Tragedy
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Papua New Guinea
Dozens believed killed by landslide in Enga Province, PNG
About 100 people are believed to have been killed in a landslide in a remote part of the country, say residents and media reports.
- by Rod McGuirk
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WA News live: The huge deposit you need to save up to buy an average house; Perth’s penguins in trouble
WAtoday brings you all the news you need to know as it happens this Friday, May 24.
- by Daile Cross and Cameron Myles
Mother guilty of forcing daughter into marriage which ended with her murder in Perth
Halimi killed his new wife at their home in 2020 and is serving a term of life in prison with a minimum of 19 years.
- by Emily Woods
‘Sweetest soul’: Teen killed in Gooseberry Hill crash remembered
Dylan Soklich,16, was a passenger in the back of a car that hit a tree and rolled on a Perth Hills road on Wednesday night.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Amber Wilkinson
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Road safety
School bus driver had medical episode before crash, police believe
Students are devastated after much-loved driver Gary McDonald died in the crash on the way home from school.
- by Robyn Grace, Bridie Smith and Alex Crowe
‘All of a sudden I was on the roof of the cabin’: Australians recount Singapore Airlines terror
A Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore hit severe turbulence on Tuesday, with eight of the more than 50 Australians on board in hospital.
- by Alex Crowe, Jessica McSweeney and Angus Dalton
Grandfather dies after severe turbulence on Singapore Airlines flight
Geoffrey Kitchen was travelling with his wife of more than 50 years, Linda, who has been transferred to hospital in Bangkok for treatment.
- by Rozina Sabur, Gareth Corfield, Max Stephens and Neil Johnston
The red flags that triggered an AVO against suspected murder-suicide killer
The man suspected of killing himself and his two-year-old son had fronted a court three months ago over his controlling and coercive behaviour.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Who was Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi?
A year after Raisi’s election, Iran’s “hijab and chastity law” resulted in the death of young Kurdish Iranian woman, Mahsa Amini, which triggered months of uprisings.
- by Dominic Evans
Australian hospitalised after being injured in mass shooting
Gunmen opened fire on a market in a tourist area in central Afghanistan, killing six and wounding four, including an Australian.
- by Angus Dalton
Investigation
Domestic violence
Tears, abuse, remorse: Inside Sydney’s domestic violence court
NSW established the Specialist Family Violence court list in September last year. So how is it working?
- by Jordan Baker