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Anthony Dean Thomas has been found guilty of animal cruelty.

Former world cup showjumper found guilty of animal cruelty

A video captured Anthony Thomas swearing at the horse before striking it with a helmet.

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Former CFMEU leader John Setka, at the centre of a political storm rocking Victoria, says he is the true victim.

The man accused of costing Victoria $15 billion speaks out

Former CFMEU leader John Setka, at the centre of a political storm rocking Victoria, says he is the true victim.

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Tara Moss has shared an encounter she had with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor which she now finds 'scary'.

Aussie model exposes ‘scary’ encounter with disgraced Andrew

‘There we are, just a few models and Prince Andrew, and he came and sat next to me, put his arm around me.’

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The opposition says special powers should be used to keep a group of IS brides out of Australia. (Tessa Fox/AAP PHOTOS)

‘ISIS brides’ accused of 'child abuse'

A Labor minister has delivered some of the harshest criticism yet about an IS-linked group of Australian women who went to a war zone with children.

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Former MP Rory Amon is on trial accused of sexually abusing a teenage boy in 2017. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Former MP faces child sexual abuse trial

A former state MP has pleaded not guilty to sexually molesting a teenager in a car park bathroom, arguing he thought the boy was at least 16 at the time.

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A coroner cannot determine whether a 17-year-old boy who suffered a severe allergic reaction to a home-delivered meal would have survived if he was given adrenaline sooner.

Update after Aussie teen dies eating burrito bowl

Doctors and nurses tried to resuscitate the 17-year-old, but he never recovered.

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Capital gains tax discounts should be diluted retrospectively without any grandfathering arrangements for existing investment property owners, a Greens-led Senate committee into the concessions has been told.

Plea to dilute capital gains tax concessions retrospectively

Capital gains tax discounts should be diluted retrospectively without any grandfathering arrangements for existing investment property owners, a Greens-led Senate committee into the concessions has been told.

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British sailors are being forced to remain on board a nuclear-powered submarine off the Western Australian.

Frustrating delay for UK nuclear sub in Perth

A British nuclear-powered submarine has been forced to remain offshore near Perth after the Rottnest Channel Swim blocked its planned entry into HMAS Stirling.

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Millions of people in NSW will get an extra public holiday day this year and next.

Millions of Aussies to get two extra public holidays

It’s ‘official’, a new amendment from government is set to deliver an extra public holiday day this year and next.

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Police have declared the disappearance of Gus Lamont, 4, a major crime.

The 10 Gus Lamont questions that are still unanswered

South Australia Police’s bombshell announcement that investigators suspect Gus Lamont was killed – either deliberately or accidentally – by someone close to him was extraordinary and has created more questions.

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He was found guilty of Carol Clay’s murder but acquitted on a charge of killing Russell Hill. Supplied

High Country killer Greg Lynn granted appeal, bail hearing set

Former Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn has launched a new court bid after his murder conviction was overturned due to ‘fundamental unfairness’.

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Environment Minister Murray Watt.

‘Faster, clearer’: New EPBC laws operating ahead of watchdog

Environment departments across governments will be allowed to share more information from Friday when the next phase of the new environmental laws come into effect.

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Former NRL star Matt Utai was shot multiple times outside his home earlier this week. (Robb Cox/AAP PHOTOS)

Multiple arrests over shooting of NRL star

A man accused of picking up a shooter who targeted an NRL premiership winner has been arrested, but police are yet to find the person who pulled the trigger.

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Virginia Giuffre’s family has reacted to the arrest.

‘At last’: Giuffre family break silence on Andrew

In a striking statement, Virginia Giuffre’s family has reacted to the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

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