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A Telstra outage has impacted V/Line services, triple zero calls, and thousands of users.
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Madeline Cove and Emily Williams

Urgent probe underway as Telstra 000 outage fallout grows

Communications Minister Anika Wells says investigations are underway after some Telstra customers were unable to connect to triple-zero during a nationwide outage on Wednesday. 

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A young boy survived after being stabbed 29 times by his mother during a psychotic episode. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Jail time cut for mum who stabbed 9yo son 29 times

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Shocking new allegations have emerged after a mother allegedly killed her four-year-old son.

Shock allegations emerge after mum charged with killing son

NSW
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Coleen Lamarre is accused of trying to pervert the course of justice in her son's murder trial.

Tears flow as alleged killer cop's mum granted bail

NSW
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Police described the scene where a child's body was found as ‘extremely confronting’.

‘Extremely confronting’ scenes as child’s body found

NSW
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Victoria

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A vandal has caused traffic chaos after scaling a 140-metre pillar on a major city bridge. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)
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Crazy scenes as artist hangs 100m from bridge mocking cops

Australia
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Schoolteacher Nathan Fitzgerald was playing for the Epping reserves when he had a clash with a teammate causing him to hit his head on the cricket pitch in the middle of the ground.

Tragic update after young footballer’s on-field incident

Sport
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Crews battled to contain a blaze which damaged multiple shops after a tobacco store was set alight. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Massive city blaze takes 80 firies to put out

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15-year-old Darweish Mohamed has been identified as the victim of a Craigieburn stabbing.
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Another teen charged with 15yo’s murder

Victoria
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Queensland

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Colin Max Behan attempted to rape a young girl in a park and groomed another girl.

'Gut-wrenching': Mum heartbroken by child abuser's sentence

Australia
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Even though the whale appeared to be moving slowly, the pair said it was tricky to keep up with. Instagram

Mates’ heroic act in race against time to rescue whale

Queensland
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Zoe Ann Buttfield pleaded guilty to faking her qualifications in order to obtain work at the prestigious Somerset College on the Gold Coast.

Woman without qualifications poses as nurse at elite school

Queensland
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Former detective sergeant Peter Maroney told Sunrise many victims never come forward.

Police launch major drink spiking crackdown

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South Australia

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Grant Stevens is looking at potential law changes if fight club organisers can not be charged. (Dean Martin/AAP PHOTOS)

Teen 'fight club' sparks outrage, possible law change

South Australia
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RSPCA confronts horrific Dublin piggery allegations as owners face court.

Horror conditions allegedly found inside piggery

South Australia
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A South Australian man’s attempt to sell his second-hand BMW on Facebook Marketplace went hideously wrong when he ended up allegedly robbed at knifepoint.

Marketplace car sale goes hideously wrong for Aussie dad

South Australia
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South Australia has confirmed a case of H5 bird flu.

‘Touched it’: Surfer details run-in with flu-infected bird

South Australia
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Western Australia

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Simon Peter Carman could face life in prison or the death penalty if found guilty of murder.

‘So stinky’: Mum’s vile night with accused suitcase killer

Western Australia
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Perth man Lachie Perrem was critically injured when his robotic vacuum exploded.

Young man fights for life after popular appliance explodes

Australia
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Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia has quit politics, revealing a relative’s ill health is behind his early retirement.

Papalia quits, reveals relative’s ‘very serious illness’

Western Australia
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The case has made global headlines and has angry Thais demanding the death penalty — as police probe the brutal death of Thai teen Tunchanok Donhomla (above), Simon Peter Carman (below) accused of killing her is facing execution.

‘I’d have given her my life’: Teen’s tragic farewell

Western Australia
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ACT

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A Canberra man has become $40m richer after finding the winning Powerball ticket in his wallet.

Man’s shock find makes him $40 million richer

Australia
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A teenager has faced court as federal police say youths are being exposed to extremist propaganda..

Teen accused of planning racist terrorist attack faces court

ACT
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ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury has announced his resignation.

Greens leader quits after controversial Liberal move

Politics
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KK Zhang was left bloodied after she was allegedly racially abused in Canberra.
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Young woman ‘covered in blood’ after alleged racist abuse turns violent

ACT
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Tasmania

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A Tasmanian firefighter has been suspended after the alleged discovery of bestiality material on a storage device.

Aussie firefighter, 37, facing bestiality material charges

Australia
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Tasmania Police Constable Keith Smith was shot dead while delivering a court-ordered warrant.

Cop killer to learn fate after ‘execution’

Australia
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The brewery has long been a part of the landscape in Australia's third-oldest city. (Ethan James/AAP PHOTOS)

'Gut punch': Beer production to end at brewery’s home after 140 years

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A truck had a near-miss with two motorcyclists in Tasmania.

WATCH: Truck has terrifying close call with motorbike

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Northern Territory

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Isaac Thompson was last seen about 8.15pm on Sunday.
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Police scramble to find prisoner after daring escape

Australia
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Isaac Thompson was last seen about 8.15pm on Sunday.
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Handcuffed prisoner vanishes after daring hospital escape

Australia
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Wild scenes unfolded in the Northern Territory as locals celebrated the Territory Day holiday.

Wild scenes in NT as fireworks spark blazes, injure locals

Northern Territory
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Pilot Sebastian Robinson, who was critically injured in the chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris Wilson, is expected to give evidence at Outback Wrangler Matt Wright’s criminal trial in Darwin. PICTURED: Pilot Sebastian Robinson
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Court releases secret audio from Matt Wright investigation

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