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Sutherland Hospital was targeted.

‘Catastrophic’: Hospital gas, water, allegedly sabotaged

Two major hospitals have been targeted in a ‘sabotage attempt’, with a woman allegedly cutting the vital supply of gas and water in Sydney.

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Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde issued a statement after Australian authorities barred his entry to compete in the 2025 world championships.

Child rapist, Olympian learns Australia visa fate

Dutch beach volleyball player Steven van de Velde issued a statement after Australian authorities made a decision over his entry to compete in the 2025 world championships.

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Energy costs are regularly ranked as the top concern for Australian households, documents show.

Secret documents reveal Aussie power price increases

The Minister for Climate Change and Energy, Chris Bowen’s, department has released confidential briefing documents warning of higher power prices over the months to come.

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The Victorian government is reopening the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre two years after it closed.

Youth justice centre to reopen under new laws

A notorious youth justice centre once plagued by riots and escapes will reopen under Victoria’s new bail laws to house young offenders on remand.

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Rare earth elements could be recovered from wind turbines and exported.

Old batteries could deliver critical mineral shortcuts

Recycling big batteries, solar panels and wind turbines at the end of their lives could create a lucrative export industry if Australia gets its rules right.

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Lemon Tree Passage in Raymond Terrace, NSW, is among the most haunted places in Australia according to analysis from Ray White.

Spook-tacular suburbs: Australia's most haunted areas revealed

Analysis from Ray White reveals the spookiest suburbs across the country.

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Two people, believed to be aged in their 20s and 60s, have died in an underground mine explosion in Far Western New South Wales.

Underground mine explosion kills young woman, man

Two people have died in an underground mine explosion in Far Western New South Wales, with one woman in her 20s airlifted to hospital.

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Australian taxpayers have until Friday to file their returns.

‘Watching closely’: Just days until 500,000 taxpayers could face big fine

Here is what Aussies need to do to avoid the costly penalty which can rise to as much as $1650.

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Gus Lamont disappeared from his family's remote sheep grazing property in late September. (HANDOUT/SA POLICE)

Missing outback boy may be outside targeted search area

August ‘Gus’ Lamont, 4, has not been seen since vanishing from his family’s farm at the end of September.

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Is AI investment hype a bubble on the brink of bursting?

AI scepticism costs star fund manager $2.3 billion

Veteran investor Rajiv Jain predicts AI stocks to tumble in the near future but shareholders are betting that it is his price that will fall.

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Australia’s youth unemployment rate of 10.2 per cent is already more than double the national average jobless level of 4.5 per cent.

Teenage pay rise will cost jobs, employers warn

A union is likening the push to scrap junior wages to the fight for gender equality as employers warn of youth job losses.

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Anthony Albanese speaks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang t in Kuala Lumpur.

Albo fires warning at Chinese Premier over RAAF incident

Anthony Albanese insists he ‘very directly’ raised concerns with his Chinese counterpart over a recent military confrontation in which flares were released ‘dangerously’ close to an Australian plane.

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Bruce Lehrmann wants a rape case against him halted before trial. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

Words 'missing' from alleged Lehrmann rape victim's phone

Data from the phone of a woman allegedly raped by Bruce Lehrmann could have been lost twice by police due to technology issues, a court has been told.

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