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Staff terror as gang ransacks store
A BRAZEN gang left an Officeworks store cheering after raiding shelves while terrified staff members watched on.
Senate refers election of Bob Day to High Court
THE Senate has asked the High Court of Australia to rule on whether former senator Bob Day was validly elected at the July 2 federal election.
Police hand Dreamworld back to operators
QUEENSLAND Police have concluded their on-site investigation at Dreamworld, nearly two weeks after four people were killed on a ride.
Bernardi’s Trump hat sparks Twitter row
COALITION Senator Cory Bernardi has started a Twitter row after he posted a selfie while wearing a Trump-style hat, with a controversial message.
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Bernardi’s Trump hat sparks Twitter row
COALITION Senator Cory Bernardi has started a Twitter row after he posted a selfie while wearing a Trump-style hat, with a controversial message.
PM faces uphill battle to pass key laws
WITH his Senate in disarray, it’s unclear whether Malcolm Turnbull will have the numbers to get critical legislation passed before the end of the year.
PM slams Human Rights Commission
THE Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has given his strongest indication yet that racial discrimination laws could change after a judge threw out a claim against three university students in Queensland.
‘You want to use the C-word, go for it’
TODAY saw one of the more spectacular press conferences in what has been an extraordinary political year.
One Nation’s weird climate change rant
ONE Nation has given a bizarre climate change announcement rather than address the future of Rod Culleton, as Bob Day’s fate also rests in the High Court.
‘He was excited he met someone’
THE shocked flatmate of Paul Lambert said the finance worker was excited to have met someone “and that he really liked her”.
Dark web dealer speaks
IN THIS exclusive interview, a drug dealer making a fortune selling ice and heroin on the dark net tells news.com.au he’s a businessman like any other.
Torture fugitive in Bangkok bar
INTERNATIONAL fugitive Guido Eglitis - who is wanted on kidnapping and torture charges - may be extradited to Queensland after he was seen in a Bangkok bar.
Man shot dead after petrol attack
POLICE have killed a man who repeatedly stabbed a woman, believed to be his partner, and then doused her in petrol.
Dad’s chilling blackmail text
A VICTORIAN man has been jailed over a “chilling” blackmail campaign against his friend’s daughter, sending a text with a photo of two bullets.
Serial drink driver had 4 kids in car
A FATHER who had been out of jail on DUI charges for three days was caught at five times the legal blood-alcohol limit with children in the back seat.
Bali bombing mastermind loses appeal
THE suspected terrorist mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombings will remain in detention at Guantanamo Bay after his bid for freedom was rejected.
Doctor ‘killed his wife’ to be with lover
SYDNEY GP Brian Crickitt is on trial over his wife’s death, whose body he then showed to his mistress as they “held hands” on a trip to the morgue.
‘You’ve got to pack up and go’
WITH temperatures set to soar and the risk level in the very high range, firefighters, who battled 100 blazes yesterday, will have a killer day ahead of them.
Tostee: ‘She was a guest in my home’
A SNIPPET from a tell-all that reportedly netted Gable Tostee six-figures has aired, sending social media into meltdown.
Threat forces Sydney hospital evacuation
“A BOMB scare” forced staff and patients at Fairfield Hospital in Sydney’s southwest to be evacuated on Monday morning.
Police hand Dreamworld back to operators
QUEENSLAND Police have concluded their on-site investigation at Dreamworld, nearly two weeks after four people were killed on a ride.
Tostee: ‘She was a guest in my home’
A SNIPPET from a tell-all that reportedly netted Gable Tostee six-figures has aired, sending social media into meltdown.
‘They called him a hero. I felt nothing’
THE father of the backpacker murdered as he tried to save Mia Ayliffe-Chung from a fatal stabbing at a Queensland hostel has revealed how he’s coped.
Staff terror as gang ransacks store
A BRAZEN gang left an Officeworks store cheering after raiding shelves while terrified staff members watched on.
Woman dead, man critical in shooting
UPDATE: An elderly woman has died, while a man is in a critical condition following a shooting on the Mornington Peninsula.
Our ‘dirtiest’ power station closing down
AUSTRALIA’S ‘dirtiest’ power station will close in a matter of months, leaving hundreds in the region out of work.
Senate refers election of Bob Day to High Court
THE Senate has asked the High Court of Australia to rule on whether former senator Bob Day was validly elected at the July 2 federal election.
No more split-screens for Palace Nova cinema
PALACE Nova Cinemas will close one of its Rundle St buildings and merge from two locations to one from Thursday.
Man seriously hurt after falling out of tree
A MAN has suffered serious head injuries after falling out of a tree in the Adelaide Hills.
Fisherman winched off vessel, flown to RPH
THE skipper of a commercial fishing boat who was seriously injured off the Great Australian Bight has been winched off his vessel and flown to Royal Perth Hospital.
WA the nation’s worst for vaccinations
WA HAS the lowest rate of immunisation in the country with Fremantle singled out as an area with a high number of “conscientious objectors”.
Abalone fisherman fighting for life
A MAN is in a critical condition at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital after he almost drowned during the first day of the abalone fishing season.
Lucky escape for driver after rollover
A TWENTY-year-old male appears to have had a lucky escape after the 4WD ute he was in rolled on the Stuart Highway at the weekend
Outback Wrangler finds the Wright woman
THE Outback Wrangler Matt Wright has chosen picturesque East Point to ask girlfriend Kaia Hammond to marry him
Doctors make voices heard on asylum seekers
LET them stay. That was the message from doctors, health workers and other members of the Darwin community who yesterday came together to demand the humane treatment of asylum seekers and refugees
Man charged over domestic violence incident
A MAN has been accused of ramming his partner’s head into a television up to 10 times during a domestic violence incident at the weekend.
Paul and Woody debate east vs west
Hit100.9 breakfast radio hosts Paul Hogan and Esther ‘Woody’ Woodhams discuss the merits of living on the Western Shore and Eastern Shore respectively.
Cricket’s great stitch up in Hobart
FOR cricket-mad Hobart shop owner Katinka Challen, there’s nothing like the sound of wool on willow.