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In the past week Australian government websites were caught up in a global cyber-emergency as hackers exploited a vulnerability with PHP, a widely used computing language that was discovered using AI.
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Andrew Greene

One attack every six minutes prompts new cybersecurity alert

Criminals and state-sponsored hackers are using advanced Al technologies to disrupt cybersecurity defences with authorities warning online vulnerabilities are now being detected at a rapidly increasing pace.

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Beau Lamarre-Condon has pleaded not guilty to the murders of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

Accused killer cop dobbed in mate over dumping bodies

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A former police officer’s ‘trauma’ claim in a call to a helpline before handing himself in over the alleged murders of a Sydney couple has been aired in court.

Accused killer cop’s ‘trauma’ claim: court

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Artist impressions for 203-225 Victoria St, Potts Point

REVEALED: Massive 40-storey sky-high tower for Sydney suburb

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They're no bigger than six millimetres, but these invasive pests can be lethal to humans and devastate local wildlife. Now, a two-kilometre biosecurity lockdown has been imposed across Sydney's inner west.

Lockdown underway as deadly biosecurity threat escalates

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Victoria

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Accused killer Greg Lynn will remain in custody after losing his bid for bail.

Major update on murder-accused Jetstar pilot Greg Lynn

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Ali Martin helped raise joey Ruby who was rescued from the pouch of her mother’s body (top left).
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‘Fox guarding the hen house’: Outrage as 4321 wombats killed

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Police have discovered 120 individual packages of cocaine inside two cabinets. (HANDOUT/VICTORIA POLICE)

Trio face life in jail over 120kg of coke found in cabinets

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An axe-wielding man who caused an eight car pile up was cable-tied by tradies.

Wild scenes as tradies tackle axe-wielding man

Victoria
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Queensland

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Former Fraser Coast council member James Hansen was found dead in floodwaters west of Maryborough.

Ex-councillor and One Nation candidate found dead in Queensland floods

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Dramatic footage shows police rushing into a smoke-filled Queensland home to rescue a woman.

Woman rescued from suspected deliberately lit blaze

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A man has tragically been found dead in Queensland floodwaters.

Man dies as flood emergency grips Queensland

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Dramatic police footage has captured the moment officers arrested a 15-year-old boy following an alleged hooning spree.

WATCH: 15yo arrested as passengers hang out of speeding car

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South Australia

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‘Whole bed moved’: 4.9 quake hits Aussie city

South Australia
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Danielle Munn, founder of 1000 Hives, is proud of the project's first beehives in an apple orchard. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

Beehive builds to fill pollination gap as population shrinks

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Adrian Portelli’s LMCT+ has a 99 cent fuel offer for Saturday only

Billionaire hits back at critics as 99c fuel brings streets to standstill

South Australia
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Police returned to an Adelaide motel room on Friday.

Police seize items from motel room amid baby death investigation

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Western Australia

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The man accused of entering WA minister Hannah Beazley’s electorate office and threatening her staff with makeshift nunchucks has a lengthy history of mental ill-health, a court has been told.

Man faces court after alleged threats at WA MP’s office

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A police chase has seen a stolen 4WD shove another car out of the way, ram police vehicles and terrifyingly speed across an intersection as the driver allegedly tried to evade arrest in the South West.

Driver accused of ramming cop cars in wild two-day getaway

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A woman died following a random breath test in Geraldton on Monday night. File image

Woman dies suddenly after random roadside breath test

Western Australia
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WA detectives have charged a teenager after a drive-by shooting at Gosnells on Saturday. (Aaron Bunch/AAP PHOTOS)

Teenage boy charged after alleged drive-by shooting

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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

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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

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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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Six children died when a jumping castle was swept into the air during an end-of-year fair in 2021. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Inquest into jumping castle tragedy looks to wind expert

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

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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

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Northern Territory

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An 18-year-old male youth has been charged in relation to a hit-and-run that left a man in his 50s dead.

Teen charged months after hit-and-run leaves man, 57, dead

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The death of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby has sparked child protection reforms in the NT. (Rhett Hammerton/AAP PHOTOS)

'Unforgivable' mistakes trigger child protection reform

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Judge blasts Darwin lawyer over $20k divorce grab.

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

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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

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