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Man faces $9000 fine for using a drone to pick up a Bunnings sausage
Some people will go to great lengths to get hold of a Bunnings sausage, those delicious fried tubes of mystery meat.
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Mother finds eight-year-old son crushed by falling gravestone
A mother has told of the horrifying moment she saw her son crushed by a falling gravestone.
![JJ Holmes with sister Grace and President Barack Obama.](/web/20161118084639im_/http://www.essentialkids.com.au/content/dam/images/g/s/k/l/j/4/image.related.landscape.300x200.gsklv4.png/1478592752012.jpg)
Disabled boy kicked out of Trump rally, next day he met Obama
A disabled 12-year-old boy got to meet President Obama, a day he was jostled and ejected from a Donald Trump rally.
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Two 'beautiful angels' drown in backyard pool
Two "beautiful angels" have drowned in a backyard pool, prompting an outpouring of grief from a mourning family.
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Parents charged after injecting children with heroin as 'feel-good medicine'
Inside a house of squalor, US officials found three young children amongst the rat droppings and drug needles.
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'Everybody should have a buddy': the imaginative way one girl made a new student feel welcome
A little girl went above and beyond to help make a student feel welcome at his new school.
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How supporting a disadvantaged child can can radically change a life
"When we couldn't afford the rent, we lost our home. We had to move into my Aunt's one bedroom flat, where my pregnant mother, my father, and my two siblings slept in a small lounge room. I was on the kitchen floor."
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Family and friends farewell Manrique-Lutz family after suspected murder-suicide
If there is one message that can be taken from the devastating suspected murder suicide of a Sydney family, their grieving relatives hope it is one of awareness.
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Son saw Sydney mother die in Dreamworld tragedy
The son of one of the victims of Dreamworld's ride disaster saw his mother's fatal fall when the Thunder River Rapids ride malfunctioned.
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Mother of Dreamworld accident victims: 'My whole family has been wiped out'
The devastated mother of two victims of the Dreamworld theme park tragedy says her family has been "wiped out" following their deaths on the Thunder River Rapids ride.
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Marvel pulls 'sexy' 15yo superhero after fan backlash
Marvel and Midtown Comics have decided to pull a comic book cover featuring a 15-year-old superhero, after fans expressed concerns that she had been drawn in a sexualised manner.
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