ordeal.

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Mother nature has delivered a 25cm start to the start of Australia's ski season. (Mike Bowers/AAP PHOTOS)

Winter is here ... and enough snow for now at least

The official start of the Australian ski season has arrived and snow is falling just in the nick of time.

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Police are hunting a gang of masked men after a 23-year-old suffered ‘life altering’ injuries in a violent raid on a luxury family home.

Major manhunt after gang cuts off 23yo’s hand

Police are hunting a gang of masked men after a 23-year-old suffered ‘life altering’ injuries in a violent raid on a luxury family home.

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Mother nature has delivered a 25cm start to the start of Australia's ski season. (Mike Bowers/AAP PHOTOS)

Winter is here ... and enough snow for now at least

The "official" start of the Australian ski season has arrived and snow is falling just in the nick of time.

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Abraham Abbas has offered a place to stay for his niece Zeinab Ahmad if she’s released. NewsWire / Jason Edwards

Accused ISIS bride’s uncle lashes ‘evil’ group as he fights for her release

The uncle of an accused ISIS bride has denounced the terror group as evil as fights to have her released to live with him.

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ASIC chair Sarah Court confirmed the investigation into KPMG on Friday.

ASIC launches inquiry into Big Four auditing giant KPMG

Sarah Court, the new chair of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, announced the formal investigation into Big Four auditing firm KPMG was launched in the days after its CEO quit.

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Tactical response group police intercepted three people in a boat off the coast of Exmouth.

Fugitive bikie extradited over foiled people-smuggling plot

A wanted man has been extradited interstate after a yacht bound for Indonesia was intercepted, foiling an alleged people smuggling plot.

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A man has been arrested after a major police operation unfolded around a home in Melbourne’s south-west where he was allegedly barricaded inside with a firearm. 

Man armed with gun triggers major police siege

A man has been arrested after a major police operation unfolded around a home in Melbourne’s south-west.

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More than 100,000 seized exotic cockroaches, illegal to import, will need to be euthanised. (HANDOUT/Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water (DCCEEW))

Record bust seizes more than 100,000 exotic cockroaches

Pet businesses and owners are on notice after authorities seized about $200,000 worth of exotic cockroaches from a single breeder.

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