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A man has briefly resisted two taser shots during a dramatic arrest in Melbourne.
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Boomers are suffering the most from Australia’s renewed cost-of-living problem.

Why boomer retirees are surprise losers from inflation surge

The return of inflation is hurting retirees more than workers, although hopes for interest rate cuts that would help home owners are deteriorating.

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Two men have been charged with murdering Sydney plumber John Versace, who was shot dead after being mistaken for a gangland figure.

Charges in alleged tradie mistaken identity murder

Two men have been charged with murdering Sydney plumber John Versace, who was allegedly shot dead after being mistaken for a gangland figure.

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Police have defended their search efforts for four-year-old Gus Lamont.

Bombshell update as cops reveal new search for missing Gus

South Australia’s top cop has revealed what’s next in the search efforts for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont, more than five weeks after he vanished from his family’s remote sheep station. 

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The meltdown happened in Melrose in Sydney’s north-west on Tuesday.

Shocking footage as man clings to bonnet in road rage meltdown

Vision has emerged of an apparent road rage attack showing a young man clinging to the bonnet of a car in Sydney as the driver speeds away.

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Coral Expeditions cruise ship arrives in Cairns for the first time since death of passenger Suzanne Rees.
The rest of the Coral Adventurer cruise has been cancelled, and the ship has returned to Cairns.

Cruise ship returns to Cairns after leaving 81yo behind

The luxury cruise ship Coral Adventurer has made a middle-of-the-night return to port as questions mount over how an 81-year-old passenger was left behind on a remote island in the Great Barrier Reef.

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Typhoon Kalmaegi ia set to hammer Vietnam.

Urgent travel alert for Aussies headed to tourist hotspots

The Australian government has issued urgent warnings for people travelling abroad as Typhoon Kalmaegi wreaks havoc across Asia.

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Jamie Melham after her Melbourne Cup win.

How Melbourne Cup winner celebrated her win

Jamie Melham has revealed how she processed the ‘insane feeling’ of a historic victory at the Melbourne Cup, being only the second woman to do so.

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A man has been kiled after an alleged brawl on the Victoria Hwy at Timber Creek.

Man dead, three hurt in wild highway brawl

A man has been killed and others have been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after a vicious fight on a remote Northern Territory highway.

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Osborne Park Football Club has been booted from its clubrooms over a costume scandal and suspended from the PFL for two years.

Footy club suspended over end-of-season costume scandal

The club had already been booted from its home by the local council.

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The stabbing of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel in a Sydney church was livestreamed. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Sydney church stab video showed miracle: X boss

The head of X's global government affairs has told an inquiry she was watching a stream of Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel when he was stabbed in a Sydney church.

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The circumstances of the man’s death are not yet known.

Man’s body found in storm drain

A man has been found dead in a storm drain in a suburb of an Aussie capital city, sparking a police probe.

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NSW stores that sell illicit tobacco or illegal vaping products can be shut down immediately. (Diego Fedele/AAP PHOTOS)

'We will come for you': Vape, tobacco crackdown begins

Illicit tobacco stores are in the firing line as one state takes action on vaping and cigarette sales.

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