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An alleged car thief has landed on a cactus while fleeing police in Brisbane.
Rex Heuermann, a Long Island architect has admitted to the deaths of eight women.

Gilgo Beach serial slayer admits to murders

One of America’s most gruesome murder investigations has been solved after a former architect admitted to killing at least eight women and depositing their bodies at various beaches.

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Homicide detectives are on the scene in Box Hill.

High-rise homicide as man shot dead in Melbourne

Police and emergency services evacuated an apartment building after reports of a shooting.

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Leroy Cane and Ryan Cane with their father Paul.

Parents devastated after losing two sons in six months

‘Our family has experienced a tragedy that no parent should ever endure.’

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DC Rivals Hypercoaster

Terrifying scenes as Aussie rollercoaster stuck mid-ride

Riders were left at a steep angle for hours while the theme park coordinated their rescue.

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Former PM John Howard (top right) and mining billionaire Gina Rinehart (bottom right) have weighed into decorated SAS veteran Ben Roberts-Smith's arrest.

John Howard weighs in on war hero Ben Roberts-Smith’s arrest

Former prime minister John Howard has weighed in on the arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, saying the decorated war veteran deserves the presumption of innocence as he faces five war crime charges.

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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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