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'I don't think anybody's irredeemable': Ross Dunn on his daughter's killer

'I don't think anybody's irredeemable': Ross Dunn on his daughter's killer

Ross Dunn hasn't given up on the teenager - now man - who caused the death of his daughter, Clea Rose.

  • by Sally Pryor

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So much for grief: Nantes shows true colours with demand for Sala fee
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So much for grief: Nantes shows true colours with demand for Sala fee

Behind the prayers and the vigils for Emiliano Sala, the scarves and the No.9 shirts, lies a web of boundless cynicism.

  • by Oliver Brown
Sala's body recovered from plane wreckage
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Sala's body recovered from plane wreckage

A body recovered from a plane which crashed in the English Channel has been formally identified as Cardiff striker Emiliano Sala.

Family of baby found dead says courts had 'let down' mother

Family of baby found dead says courts had 'let down' mother

A relative of a six-month-old boy found dead in a car at the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday has lashed out at the justice system, saying the death "should never have happened".

  • by Toby Crockford
Friends of Perth father and son killed in tragic WA gyrocopter crash in disbelief
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Friends of Perth father and son killed in tragic WA gyrocopter crash in disbelief

The family and friends of Perth father and son Robert and James Waughman are grappling with the tragic death of the pair after the small aircraft they were flying in crashed on a South West beach on Wednesday afternoon.

  • by Daile Cross and Fran Rimrod
From the Archives, 1969: Southern Aurora train crash kills nine
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From the Archives, 1969: Southern Aurora train crash kills nine

50 years ago the Southern Aurora express train collided with a goods train outside of Violet Town, Victoria. We revisit the tragedy with this article from the archives.

  • by Ken Hooper with staff writers
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From the Archives, 2009: Black Saturday fires devastate Victoria
Black Saturday

From the Archives, 2009: Black Saturday fires devastate Victoria

10 years ago the Black Saturday bushfires engulfed Victoria, causing widespread devastation. We remember the tragedy with these articles from the archives.

  • by Andrew Rule, Simon Mann and Karen Kissane
Bodies found in stormwater drain treated as deaths in custody
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Bodies found in stormwater drain treated as deaths in custody

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Service have confirmed police are treating it as deaths in custody but the status could change.

  • by Jocelyn Garcia
An accident with 'horrible consequences': Tributes flow for student who died in Australia Day tragedy
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An accident with 'horrible consequences': Tributes flow for student who died in Australia Day tragedy

A Macquarie University student who died on Australia Day has been remembered as an academically gifted young man with a love of sport.

  • by Rachel Clun
'Absolutely a place to avoid': Fatal crash on the Monash Freeway
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'Absolutely a place to avoid': Fatal crash on the Monash Freeway

Traffic is building on the Monash following a horror crash between a truck and a motorbike. A motorcyclist died in the crash.

  • by Simone Fox Koob
Woman held over deadly fire in Paris apartment block
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Woman held over deadly fire in Paris apartment block

French police suspect a "revenge arson attack" after the most deadly blaze in the capital since 2005.