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Manus Island asylum seeker dead
A SUDANESE asylum seeker who had been in detention on Manus Island has died in Australia apparently after sustaining head injuries in a fall.
Hug the needy at Christmas, says PM
IT’S been a tough and gruelling year for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, but he says now is the time to share the love with the less fortunate.
Best Aussie viral videos of 2016
FROM Chris Gayle’s jawdropping attempt to pick up Mel McLaughlin live on air, to a man punching a kangaroo in the face, here’s what Aussies shared in 2016.
Second home linked to Claremont killings
POLICE are searching a second property that could be linked to the Claremont serial killings following the arrest of Bradley Edwards.
Hug the needy at Christmas, says PM
IT’S been a tough and gruelling year for Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, but he says now is the time to share the love with the less fortunate.
Culleton turns on ‘judge Pauline’
SENATOR Rod Culleton has fired up over Pauline Hanson’s reaction to a Federal Court judge who declared him bankrupt today in dramatic scenes.
Abbott told to take a holiday
AFTER Tony Abbott blamed Malcolm Turnbull for not keeping the Liberal party together, a Howard government minister told him to take a holiday.
Government warned over ‘easy fix’
WITHOUT a curious accounting tweak, the Budget would not be returning to surplus for another ten years.
Turnbull’s Coalition under threat
THE Coalition is facing further destabilisation as controversial MPs Cory Bernardi and George Christensen have indicated they may leave.
Deadly shooting ‘gang related’
ONE man is dead and another critically injured after what is believed to be a gang-related shooting in Sydney’s southwest.
Claremont murders: man charged
A MAN has been charged with the murders of two of the women killed in Western Australia’s 20-year-old Claremont serial killings.
Teens storm sex shop with baton
TWO 16-year-old boys have been charged with attempted armed robbery following an incident at a Burleigh Waters adult store last night.
Thieves ripping off Coast charities
‘TIS the season for giving, but instead Gold Coast charities are being ripped off as thieves steal items from their donation collection areas.
Deadly drug hidden in beauty gear
CROOKS are illegally importing the substance used to make the fatal illegal drug GHB in beauty products imported from China, police have warned.
Family say in balcony death inquest
THE family of Gold Coast balcony death victim Warriena Wright will be consulted before a decision is made on whether to hold an inquest into her death.
AFP seize items from terror raid house
UPDATE: POLICE have returned to a house in Melbourne’s north, as a fourth alleged suicide bomber was remanded for alleged plans to blow up parts of Melbourne on Christmas Day.
Culleton turns on ‘judge Pauline’
SENATOR Rod Culleton has fired up over Pauline Hanson’s reaction to a Federal Court judge who declared him bankrupt today in dramatic scenes.
No bail for pair accused of ‘bestiality attack’
UPDATE: Two men accused of bestiality and torture in relation to 12-year-old Polly the pig and several chickens on the NSW north coast have been refused bail.
Concerns for missing Sydney train guard
SOCIAL media community pages have gone into overdrive, with calls for help to find missing Sydney woman Erin Duffy.
Missing former NRL star’s tragic end
TO HIS mates, Chad Robinson was the life of the party. But the highs he experienced were often accompanied by agonising lows.
Missing baby found safe and well
UPDATE: AN amber alert for a missing newborn girl was stopped late last night when police found the bub safe and well in Northern NSW.
Family say in balcony death inquest
THE family of Gold Coast balcony death victim Warriena Wright will be consulted before a decision is made on whether to hold an inquest into her death.
Ravenshoe blast etched in heroes’ minds
IT was the state’s largest mass burns tragedy and the heroic paramedics who bravely rushed in to help Ravenshoe victims in last year’s horror explosion have been honoured for their life-saving efforts.
AFP seize items from terror raid house
UPDATE: POLICE have returned to a house in Melbourne’s north, as a fourth alleged suicide bomber was remanded for alleged plans to blow up parts of Melbourne on Christmas Day.
Suicide bombing link to CBD terror plot
A FOURTH man has been charged over the alleged Melbourne terror plot as it emerges suicide bombing was allegedly part of a planned attack aimed at Melbourne’s CBD landmarks.
‘Suicide bomber’ eyed Melbourne
ONE of the five arrested in relation to alleged planned attacks on Melbourne’s city centre landmarks has appeared in court.
Fire ban in west, but green light for most Christmas barbies
MOST South Australians can fire up the Weber on Christmas Day, after the CFS declared just one district to be under total fire ban on Sunday.
Crash puts drunk driver off the road
FESTIVE season celebrations will result in an unhappy new year for a man who has lost his licence and his car after it crashed while he was five times the blood-alcohol limit.
Cop car damage leads to arrest
A MAN has been arrested after he allegedly threw a glass at a police car, cracking the windscreen, in the city.
Sexual assault on woman walking dogs
WA POLICE are searching for an elderly man wanted in relation to an indecent assault on a woman in Mandurah.
Former suspect's pain still deep
THE family of former “chief suspect” Lance Williams have described the devastating impact the intense police scrutiny has had on the family over the past 20 years.
WA likely to avoid Christmas cyclone
UPDATE: Western Australia is likely dodge a Christmas Day cyclone, with a tropical low no longer expected to intensify before reaching landfall.
Fireys win long overdue pay rise
AFTER three and a half years of negotiations Territory firefighters will finally get the pay rise they deserve after voting yes to their latest Enterprise Bargaining Agreement
Storm predicted: Monsoon far from over
DARWINITES are very likely to be treated to a storm today, as the Wet Season lives up to its name
Half December’s average rain in four days
VIDEO: This Wet Season is finally feeling ... well, wet ... with 58 per cent of Darwin’s average rainfall for December falling since Monday
Horror injuries prompt burner ban
AN interim ban has been slapped on portable decorative ethanol burners in Tasmania.
Encouraging signs on state’s roads
TASMANIA Police has been encouraged by a drop in traffic offences on the first day of the statewide road blitz Operation Crossroads.
Anti-whaling crew welcomes Antarctic fog
A CONSERVATION group has called on the Federal Government to get involved after finding Japanese whaling vessels in an Australian sanctuary of the Southern Ocean.
