Australia

An attendant has been injured after attempting to stop a man from stealing fuel. (Jay Kogler/AAP PHOTOS)

Fuel theft and aggression spikes at petrol stations

Service station operators are reporting a rise in fuel theft and customer anger as the cost of fuel continues to climb.

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AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett said sate actors were colluding with criminals to carry out foreign interference, sabotage, and terrorism. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

‘Diabolical’: Aussie crims contracted for terror

Criminals-for-hire are offending for “despots, dictators, and disrupters” in a major challenge to police, Australia's top cop has warned.

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Footage has emerged of a teenage boy performing wheelies and tricks on an e-bike in the months before a fatal crash in Western Sydney.

Teens killed in crash with bus identified as chilling riding footage emerges

The two boys died after the bike they were travelling on collided with a bus on a restricted roadway.

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Australian consumers say it is the worst time to spend money since the Covid lockdown. NewsWire / Nicholas Eagar

Devastating stat about Aussies’ finances

Australians now feel worse about their finances than during the GFC, dot-com crash or Covid, as confidence hits rock bottom.

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Stacey Warnecke tragically died following the homebirth of her first child.

Doula refuses to give statement at inquest into homebirth death

A coroner has compelled a doula to give evidence into the death of an influencer who was rushed to hospital after giving birth to her son at home.

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Consumer confidence is at its worst level since records began in 1973.

Aussie consumer confidence plunges to record low

Skyrocketing fuel prices and the prospect of more interest rate rises have caused consumer confidence to plunge to a record low.

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The orcas were filmed attacking a whale just six kilometres offshore.

Orcas kill young whale in front of shocked Aussie tourists

WATCH THE VIDEO: A routine whale watching tour has taken a dark and rare turn as a pod of orcas showed why they’re called killer whales. Warning: Graphic

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NSW Police could be given the power to seize and destroy illegal e-bikes. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

E-bike crackdown continues with seize and crush powers

Licenses for teenage riders and crushing powers for illegal e-bikes are among the measures being considered by lawmakers in a nationwide crackdown.

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Two teenage boys have been killed in a crash with a motorbike and bus in Sydney’s west.

Horrific details emerge after teens killed at infamous Sydney intersection

The deaths of the boys, aged 14 and 15, comes amid pleas to curb riders using the restricted roadway.

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Two boys have died after a motorcycle and bus crashed. NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Two boys killed in horror crash with bus in Sydney’s west

The teenage boys, aged 15 and 16, were on a motorcycle when the crash happened in Sydney’s west.

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Massive sinkhole shuts down busy Albert Park road for days

Commuter chaos with major road to be closed for days due to sinkhole

What looks like a small hole in the road is hiding a shocking secret underneath.

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More triple-0 calls fail during nationwide outage affecting the Optus network. NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Optus outage sparks new triple-0 failure

Optus has suffered yet another nationwide outage which resulted in a handful of triple-0 calls not connecting.

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Sydney glamour pair Kyara and Clayton Larcombe have split.

The rise and fall of racy Sydney investor Clay Larcombe

Creditors have taken over the entrepreneur’s business, PAC Capital, and he has separated from his glamorous wife.

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NSW Premier Chris Minns has revealed 105 service stations are now without diesel - “almost exclusively in the regions”.

‘Of course’ the government is considering fuel rations

Federal Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen confirmed fuel rationing has been reviewed by his department as more than 200 service stations ran out of petrol in NSW, Queensland and Victoria.

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Australians who owe Centrelink up to $250 have had their debts wiped.