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Moths on their annual migration could be blowing out the BoM radar’s rain reading.
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Hayley Taylor

Weather forecasts warped as moth migration messes with the radar

There is an odd explanation for all the rainy weather wrongly forecast for the currently sunny southeast of Australia.

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Australian actor Rebel Wilson has been awarded $359,000 in unpaid fees after a court found she did not sabotage the release of her own film, the box office flop The Deb.

Rebel Wilson’s big win in bitter legal battle over movie

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Not everyone is condemning the vigilante’s actions.

Fed-up vigilante spray paints cars parked across Sydney driveways

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Popular beaches closed as discovery prompts shark fears

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Masked intruders have stabbed a man in the yard of his Baulkham Hills home.

Hunt for four masked strangers who stabbed man at his home

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Victoria

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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

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The woman and her young child died at the scene.

Police probe as mum and child found dead outside apartment

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‘Forgot’: Premier admits awkward fuel mistake

Victoria
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Brendan Nugent has been identified as the man in custody over allegedly deliberately driving a Toyota LandCruiser into federal MP Helen Haines.

Online rants reveal MP’s alleged attacker is Hamas defender

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Queensland

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Police and SES crews search bushland in Chermside, where Andy Parker’s body was discovered near the scene of a dog attack involving two dogs owned by Layla Evans.

ID revealed after body found near dog attack scene

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The victim of a dog attack in Brisbane has been identified as a prominent local real estate agent, Ajay Malik.

Real estate agent identified as dog mauling victim left in critical condition

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Kittyhawk Dr at Chermside. File image

Mystery after body found in bushland in suburban park

Queensland
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The owner of two dogs that mauled a man in a Brisbane park on Friday evening has spoken out in their defence, claiming her dogs are not dangerous.

‘Shattered’: Owner’s plea for dogs that mauled man in park

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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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A range of milk has been urgently recalled from shelves across South Australia after it was found to have been contaminated by E. coli bacteria.

Milk urgently recalled over dangerous bacteria contamination

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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

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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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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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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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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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