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War games: Don’t mention China
IF you are a US military officer in Australia for the Talisman Sabre war games then you should not, under any circumstance, mention the ‘C’ word.
Inside Australia’s freezing storm
IT’S not every day you see a ‘roo in the snow. This is just one of thousands of amazing photos shared online of Australia’s winter snow storm.
Oh no! SUV boom will ‘never’ end
ARE you sick and tired of being stuck behind an SUV in traffic or waiting an eternity for one to park? What’s driving our infatuation with SUVs?
Tony Abbott: ‘I am humbled by you’
EMOTIONS ran high at the memorial for MH17 victims in the nation’s capital and not even the Prime Minister could hold back his emotion.
Siege man has ‘mental health’ history
THE man at the centre of the Bunbury siege — which ended peacefully after nearly 13 hours — has a history of mental illness and was allegedly on the run from a Perth psychiatric hostel.
Holden posts another massive loss
THE red lion was leaking more red ink last year as sales fell to a 21-year low in a booming market.
Judge rules torture wasn’t ‘serious’
FOUR teens who took part in a ‘sadistic’ eight-hour torture attack have escaped being labelled serious violent offenders.
RUSH HOUR: The stories you need to know today
POPULAR photo sharing app Instagram has banned the search term ‘curvy’ sparking outrage and bemusement from users. And their reason for doing so is particularly strange.
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Siege man has ‘mental health’ history
THE man at the centre of the Bunbury siege — which ended peacefully after nearly 13 hours — has a history of mental illness and was allegedly on the run from a Perth psychiatric hostel.
Judge rules torture wasn’t ‘serious’
FOUR teens who took part in a ‘sadistic’ eight-hour torture attack have escaped being labelled serious violent offenders.
Suitcase body: Was it William Tyrell?
THE child’s body was found in a suitcase, just off the side of a highway. Detectives are trying to figure out who the victim was, and they’re looking interstate.
Wedding argument ends in stabbing death
A WOMAN who killed her abusive fiance with a single stab wound after being choked following an argument about their postponed wedding acted in self-defence, a court heard today.
Sexually assaulted and left to die
‘I’VE never seen anything like it … it’s gut-wrenching’. In a disturbing twist, police say Mahmoud Hrouk, 16, was sexually violated before being bashed to death.
Mum’s pain over child killer’s freedom
THE murderer of little Ebony Simpson has won new freedoms within the prison system, fuelling fears that other notorious killers could follow suit.
Meth addict stabs two, beats parents
TWO women stabbed, loving parents beaten, an Esky full of knives and a tub of explosives — it reads like a horror movie script.
Man stabbed to death in Melbourne
UPDATE: A man has died after a stabbing at a house in Melbourne’s west. People at the scene tried to revive the victim.
Strangled with $11 stuffed in her mouth
THE victim was lying on her back, with $11 dollars stuffed into her mouth. Forty-one years later Elaine “Beverley” King’s devastated family still want answers.
Two killed in German shooting
A MAN shot and killed two people in the southern German region of Bavaria on Friday, and fired at two others before being apprehended by police.
Sydney woman raped by teenage boy
POLICE are looking for a teenage boy who grabbed a woman from behind and raped her as she walked home on a western Sydney street.
UK girl charged in Anzac terror plot
A SECOND British teen has been charged for her role in an alleged Islamic State-inspired terrorist plot to attack an Anzac Day event in Melbourne.
Naturopath charged after baby left ‘near death’
MUM of eight-month-old baby boy sought alternative treatment for infant’s eczema. Now the mother and naturopah have both been charged.
‘Barbaric, beyond comprehension’
IT’S one of the most horrific ways to murder someone, and in Australia, it’s on the rise. Why? This is what makes the killers tick.
Prison Masterchef batters man over chicken parma
IT’S a sensitive issue as this prison cook showed when he bashed a fellow prisoner who dared to suggest there was ‘too much tomato’ on his chicken parma.
Did Malcolm Turnbull go too far?
MALCOLM Turnbull has downplayed threats to national security from Islamic State but at least one expert believes he may have gone too far.
Bashed toddler ‘will need wheelchair for life’
A MAN will face court today charged with the abuse of a 13-month-old boy so severely injured he will be confined to a wheelchair and is badly brain damaged.
‘He gave me a drink called CC and raped me’
SHE suffered a major breakdown after years of abuse in the Army but now Mary-Ann Oaten’s case is being investigated by police along with 130 others.
