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Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyer plans to challenge an order prohibiting the publication of witness names.
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Aaron Patrick

Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyer makes play to unmask witnesses

Karen Espiner plans to challenge prosecutors’ attempt to prevent the media from identifying the 42 most important witnesses in one of the most controversial murder trials in Australian history.

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NSW Treasurer Daniel Mookhey is vowing to cap net debt.

NSW Labor breaks ranks with Albanese in shock debt move

NSW
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Police allegedly uncovered 2.5 million files after seizing 120 electronic devices from a NSW home, exposing allegations of abuse spanning seven years.

Man charged over alleged seven-year sexual abuse horror

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Dozens of people have been bitten by bats across NSW. NewsWire / Brenton Edwards

Major alert issued after dozens bitten by bats

Australia
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Ex-students Edward Garth and Emma Hughes have described their experiences at Redeemer Baptist. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

Naked principal, shared beds: religious school probed

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Victoria

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Victoria Police are conducting letter drops and patrols to prevent car theft.

Police resort to old-fashioned tactic to tackle car thefts

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A one-year-old girl has died in hospital after a devastating incident on a private property.
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Tragedy as baby girl dies after being struck by car

Victoria
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Flydubai co-pilot Hammam al-Hammami is alleged to have attended the MyCentre mosque in Melbourne.

Melbourne mosque leader denies radicalising flydubai pilot

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A woman has been struck by a stolen car in Melbourne.

Teen arrested after stolen car hits woman near Melbourne Marathon route

Victoria
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Queensland

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Queensland's clampdown on prisoner voter rights will prevent more from voting in the 2028 election. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

‘Problematic’ push to cut prisoners’ voting rights slammed

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Rajwinder Singh has launched an appeal to overturn his conviction and sentence for the murder of Queensland woman Toyah Cordingley.
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Killer to appeal conviction for young woman’s brutal murder

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Medical experts warned about returning an ill child into Kerrie Struhs' orbit, a coroner has heard. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Effort to keep young girl from mum's cult 'stonewalled'

Queensland
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A Brisbane disability support worker has been charged with a swathe of offences after he allegedly groomed, indecently assaulted, and supplied drugs to a teenage boy under his care.

Disability worker charged with incident assault of child

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South Australia

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Police investigate the death of a baby boy at Tollgate Motel.

Couple charged after baby boy found dead in motel room

Australia
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Passengers on an Emirates flight bound for Dubai have endured a frightening mid-air disruption after pilots were forced to shut down an engine and turn back to Adelaide.

Emirates flight bound for Dubai forced back to Adelaide

Australia
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Aidan Alchin, 23, was killed in a crash with two cars in Paracombe, Adelaide Hills.

After years of bullying, Aidan found love. Then tragedy struck months before his wedding

South Australia
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James Vlassakis was seen walking through the Adelaide Pre-release Centre car park before being driven away.

Snowtown killer seen in public for first time in decades

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Western Australia

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Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders was a sexual predator hiding in plain sight. 

Inside double life of the evil bishop hiding in plain sight

Australia
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A Perth woman has revealed the horrifying moment a group of strange men took her photo at a pub and used AI to turn it into sexualised content. 

Perth woman’s horror after men turn pub pic into AI porn

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Two decades after it opened to raised eyebrows, Henderson is the heart of Australia’s biggest rearmament since World War II.

Inside WA’s massive new defence hub

Western Australia
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ASC CEO Alex Walsh says AUKUS will bring Western Australia long-term economic sustainment.

Nuclear subs bring more benefits than national security

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ACT

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Clocks will jump forward one hour at 2am on Sunday. Glenn Campbell/NcaNewsWire

Why millions of Aussies are set to lose an hour’s sleep

Australia
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A guest at the Ibis Budget Canberra was charged $1800 when shower steam set off the smoke detector.

Budget hotel ‘blindsides’ guest with $1800 charge after hot shower

ACT
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Liu Jinsong, right, China’s new ambassador in Canberra, with Masaaki Kanai head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau.

‘Asia enforcer’: China’s new ambassador lands in Canberra

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ACT Liberal Party leader Mark Parton and, inset, the photo he took in the committee room.

‘Wanna swap’: Libs leader responds to sex worker text claim

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Tasmania

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A parliamentary inquiry wants "Daniel's Law" redrafted, saying it has significant problems. (Dan Peled/AAP PHOTOS)

Pushback over 'Daniel's Law' identifying sex offenders

Australia
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The smelter had been at loggerheads with state-owned Hydro Tasmania over a new energy deal. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

Aluminium smelter gets $200m bailout to keep lights on

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A coroner has heard of scenes of "organised chaos" after a jumping castle tragedy in Tasmania. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Top cop makes apology over jumping castle tragedy

Australia
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Three families grieving after devastating deadly head-on crash on Bass Highway, Tasmania

Three families grieving after devastating deadly head-on crash

Australia
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Northern Territory

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Judge blasts Darwin lawyer over $20k divorce grab.

Divorce lawyer blasted for trying to ‘squeeze’ 20k from ex

Australia
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The Australian soldier killed at Mount Bundey in the Northern Territory has been named as 28 year old Brendan Hannam, a junior NCO in the Royal Australian Regiment

28-year-old soldier killed in Army accident named

Australia
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Ali Curung, an Indigenous Australian community in the Barkly Region of the NT.
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Taxpayer-funded appeal for brutal repeat DV offender fails

Australia
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Firefighters are battling a blaze burning in extreme weather conditions on the outskirts of Darwin. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
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Emergency warning as bushfire threatens homes and lives

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