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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson.

Muslim leaders’ invitation to Pauline Hanson after slur

Reeling from a politician's incendiary claims and a mosque receiving violent threats, residents of a multicultural suburb say their community welcomes everyone.

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11 Australian ISIS-linked families leaving Roj Camp in northeastern Syria unknown

‘Nothing but contempt’ for ISIS brides, says Prime Minister

Anthony Albanese reiterated the Federal Government will not be providing any repatriation support after 11 Australian families with links to ISIS were issued passports to return from Syria.

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Australian businessman Alexander Csergo is on trial accused of reckless foreign interference. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Accused China asset 'fabricated' Rudd reports for cash

Former prime minister Kevin Rudd was asked for advice about Australian defence and security by a businessman ‘groomed’ by Chinese spies, a jury has heard.

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Abandoned mineshafts, tunnels, and an outhouse on the Oak Park Station property have been scoured by dogs and helicopters as police continue to search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont.

New photos reveal gruelling search for missing Gus Lamont

Abandoned mineshafts, tunnels, and an outhouse on the Oak Park Station property have been scoured by dogs and helicopters as police continue to search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont.

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The 31-year-old is facing terrorism charges after police launched an investigation following a vehicle stop.

Man charged over ‘violent extremist material on phone’

Phones and electronic devices seized by police during a vehicle stop allegedly contained ‘violent extremist material’.

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A political spat has erupted over calls for a royal commission after a damning report exposed alleged corruption in the construction union.

‘Disinterested’: Jacinta Allan blasts reporter over CFMEU scandal

A political spat has erupted over calls for a royal commission after a damning report exposed alleged corruption in the construction union.

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An investigator estimates the CFMEU's conduct has cost taxpayers around $15 billion. (Darren England/AAP PHOTOS)

War of words heats up amid union scandal

A political spat has erupted over calls for a royal commission after a damning report exposed alleged corruption in the construction union.

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Phillip Island has lost hosting rights of the Australian MotoGP with the event to relocate to SA. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Massive change to major Aussie race revealed

The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix is moving to Adelaide with a shake-up of how the race is run unveiled today.

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Stephan Wagner, 61, has been charged with poisoning a woman by spiking her tea with insecticide. Facebook

Update for man accused of spiking wife’s tea

A Sydney businessman was arrested after police alleged he spiked his wife’s tea with pesticide in an attempted murder plot spanning over nearly two years.

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A man charged over a crash which killed two women had fled from a mental health facility.

Anger after mental health facility escapees tied to deaths

Serious questions are being asked of mental health services after two patients absconded from a Sydney hospital and were allegedly involved in three deaths.

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Uncle Robbie Thorpe is a prominent Indigenous sovereignty activist.

Huge ruling on Hamas terror listing

An activist’s efforts to overturn the Australian Government’s designation of Hamas as a terrorist organisation has been decided by a court.

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Jim Chalmers has been the subject of death threats.

Weapons seized, arrest after alleged Chalmers death threats

A man has been arrested after allegedly making threats to kill Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

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A man has been charged after the bomb squad responded to an explosive threat outside a Melbourne School.

Man charged after bomb squad locks down school

The bomb squad has been deployed, a school has been placed into a lockdown and a man has now been charged in Melbourne.

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