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Denise and Carl Allan.

Mother, son missing after axe attack on Perth grandfather

Police hold urgent welfare concerns for Denise Allan who may be travelling with her 41-year-old son. 

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Former defence minister Linda Reynolds has hit a legal delay in her defamation lawsuit against Brittany Higgins, caused by a simple act of ‘respect’ towards her former staffer.

Reynolds’ act of ‘respect’ for Brittany Higgins backfires

Former defence minister Linda Reynolds has hit a legal delay in her defamation lawsuit against Brittany Higgins, caused by a simple act of ‘respect’ towards her former staffer.

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IGA stores in QLD are pulling affected minced meat packages off its shelves.

Urgent recall for minced meat from popular Queensland supermarkets

Authorities warn affected products could cause ‘illness or injury if consumed’.

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Scar Fischer, 11, and Belinda Fischer pictured at Kings Park, Perth, on Sunday ahead of Australia’s social media ban. Carwyn Monck

‘Withdrawal tantrums’ likely as social media ban bites

Parents have been warned to strap in for ‘dopamine withdrawal’ tantrums triggered by Australia’s social media ban.

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The Coroner has called for the urgent closure of Unit 18, a West Australian juvenile detention centre during his findings into the death of Aboriginal boy Cleveland Dodd.

Findings into death of Cleveland Dodd handed down

The Coroner has handed down scathing findings into the death of Aboriginal boy Cleveland Dodd, who was the first child to die inside a West Australian detention centre.

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Three men have been charged amid the AFP’s crackdown on extremism.

Three charged over ‘nazi items’ amid crackdown on extremism

The arrests come after the new AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett established a national security investigations team to hunt extremists.

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Australia is the world’s first democracy to ban its youth from popular social media services.

Teens sceptical ban will wean them off social media

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Australia is trying to keep children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law. The teenagers are sceptical.

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A pedestrian has been killed and a woman injured after a car ploughed into a medical centre in Melbourne’s west.

‘Horrendous’: Man killed as car ploughs into medical centre

A pedestrian has been killed and a woman injured after a car ploughed into a medical centre in Melbourne’s west.

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Ashley Paul Griffith was sentenced to life behind bars with a non-parole period of 27 years.

Monster Aussie paedo ‘could have been stopped sooner’

One of Australia’s worst pedophiles ‘could and should’ have been stopped, with a damning report finding “warning signs” weren’t listened to.

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New leader elected after shock resignation

A first-term MP has been elected to lead South Australia’s opposition, just three months out from the state polls in March.

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New details have emerged after a Scots College student was allegedly ambushed on Saturday.

Outrage as private school boy ‘humiliated’ in shock ritual

Shocking new details have emerged after a 17-year-old boy was allegedly physically and verbally abused by students from one of the country’s most prestigious schools.

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Mali Freeman, the wife of accused cop killer Dezi Freeman, is living in fear in Porepunkah.

‘Scared’: Dezi’s wife spotted after police bombshell

Mali Freeman, wife of alleged cop killer Dezi Freeman, has reportedly become a recluse, ‘living in fear’, as a manhunt and recovery mission for her husband, dead or alive, continues. 

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A family home in Melbourne’s West has been destroyed after a suspected incident involving a lithium-ion battery.

Fire engulfs family home, lithium battery suspected cause

A lithium battery is believed to have triggered a horror house fire just weeks before Christmas.

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A National Parks firefighter has died after being struck by a tree in a NSW bushfire disaster zone.

Firey dies in freak incident as he battles intense bushfire

A firefighter has died in NSW after being struck by a tree near the Bulahdelah bushfire disaster zone.

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$2.5m move after horror shark deaths

NSW is taking action after multiple deadly shark attacks in recent months.

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