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Data shows Australia has the second-highest number of recorded shark incidents in the world. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Information surfaces after Sydney shark attack horror

A shark attack at one of Australia's best-known beaches comes after a horror summer for a state where four attacks took place in two days.

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Queensland’s Corrective Services Minister Laura Gerber said Gerard Baden-Clay should spend the rest of his life in prison for killing his wife Allison in 2012.

Push to keep wife killer behind bars as parole eligibility nears

‘He’s a heinous killer, he’s never shown remorse and he should never be released.’

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Southern Cross Electrical Engineering chief executive Graeme Dunn.

Southern Cross Electrical taps investors for $165m

The electrical contractor has gone into a trading halt to announce grand plans.

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A suicide note has been located after the bodies of a young girl and her father were pulled from the Parramatta River on Saturday.

Cops draw conclusion over river tragedy as note found

A six-year-old girl whose body was recovered from a river over the weekend may have been deliberately thrown in the water by her father, who also died.

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A man and young girl were found in the Parramatta River on Saturday. Supplied

Horrific new details emerge about Sydney river tragedy

Police have made a devastating discovery after the bodies of a man and his six-year-old daughter were found in the water on Saturday.

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A nurse has been charged for allegedly stalking and abusing teenage girls.

Horror as nurse uses position to allegedly abuse, stalk kids

A 58-year-old nurse has been charged for allegedly abusing and stalking multiple children and creating child exploitation material.

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A routine tram ride to school turned into a police investigation after an 11-year-old girl was allegedly filmed without her consent.

Police hunt man over alleged upskirting of 11yo school girl

Detectives are hunting a man they believe may be able to assist their investigation into an alleged upskirting incident involving an 11-year-old girl.

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The Reserve Bank board and governor Michele Bullock are widely tipped to keep the cash rate on hold.

Economists lay bets on RBA’s next big move on interest rates

After three consecutive interest rate increases this year, economists make their predictions about the RBA’s next move.

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All of Sydney's eastern beaches were closed on Sunday after a shark attack at Coogee. (Nadir Kinani/AAP PHOTOS)

Brutal attack reignites shark cull debate

A shark encounter that left a woman critically injured has sparked calls for culls, yet experts warn it is not an evidence-based way of managing community risk.

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Hania Ahmed, 9, was killed  when officers from Pakistan’s Crime Control Department fired indiscriminately on the family’s vehicle in Chakwal, about 90km south-east of Islamabad.

Pakistani official arrested for the murder of 9yo Perth girl

According to local media reports, an officer has since been arrested and charged with allegedly killing the girl and seriously injuring her father and brother.

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Tony Burke says dramatic cuts to immigration were not the solution.

Fresh warnings migration cuts could make housing worse

Migration levels need to be tailored for housing levels, but dramatic decreases will make the situation worse, the federal government says.

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Health Minister Mark Butler has pushed back against state and territory criticism of NDIS reforms. (Susie Dodds/AAP PHOTOS)

Butler accuses states of exaggerating NDIS criticism

State and territory ministers have hit out at looming reforms to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, but the minister in charge says they're posturing.

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The use of drones in Ukraine has dramatically changed the nature of warfare. (EPA PHOTO)

Drone warfare to force reckoning for ‘slow, arrogant’ Australia

As the Ukraine conflict supercharges drone warfare, there are calls for Australia to overhaul its sluggish and risk-averse defence procurement process.

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Hero lifesaver reveals moment he pulled shark attack victim from Sydney’s Coogee Beach

Hero lifesaver reveals moment he pulled shark attack victim from the water

‘Once I had her next to me, I was just going, keep your head above water, keep breathing.’

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