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Fatal quad bike crash in Barellan, NSW, the second tragedy for Connor Irvin's family
A farming family from tiny Riverina town of Barellan is again in mourning following their second tragedy in just two weeks.
![Akon Guode at the funeral for her three children in 2015.](/web/20170129184233im_/http://www.essentialkids.com.au/content/dam/images/g/q/8/n/a/p/image.related.landscape.300x200.gts0m0.png/1484546376819.jpg)
Mother pleads guilty to murders of children who drowned in lake
A mother of seven has pleaded guilty to murdering two of her children and killing a third after she drove her car into a lake in Melbourne's west.
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Twin, 7, dies after quad bike accident in NSW
A seven-year-old boy has died after a quad bike accident in the NSW Riverina on Sunday afternoon.
![Jai, Beau, and Chase Masters are missing from the Mornington area.](/web/20170129184233im_/http://www.essentialkids.com.au/content/dam/images/g/t/r/y/9/e/image.related.landscape.300x200.gtry7m.png/1484522864685.jpg)
Police find three young brothers missing from Mornington
Police have found three brothers who went missing from their home in Mornington, a coastal town in Victoria's south.
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'Momma is no felon': torment of woman snatched as a child
It was the moment that summed up the whirlwind of confused emotions that must have filled 18-year-old Kamiyah Mobley.
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Bush sisters offer sage advice to the Obama girls in an open letter
"Explore your passions. Learn who you are. Make mistakes, you are allowed to."
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Teenage girl charged with murdering seven-year-old girl
A teenager has appeared in court charged with murdering a seven-year-old girl whose mother broke down in tears as she tried in vain to save the life of her daughter found seriously injured on a playing field.
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Four children locked in Sydney car as temperature hit 40.9 degrees
Four young children were allegedly left inside a locked car in Sydney's west on Wednesday afternoon, as the mercury hit its peak at 40.9 degrees.
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Alan Langdon and six-year-old daughter found in Ulladulla after weeks at sea
Missing man Alan Langdon and his six-year-old daughter were found alive in Ulladulla, a coastal town in New South Wales, on Wednesday afternoon after weeks at sea.
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Boy, 8, drowns in Lake Hume
An eight-year-old boy has drowned at Lake Hume in north-east Victoria.
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Movie World roller-coaster fault leaves 20 stranded in the air
More than a dozen people were stuck on a roller-coaster ride at Movie World.
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