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The fuel tax cut has lifted consumer sentiment.

Fuel tax cut lifts consumer sentiment from record low

Anthony Albanese’s temporary halving of petrol and diesel taxes has lifted a key consumer sentiment reading from its worst results since records began in 1973.

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Is it just me, or are people getting ruder? It’s time we all took a chill pill.

Cost-of-living crunch killing ‘no worries’ way of life

Is it just me, or are people getting ruder? It’s time we all took a chill pill.

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Prosecutors have asked for more time to go over the ‘voluminous’ evidence in alleged Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram’s court case, a court has been told. NewsWire/ Anita Lester

Huge delay sought in alleged Bondi terrorist case

A fresh delay has been sought in the case of alleged Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram to go over the ‘voluminous’ evidence, a court was told.

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Scott Hannah, owner of Hannah Haulage, has told Sunrise his trucking company is losing up to $10,000 a month to diesel thefts.

Family trucking company losing $10K a month to diesel thieves

The thefts are becoming increasingly sophisticated with criminals using electric pumps and large tanks to drain fuel quickly and quietly.

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Ben Roberts-Smith offered to hand himself.

Ben Roberts-Smith to remain behind bars

Victoria Cross awardee Ben Roberts-Smith will remain behind bars with his legal team yet to apply for bail as it’s revealed he’d offered to hand himself into police before his dramatic public arrest.

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Twin category three Tropical Cyclones Vaianu and Maila are looming off the coast of Australia.

BOM threat level rises as cyclones surge off Aussie coast

Two huge cyclones are wreaking havoc in the Pacific region with the Bureau of Meteorology upgrading one to category 5 as it moves toward Australia. 

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The Big Banana was vandalised over the Easter weekend.

Big Banana defiled as cops hunt hate speech vandals

Police are investigating whether the incident should be classified under the new hate speech laws introduced last year after the Bondi terror attack.

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Former Australian soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was arrested at Sydney Airport over alleged war crimes.

Roberts-Smith behind bars after dramatic airport arrest

Decorated former soldier Ben Roberts-Smith faces life in prison after being charged with five war crimes.

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Bruce Lehrmann's lawyer Zali Burrows had sought blanket suppression over his rape case. (Steve Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

Trial date set for Lehrmann rape allegations

A trial date can now be revealed for ex-federal ministerial staffer Bruce Lehrmann who has been charged with raping a woman he met at a regional nightclub.

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Twin cyclones threaten multiple countries in the south pacific

Travel warning as twin cyclones threaten popular holiday islands

Tourists are advised to check how flights and travel plans will be impacted.

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Maree Crabtree (right) is accused of murdering her adult son with an overdose of painkillers.

Mum allegedly hid fatal painkillers in son's smoothie

A mother gave her son a lethal smoothie following disputes over money and the family’s intolerable living situation, a jury has been told.

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Dave Hughes has aired his discontent online after a driver pulled a wild move in a Melbourne street.

Hughesy threatens to call cops over driver’s wild act

The Aussie radio star and comedian threatened to call the police over the ‘un-Australian’ move.

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Sydney socialite and mother-of-two Annabelle Price has died suddenly.
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Former Australian soldier Ben Roberts Smith has been charged with five counts of war crime - murder.

Decorated army veteran Ben Roberts-Smith charged

Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith has been charged by Australian Federal Police over alleged war crimes.

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The PM will visit Singapore earlier than expected, in the wake of the fuel crisis.

EV sales hit new record high in Australia amid oil crisis

Anthony Albanese has brought forward his trip to Singapore, Australia’s biggest supplier of fuel, amid fears of rationing. The uncertainly has accelerated demand for electric cars.

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