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Aidan Becker was killed in a random stabbing attack in Melbourne in March 2026 Unknown
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Kristin Shorten

‘Our lives are destroyed’: Toll of Victoria’s crime crisis

Aidan Becker died trying to protect a 14-year-old stranger. His shattered family reveals the devastating toll of Victoria’s senseless violence and why they fear innocent lives remain at risk.

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Three teenage boys have been charged after a 14-year-old girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in an alley way in Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs

Three boys charged over alleged sexual assault in alleyway

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Premier Chris Minns visits Tomago Aluminium Smelter with Anthony Albanese on Thursday.

Premier shields stumbling Albanese from more melon grilling

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Anthony Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns have signed a bailout agreement for the Tomago aluminium smelter.

Billions in bailout for nation’s biggest aluminium smelter

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Ahmed Al Ahmed was hailed for his bravery after challenging one of the Bondi shooters. (Sarah Wilson/AAP PHOTOS)

Charges against Bondi hero Ahmed Al Ahmed dropped

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Victoria

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Lachlan Young, who has been charged with the rape of a 16-year-old.

'How's ya missus?': Teen confronted accused rapist Young

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Melbourne real estate agent's viral theft prank sparks consumer concerns

Real estate agent’s cheeky social media stunt raises consumer concerns

Victoria
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Talae Rodden is being remembered as a 'talented young man'.

Young muso identified as man crushed in ski resort tragedy

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Offenders have been posing as users on online dating platforms to lure men into meeting them.

‘Distressing’: Teen boys arrested over dating app assaults

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Queensland

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Ronald Cora (MC Triks) has been charged with murdering his 27-year-old ex-partner who was found dead inside a Queensland home.

Brisbane rapper accused of murdering ex-partner in his home

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Elderly woman accused of keying Tesla in Queensland train car park

Elderly woman filmed in shocking alleged act against Tesla

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A car has been driven through a festival in Logan.

Chaos as car drives through busy Queensland carnival

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Ms Armstrong was laid to rest near her parents at Millmerran Cemetery.

‘One of a kind’: Heartbroken family mourn ‘incredible mum’

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South Australia

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The bodies of Helena and Hazel Wright were pulled from the ocean in South Australia on July 27.

‘Rubbish’: Cop’s plea over online ‘chatter’

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Premier Peter Malinauskas says SA's government will lead AI opportunities with ‘ambition and care’.

State’s premier pens deal with ChatGPT developer on US trip

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Taperoo residents captured the man following the 12-year-old girl
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Harrowing moment schoolgirl allegedly stalked by stranger

South Australia
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Two previously unknown Australian soldiers who were both killed on August 8 in different wars and on opposite sides of the world have been formally identified. Pictured: Lieutenant Hercules William Crawford (left), Archibald Hanley (middle) and brother John Hanley.

Mystery of unnamed Diggers solved amid eerie coincidence

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Western Australia

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Defence experts warn the suspicious severing of two vital undersea cables off the West Australian coast over the weekend highlights the country’s high vulnerability to being cut off from global internet communication. 

Internet cables cut off WA coast as suspicious vessel lurked

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Roger Cook has launched another blistering attack on One Nation, blasting it as a party that celebrates and promotes convicted criminals when pressed on his Secret Harbour candidate’s historic claims Labor had a culture of workplace sexual harassment.

Premier blasts One Nation after Tree’s ‘skeletons’ comment

Western Australia
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A woman acquitted of murdering an Indigenous teenager who was chased into bushland and beaten to death with a metal pole has returned to court.

Woman cleared of Indigenous teen's murder back in court

Western Australia
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Justin Verduyn suffered burns in a house fire in Ballajura, Perth.

Dad risks life in ferocious blaze to save family documents

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ACT

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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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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

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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

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ACT Greens leader Shane Rattenbury has announced his resignation.

Greens leader quits after controversial Liberal move

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Tasmania

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Among bird species confirmed with a deadly virus are a giant northern petrel and a brown skua.
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Bird flu risk for penguins, seals grow in another state

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Ken Hinkley, John Longmire and Nathan Buckley were the three candidates vying for the Devils job.
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History as Tasmania’s inaugural AFL coach revealed

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The 31-year-old was diving at a depth of about eight metres when the attack happened.

Horror as diver attacked by two metre shark

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The future of the smelter has been under a cloud since it stopped production in mid-2025.

‘Incredibly disappointing’: 200 jobs lost as smelter closes

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Northern Territory

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A day trip to one of Kakadu’s most celebrated lookouts has ended in tragedy, with a woman in her 30s dying at Ubirr as police work to determine what happened.

Woman dies at iconic Aussie tourist spot

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A fifth person has died as the result of a crash on the Northern Territory’s Stuart Highway.

‘Catastrophic’: Outback highway crash claims five lives

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Evidence has been served against Jefferson Lewis, who is accused of murdering Kumanjayi Little Baby. (HANDOUT/NORTHERN TERRITORY POLICE / AAP)

'Substantial' evidence in Little Baby murder case

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Luke Gosling at Darwin’s Thai festival where he is accused of assaulting the Northern Territory’s Administrator.

Police probe stunning assault claims made against Labor MP

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