Crime
Dutton pledges to slash permanent migration to 140,000 a year
In his budget reply speech, the opposition leader intensified a political fight over housing and congestion by vowing to drive permanent migration below Labor’s target.
- by David Crowe
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Carol Clay reunited with her first boyfriend. They died together, killed on a camping trip
When Russell Hill and Carol Clay went missing in the remote alpine region it raised an unusual problem for her family.
- by Erin Pearson
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Cybersecurity
Police investigate large-scale healthcare data breach at MediSecure
Federal police are investigating after the Melbourne-based healthcare business was targeted in a ransomware data breach.
- by David Swan and Jessica McSweeney
Weed sprayer recounts fateful camping advice to ex-pilot accused of double murder
Robbie Williams, who was working in the Wonnangatta Valley before Russell Hill and Carol Clay were killed, has told a jury a “sweaty, little fellow” had asked him where to camp.
- by Erin Pearson
Police footage of the Wonnangatta Valley played to the Gregory Lynn murder trial jury
An aerial view of the Wonnangatta Valley, from the Victoria Police Air Wing, and footage of Bucks Camp, where prosecutors say campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay were killed in 2020. Gregory Lynn has pleaded not guilty.
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NRL off-field behaviour
Police swoop ahead of training at Sea Eagle’s home, player charged with drug supply
Former Canterbury and Wests Tigers playmaker Brandon Wakeham has been charged after he was arrested at Brookvale Oval on Wednesday.
- by Adrian Proszenko and Sally Rawsthorne
Vulgar bumper sticker on car allegedly involved in fatal crash
A 17-year-old boy is in police custody after a pedestrian was killed in a crash in Sydney’s south. The car was found parked in a nearby street, sporting an offensive sticker.
- by Jessica McSweeney
‘Do it for the families’: Mother’s plea for information as fatal crash treated as homicide
Four victims, aged 24 to 50, were killed when a Mazda ute lost control and hit a tree. Now, police believe a second car was chasing them.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
Parents of allegedly murdered surfer plead for killer to come forward
Parents of a young NSW surfer allegedly stabbed to death say they have lost their faith in humanity as the alleged killer remains on the run.
- by Jessica McSweeney
Police release CCTV over Wardell fatal crash
Four people died in a car crash in northern NSW in February and police are now treating it as a homicide investigation.
Gunmen stage deadly ambush to free drug dealer ‘The Fly’, manhunt under way in France
The brazen morning attack at a toll booth in northern France underlines the growing threat of drug crime across Europe, the world’s No.1 cocaine market.
- by Gabriel Stargardter and Dominique Vidalon