Don Dale teens win $53k from NT govt
Four teenagers from Darwin's Don Dale youth detention centre will receive $53,000 in compensation from the Northern Territory government after they were spit-hooded and shackled, but a judge has ruled...
View ArticleAccused Salt Creek attacker searched for violent pornography before alleged...
An electronic crime expert has told a South Australian court an accused man searched for violent pornography online including “brutal rape”, in the months before an alleged attack on two backpackers at...
View ArticleWA boys accused of sex abuse not at school
Two West Australian boys who allegedly sexually abused a nine-year-old boy are no longer attending school while the education minister looks into options for continuing their learning.The mother of the...
View ArticleAll 49 passengers survive fiery South Sudan plane crash
A passenger plane crash-landed and burned in Wau, northwestern South Sudan on Monday, but all 49 passengers and crew survived, an airport official. The plane was landing but then crashed, said Wau's...
View ArticleNorthern Ireland mourns Martin McGuinness
Martin McGuinness, the Irish Republican Army commander who laid down his arms to become a key architect of Northern Ireland's peace, has died aged 66, prompting tributes from allies and former enemies...
View ArticleNahan voted in unopposed as WA Libs leader
Mike Nahan has been voted in unopposed as leader of the WA Liberals after two-term premier Colin Barnett stepped down following the party's crushing election defeat.While Mr Barnett had long said he...
View ArticleSydney woman's off-the-plan apartment unliveable seven years after construction
A Sydney woman has had the first home buying experience from hell after a small black mark in her off-the-plan apartment eventually enveloped her possessions in mould. Lucy Woolfman struggles to fight...
View ArticlePolice in stand-off with convicted criminal believed involved in triple...
A tense police stand-off is in its sixth hour in Newcastle as a convicted criminal believed to be involved in a triple stabbing at a Sydney gym refuses to come down from a roof.Ricky Kinchela, 27, is...
View ArticleSamuel Thompson: Police searching for white Chrysler seen following missing...
Queensland detectives are chasing a new lead in the disappearance of Brisbane man Samuel Thompson, after a white Chrysler 300 was captured on CCTV driving closely behind his orange Ford Mustang the day...
View ArticleSES inundated as powerful storm sweeps through Sydney
Around 13,000 Sydney homes and businesses are preparing to spend a night without power after a severe storm ripped through the city's west bringing trees crashing down on power lines, houses and...
View ArticleFederal childcare reforms pass set to pass the Senate
The Turnbull Government’s childcare reforms package has passed the House of Representatives, along with a renegotiated set of welfare cuts hoped to save the budget billions.The government rushed the...
View ArticleHomeless woman arrested after man stabbed in Melbourne CBD
Police have arrested a woman after a stabbing in Melbourne’s CBD this afternoon.Paramedics were called to Elizabeth Street about 4.15pm after reports a man had been stabbed.A 29-year-old man was found...
View ArticleNew underground concourse at Central Station promises better experience for...
Sydney’s Central Station will receive a brand new underground concourse to better connect passengers to trains, buses, light rail and the new Sydney Metro, in what will be the first major step to...
View ArticlePython devours hare near Queensland school classroom
A school in Queensland has made an urgent call to a snake catcher after finding a python constricting and eating a hare near one of its classrooms.Snake catcher Bryce Lockett told 9news.com.au he...
View ArticleDogs give helping paw to students struggling with reading
A special program is pairing attentive dogs with kids who struggle to read – with promising results.The Story Dogs Program invites Australian students with literacy difficulties as well as emotional...
View ArticleUS school teacher faces 20-years behind bars for seducing student
A married US teacher has smiled through a mugshot photo after she was arrested for having a sexual relationship with a 17-year-old student. Sarah Fowlkes, 27, couldn’t have looked happier as she beamed...
View ArticleLiberal MP Trent Zimmerman calls for free vote on same-sex marriage within a...
A federal Liberal MP has confirmed there is a push from within the government to allow a free vote in parliament on same-sex marriage.North Sydney MP Trent Zimmerman is among those in the Coalition who...
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