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CCTV clue as bank fireball injures 27
Ashley Argoon, Mark Buttler A SUBURBAN bank branch in Melbourne erupted in a fire blast today after a man used fuel to set himself alight in the bank, injuring 27 people.
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Reef chaos with another dead
ANOTHER tourist has died while swimming on the Great Barrier Reef. And Foreign visitors are fearing the worst.
Sordid new pictures of Atkins
EXCLUSIVE: New details of Michael Atkins’ sex life with young men as cops consider his immunity deal over Matthew Leveson.
Fraser blamed for migrant ‘mistake’
PETER Dutton said Australia is now paying for mistakes made by former prime minister Malcolm Fraser’s government that let certain people in.
Lambie fires up over veterans’ charity
YOU’D think Senator Jacqui Lambie would be impressed by a charity supporting current and former servicemen and women. But that wasn't so today ...
Man sets himself alight in CommBank fire
SIX people are in a critical condition and many more injured after a man entered a CBA branch in Melbourne and set himself alight.
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Street shutdown Six critically hurt in Melbourne bank fire attack
SIX people are in a critical condition while several others have been taken to hospital after a fire at a Commonwealth Bank branch in Melbourne’s southeast.
Media scrum Bloody hell! TV journo attacked
THE estranged wife of Tarik Assaad — who is the brother of gangland murder victim Hamad Assaad — lashed out at Sky News reporter Amy Greenbank outside Bankstown Court today, after Assaad was refused bail on firearm charges.
Exclusive Some dole recipients used medical loophole to avoid getting work
DOLE recipients have been accused of exploiting a medical loophole to avoid having to get a job by claiming they are too sick to work.
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Bedford Park Why truckie deliberately crashed his truck
IMAGES: POLICE have praised the quick thinking actions of a truck driver who managed to wrangle his out-of-control vehicle off the road, preventing a serious crash.
River Murray Murray will close without extra flows — experts
THE mouth of the River Murray is at risk of closing if additional water promised in the Murray Darling Basin plan is not returned, experts warn.
Fatal smash Teen to admit role in fiery fatal South Rd crash
THE second of two teenagers charged over the fiery road crash that killed mother of two Nicole Tucker will confess his role in the tragedy and plead guilty, a court has heard.
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Victoria
Suburban horror CCTV clue as bank fireball injures 27
A SUBURBAN bank branch in Melbourne erupted in a fire blast today after a man used fuel to set himself alight in the bank, injuring 27 people.
Critical condition Man hands himself in after hit-run
A MAN has handed himself in to police after a hit-run collision in West Melbourne that left a teenager fighting for life this morning.
Street shutdown Springvale bank fire injures 27
A SUBURBAN bank branch in Melbourne erupted in a fire blast today after a man used fuel to set himself alight in the bank, injuring 27 people.
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Sex claims ’I didn’t know one neighbourhood kid from another’
A RETIRED criminologist has told a Brisbane court he did not even know a girl who claims to have been a victim of sex games by him in the ’70s.
Moreton Bay Island residents urged to flee bushfire
RESIDENTS have been urged to leave their homes on Macleay Island off Brisbane as firefighters struggle to control a bush blaze. Pic: Twitter/ABC
Aerial search Pilot in critical condition
UPDATE: The pilot of a chopper who crashed 25 nautical miles west of the Daintree in the state’s far north has been flown to Cairns Base Hospital in a critical condition.
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Patrick Slater Boys in train station murder case to face adult court
THREE boys charged with murdering Patrick Slater at Elizabeth Quay train station will be tried in the WA Supreme Court with their five adult co-accused.
Outback idea National park proposal for unused WA land
A MAJOR parks network in Western Australia would create more than 200 Indigenous ranger jobs and unique tourism opportunities, proponents say.
One Nation Culleton may attend High Court hearing
ONE Nation senator Rod Culleton may attend his High Court hearing in Canberra next week after previously saying it would have to be adjourned because parliament is sitting.
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Ten Days 2017 Festival feast from Moonah to Milabena
TASMANIA’S homegrown artists talents and our creative connections to the world will both be celebrated when the Ten Days on the Island festival returns in March.
Exclusive polling Who should lead the Labor party?
BRYAN Green, Rebecca White, Scott Bacon, Lara Giddings? Who does Tasmania think should lead the state Labor party?
Vulpine hoax Faux fox find on Frankford Highway
A FOX carcass found by a Tasmanian highway recently actually came from Victoria, authorities say.
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Rushed to hospital Man suffers electric shock at Coles
A NINETEEN-year-old male was rushed to hospital after he received an electric shock at Coles supermarket in Palmerston
Revenge attack Bikie to live on bail with prison guard relative
ALLEGED bikie associate Nicholas Wise has been granted bail to live with his prison officer sister-in-law in South Australia after his parents posted a guarantee of more than $1 million.
Blazing inferno Car destroyed by fire in city street
A CAR kept for spare parts in the Darwin CBD burst into flames leaving passers by to try and extinguish the blaze
- Territory DV crisis aired on national stage
- Medical emergency diverts flight to Alice Springs
- Bomb threat hoax at Casuarina Square
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- What happens when you toad the line
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- Sender should have drone better
- The tides they are a-changin’
- Slain, ‘mangled’ geese left on busy road
- Fresh warning over water fears
- Fireys mark 75 years in the Top End
Victim had a troubled life
FRIENDS have paid tribute to the Geelong cyclist who was killed on Wednesday after colliding with a truck on Ryrie St.
The scary new Schoolies trend
Sex, booze and drugs have long been a danger for Schoolies. But now the skolling games have been replaced with a new amusement — and another worry for parents.
Officer in Earlville hit and run
BREAKING: Police are searching for the driver of a vehicle who deliberately hit an officer earlier this afternoon.
PNG dolphin discovery
A TOWNSVILLE scientist has spotted the first humpback dolphins ever seen in Papua New Guinean waters.