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Australian home borrowers have been dealt some bad news with Westpac now forecasting a November rate rise from the RBA.
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Westpac joins rest of big four in forecasting cup day hike

Australian home borrowers have been dealt some bad news, while a senior Reserve Bank official has given a strong hint of more pain.

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NSW is by far Australia’s worst affected housing market with the average value plunging by 2.4 per cent to a still unaffordable $1.305 million during the June quarter

Homeowners in this Australian state are $33K worse off

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A Qantas plane was evacuated before take-off at Sydney Airport on Monday night after smoke filled the cabin.

Qantas flight evacuated as smoke fills cabin before takeoff

NSW
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Investigators into Ben Roberts-Smith have hidden the identities of 723 people named in the evidence against him with pseudonyms.

Investigators suppress 723 names in Ben Roberts-Smith case

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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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Victoria

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Horror rollover claims second young life overnight.
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Second child dies overnight after catastrophic 4WD rollover

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A school-aged child died at the scene of the incident despite receiving CPR. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Child dead, six more injured following vehicle rollover

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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Queensland

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Ian Campbell, 56, and daughter Hannah, 23, on recent fundraising expedition to Papua New Guinea.

Heartbreaking final weeks of family killed in plane crash

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The Campbell family are much loved figures in their community.

Father and daughter confirmed dead in horror plane crash

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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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South Australia

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Jacinta Ann Drust, of Adelaide, is facing a charge each of murder and unlawful killing relating to the death of her former partner Antonio Cavaiuolo in March 2023.

Woman denies pressuring boyfriend into ending his own life

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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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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Outback Wrangler star Matt Wright, wife Kaia and Top End Safari Camp are now facing litigation over a 2023 airboat crash in three jurisdictions.
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‘Beyond me’: Judge questions Matt Wright boat crash lawsuits

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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
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