Secrets of a Sydney sex dungeon
DOZENS of women have told police they were sexually assaulted or raped, many of them in a dungeon in a former Sydney girls school.
This is Australia’s murder capital
IT HAS perfect sunsets, tropical weather and a laid-back lifestyle. But behind that idyllic veneer, too many people are dying.
Cop shot in the head in Melbourne
A POLICE officer in Melbourne has been shot in the head as he tried to intercept a car. Someone in a car opened fire with a shotgun about 3.40am this morning.
Children who murder parents
IT IS a crime few of us could comprehend — but it happens more than you might think. What happens when parents are murdered by their children?
Call centre sells personal details to crime gang
MORE than $1 million has been stolen from Australians after a call centre sold personal details to a crime syndicate.
Fresh DNA lead in baffling murder case
IT IS one of Australia’s most infamous unsolved crimes — the murder of Corryn Rayney. Now, eight years later, there’s been a breakthrough.
Husband’s chilling Facebook confession
HOURS after his wife met her death, Robin Michael took to social media to air his grief and guilt. Those words, and his own actions, led to his undoing.
Police storm Melbourne jail
UPDATE: Police have stormed a Melbourne jail after prisoners began rioting. Helicopter footage shows inmates roaming the grounds armed with sticks.
‘An unusual way to dispose of a person’
MARK Peterson felt a huge tug on his fishing net, but what he reeled in was no monster. It was the body of a man tied to a metal cross.
Should we save Sharrouf’s troubled kids?
DEBATE is raging over whether the children of Australia’s most notorious terrorist should be allowed back into the country. But the bigger questions is, can the children be rehabilitated?
Child sex offenders to face harsher penalties
CHILD sex offenders will face life in jail in NSW under tough new sentencing laws.
Gunman’s eerie messages: ‘I am going to die’
THE gunman accused of taking five people hostage in a Perth home posted disturbing messages online during the two-hour siege with police.
Gunman on loose in Melbourne suburb
A MAN has reportedly been riddled with bullets in a shock drive-by shooting down the road from a high school.
He comes from a loving family
A YOUNG fitness enthusiast and “party boy” has been left in a coma, fighting for his life after a regular night out in the city turned into a tragedy.
Near fatal late night brawl
THE 25-year-old was punched a number of times in the face before falling and hitting his head on the brick footpath. His attacker and two other men fled the scene.
‘Human error’ over Monis letter
A SENATE inquiry has heard why a letter by Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis to the Attorney General was not forwarded to an inquest into the tragedy.
Bill Spedding released on bail
THE tradesman and person of interest in the disappearance of NSW toddler William Tyrrell has been granted bail on unrelated child sex charges.
‘Ice mums’: New addiction horror
THE ice epidemic has cut so deeply into Australian society that even housewives are turning to the drug to help them get through the day.
Watchdog slams crime commission
A HIGH level report has accused a secret unit of the WA Corruption and Crime Commission with serious misconduct, including stealing and falsifying records.
Man charged with people smuggling
A 37-YEAR-OLD Victorian man has been charged over an alleged people smuggling syndicate from Iraq to Australia.
Police hunt for ‘vigilante’ after revenge attack
NORTHERN Territory police are looking for a man they believe was involved in a revenge attack over a Darwin man who was shot in the head while behind the wheel of his car.
NATIONAL EDITOR'S PICKS
War games: Don’t mention China
IF you are a US military officer in Australia for the Talisman Sabre war games then you should not, under any circumstance, mention the ‘C’ word.
Why paedophiles need our help
PAEDOPHILES are some of the most reviled members of our community. But experts are warning Australia’s approach needs to change with many in need of help and sympathy.
Inside Australia’s freezing storm
IT’S not every day you see a ‘roo in the snow. This is just one of thousands of amazing photos shared online of Australia’s winter snow storm.
Family to police: ‘F***ing do something’
OFFICERS intervened outside court as the family of a man accused of raping and murdering teen Mahmoud Hrouk swore at the media and damaged equipment.
Oil confirmed in Reef waters
UPDATE: Maritime Safety Queensland has confirmed patches of oil in Great Barrier Reef waters off Townsville.
‘I’m not ashamed of my public sex video’
A YOUNG woman in the middle of a viral video scandal says she has no regrets after being filmed having sex with two men. WARNING: Graphic
NRA opens fire on Australia’s gun laws
THE NRA, America’s powerful gun lobby, has criticised our “Orwellian” gun laws, saying Australians were robbed of their right to self-defence.