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An increase in violence in Sydney, including two fatal shootings, has prompted law changes. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)
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Government’s life sentence plan in gang violence crackdown

As a major city battles with an apparent spike in gangland violence, the state government has announced another suite of reforms aimed at stamping it out.

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An increase in violence in Sydney, including two fatal shootings, has prompted law changes. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Government’s life sentence plan in gang violence crackdown

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Beachgoers sought solace from the heat as temperatures in one state threatened to break records. (Danny Casey/AAP PHOTOS)

Extreme fire danger, spiking temperatures grip states

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The alleged attacker was arrested at the same home at about 3.30pm on Saturday. NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Man in court after allegedly lodging screwdriver in another man’s eye

NSW
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Two children have been taken to hospital after they were flung from an inflatable jumping castle after it flew into the air on Saturday. 

Five children injured in separate jumping castle incidents

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Victoria

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The Alfred has the largest trauma centre in the Southern Hemisphere and one of the busiest in the developed world.
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Inside the trauma ward confronting a state’s knife crisis

Victoria
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Police have issued an arrest warrant for a Victorian man who allegedly attacked three people with an axe, leaving them in critical condition in hospital.

Arrest warrant issued after horrific alleged axe attack

Victoria
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Two children have been taken to hospital after they were flung from an inflatable jumping castle after it flew into the air on Saturday. 

Five children injured in separate jumping castle incidents

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Police are searching for a man in his 50s after three people were seriously injured in an attack at a Tyers property.

Three people injured in horrific axe attack

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Queensland

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Darryl Valroy Young was sentenced over the murder of three neighbours in Townsville today.

Farmer who killed trio over cattle learns his fate in court

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Today mortgage borrowers are doing it tougher than previous generations, according to real estate data.
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How borrowers today are suffering more than boomers did

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Beachgoers sought solace from the heat as temperatures in one state threatened to break records. (Danny Casey/AAP PHOTOS)

Extreme fire danger, spiking temperatures grip states

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Former Queensland Police Commissioner Steve Gollschewski has died at age 67 after losing his battle to cancer on Friday.
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‘Remarkable’ top cop dies just months after retiring

Queensland
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South Australia

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Former SA MP Fraser Ellis will be sentenced later this month for dishonestly claiming an allowance.

Ousted MP pleads 'merciful' sentence for ‘reckless’ fraud

South Australia
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Australia is in for a tough bushfire season, as a combination of below-average winter rainfall and above-average fuel loads mark the first day of spring on Tuesday.

The big spring weather warning for Aussies

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A 26-year-old man was taken to hospital with a suspected broken arm after his car entered a level crossing and was hit by a train

Young driver’s miraculous escape after car hit by oncoming train

South Australia
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Strong wind warnings are in place for parts of the country after the east coast was hit by thunderstorms this week.

Thunderstorm shift as severe winds to batter parts of nation

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Western Australia

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A mining workshop has been shut down after a worker lost their hand in a serious workplace incident, and the safety watchdog is now involved.

Worker loses hand in WA mining workshop accident

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Feeding wild dolphins has been shown to lower reproduction and young survival.

The simple act that could wipe out WA’s dolphin population

Western Australia
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Carolina Wilga's tell-all book will reveal how she miraculously survived 12-days in WA's outback.

Backpacker reveals how she survived 12-day outback nightmare

Western Australia
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Police allegedly found meth in a man’s McMuffin during a traffic stop last month.

WA Police reveal wild discovery inside man’s Maccas feed

Western Australia
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ACT

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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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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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Tasmania

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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

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Three dead, two critically injured after horror crash at Elizabeth Town, Tasmania 

Three dead, two critically injured after horror crash

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Australia is in for a tough bushfire season, as a combination of below-average winter rainfall and above-average fuel loads mark the first day of spring on Tuesday.

The big spring weather warning for Aussies

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Belgian tourist Celine Cremer went missing during a hike in north-west Tasmania.

Probe finds ‘overlapping errors’ lead to death of backpacker

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Northern Territory

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A teenager has been speared during a disturbance between family groups in a remote township

Teenage boy flown to hospital after being speared in back

Northern Territory
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The body of 61-year-old Dominic O'Connell has been found in plunge pool in the NT.
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Devastating update on man missing in national park

Northern Territory
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Australia is in for a tough bushfire season, as a combination of below-average winter rainfall and above-average fuel loads mark the first day of spring on Tuesday.

The big spring weather warning for Aussies

Australia
3 Min Read
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Strong wind warnings are in place for parts of the country after the east coast was hit by thunderstorms this week.

Thunderstorm shift as severe winds to batter parts of nation

Australia
5 Min Read