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Jail for woman who demanded $300k after digging up bookie's backyard
Courts

Jail for woman who demanded $300k after digging up bookie's backyard

A woman who with two accomplices dug up a Melbourne backyard for suspected hidden cash before trying to extort $300,000 from the owner has been jailed.

  • by Melissa Iaria
Motorcyclist who cost a young mother her life was career criminal
Tragedy

Motorcyclist who cost a young mother her life was career criminal

  • by Simone Fox Koob & Melissa Cunningham
'Standards deteriorated': Turnbull weighs in on ABC accusation
Malcolm Turnbull

'Standards deteriorated': Turnbull weighs in on ABC accusation

  • by Matthew Knott
Face down in a closet: Mystery at prosecutor's office solved
CBD

Face down in a closet: Mystery at prosecutor's office solved

  • by Kylar Loussikian
Catholic school numbers to stagnate over next decade
School funding

Catholic school numbers to stagnate over next decade

  • by Henrietta Cook & Jordan Baker

Healthcare

'This substance will cause death’: New euthanasia rules announced
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Euthanasia

'This substance will cause death’: New euthanasia rules announced

Regulations reveal the head of Victoria’s health department will be given three days to decide whether to sign off on each bid for voluntary euthanasia.

  • by Aisha Dow
'I didn't push it': Women avoid doctors over 'Drama Queen Syndrome'
Healthcare

'I didn't push it': Women avoid doctors over 'Drama Queen Syndrome'

Hypochondriacs may live longer but the fear of being called a drama queen is stopping women seeking medical help.

  • by Kate Aubusson
'It's not right': Parents wait years for answers on Melissa's death at private Sydney hospital
Inquest

'It's not right': Parents wait years for answers on Melissa's death at private Sydney hospital

    Free vaccine for teenagers amidst rise of deadly meningococcal disease
    Immunisation

    Free vaccine for teenagers amidst rise of deadly meningococcal disease

    • by Kate Aubusson
    Door greeters, refreshments: new trial in NSW emergency departments
    Hospitals

    Door greeters, refreshments: new trial in NSW emergency departments

    • by Kate Aubusson
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    Victoria

    Men with golden gun busted as cops seize 'flashy' cars, $4m of drugs
    Crime

    Men with golden gun busted as cops seize 'flashy' cars, $4m of drugs

    • by Simone Fox Koob
    Victoria

    Lamborghini and houses seized in Melbourne drug raids

    Courts

    Jail for woman who demanded $300k after digging up bookie's backyard

    • by Melissa Iaria

    Queensland

    Queensland university given $250,000 to grow maggots
    Science

    Queensland university given $250,000 to grow maggots

    • by Ed Jackson
    Shark

    Shark victim out of ICU as hooks pulled from Whitsundays waters

    • by Lucy Stone
    Crime

    Man charged for allegedly trafficking cocaine in south Brisbane

    • by Jocelyn Garcia

    ACT

    Mike Kelly lines up with legends Cleary and Marina in charity footy
    Charity

    Mike Kelly lines up with legends Cleary and Marina in charity footy

    • by Bree Winchester
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    Animals

    Good Samaritan attacked by kangaroo he thought was dead

    • by Blake Foden
    Theatre reviews

    Extraordinary and demanding double act is full of psychological drama

    • by Michelle Potter

    Western Australia

    Aboriginal community wins 20-year Pilbara native title battle
    Indigenous

    Aboriginal community wins 20-year Pilbara native title battle

    • by AAP
    Border security

    Bring back the premiership, not prohibited material

    • by staff writers
    Consumer rights

    Perth car dealer loses $65,000 in bank account scam

    • by staff writers

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