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Second woman told that Queensland police destroyed evidence in her rape case

Kelly says the way police handled the investigation into her alleged assault "has been the most devastating part of it" after she was told her rape kit was destroyed and then never existed at all.




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Children forced into adult watch houses as youth detention gets upgrades

Children as young as 10 have been kept in adult maximum-security watch houses in Queensland and now we know one of the main reasons why.




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Buying a new high-rise apartment is a risk best avoided

My advice to my kids and anyone who'll listen is this: do not buy a new apartment, especially if it is over three storeys high, writes Philip Gall.




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Tasmanian NBL team one step closer as deal underway to buy Derwent Entertainment Centre

The Tasmanian dream of re-entering the National Basketball League could be about to become a reality after revelations NBL owner Larry Kestelman plans to purchase the Derwent Entertainment Centre.













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Melbourne surgeons celebrate rare living-donor liver transplant from father to daughter

Feisty little Mila is more her father's daughter than anyone might guess. The one-year-old's failing liver was entirely replaced with a section of her dad's, after Victoria's first father-child organ donation.




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Love Machine nightclub shooting investigators release CCTV footage of car believed involved

Police release CCTV footage of a car believed to be linked to a drive-by shooting at Melbourne's Love Machine nightclub in April, which left two people dead and four others injured.




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Plant-based diet trend drives consumer demand for alternative mushrooms

Consumers are pushing demand for alternative mushrooms to new highs as plant-based diets become increasingly popular and people seek nutritious meat substitutes.




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Tasmania news: Health Minister hits back at union 'ambush', accused murderer 'on the trail' of alleged victim

MORNING BRIEFING: Michael Ferguson says union bosses have hit a 'new low' and a court hears that a Launceston man accused of murder said his alleged victim "is going to pay".




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Samantha and David outside their tent




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Homeless teen Samantha in Narooma




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Narooma's young and homeless forced to live in a tent in their popular sea-change town

Narooma is a haven for holidaymakers and sea-changers, but many young people are finding it impossible to rent in their own home town.




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Samantha and her puppy Soxie




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David and Samantha in their tent




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Anglicare Eurobodalla Homeless Support Service Coordinator Krystal Tritton




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Sydney news: Murder charge expected in high-rise death, concerns over missing backpacker delay

MORNING BRIEFING: The ex-girlfriend of a woman who fell to her death from a Sydney apartment block is expected to be charged with her murder, while a backpacker says the alarm about Theo Hayez's disappearance should have been raised much earlier.




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Thousands of fish killed after Byron Bay residents pressure council to open lagoon

More than 12 tonnes of dead fish have been buried after a council on the New South Wales north coast bowed to public pressure and opened a lagoon.






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Fish kill in Byron Bay's Tallow Creek



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High Court rules sperm donor is daughter's legal father, stopping her moving overseas with mother

A man who donated his sperm to a lesbian friend with the belief he could play a role in the child's life wins a High Court fight to be named the girl's legal father, blocking her mother from moving overseas.




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Lisa Millar replaces Virginia Trioli as Michael Rowland's co-host on ABC News Breakfast

At age seven, Lisa Millar was singing the ABC News theme and practising her interview technique on her little sister. After 25 years of reporting in Australia and overseas, she's now looking forward to the challenge of co-hosting a daily morning television program.




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Devonport's pocket rocket tall ship, Julie Burgess, is a rare survivor of working sail era

This 83-year-old ketch, Julie Burgess, is the last survivor of more than 100 built by the Burgess family and all were named after Burgess women.




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Canberra's noise laws to face 'protest jam' as musicians band together to 'save' nightlife

Amid plans for a five-star hotel for Canberra's centre, some of the city's biggest music success stories plot to save its nightlife, claiming currently unenforced noise limits could kick into effect and threaten venues when the hotel starts hosting guests.




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Adelaide Hills man who allegedly stockpiled guns and secretly filmed sex acts granted bail

An Adelaide Hills man charged with unlawful firearms possession as well as engaging in indecent filming is granted bail by a magistrate but prosecutors say they will seek a review of that decision.




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Is blockchain the key for millennials entering Australia's housing market?

Buying a home or a block of land is something many young people feel is out of reach but a new approach to property ownership could allow millennials to eat their smashed avocado and achieve the Great Australian Dream, too.




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Truck driver loses licence over incident caught on dashcam on Adelaide's South Eastern Freeway

Dashcam footage shows an out-of-control truck hurtling through a red light at the base of Adelaide's South Eastern Freeway, moments after the vehicle lost its brakes and was forced onto the wrong side of the road.




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Australian Uyghurs call on Federal Government for protection amid detainment fears

Uyghurs living in Australia are urging the Federal Government to offer them protection after more than 30 countries, including the USA, condemned China over its "horrific campaign of repression" against its Uyghur minority.




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Police investigating alleged murder of Kim Chau search rubbish for evidence, including phone

Police investigating the alleged murder of Kim Chau whose body was found in a luxury Adelaide home say they found a "number of items" of interest during a search for evidence at a rubbish dump.




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An out-of-control truck on the South Eastern Freeway

Dashcam footage shows the truck's brakes smoking, before it hurtles through a red light at a notorious intersection.




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Chiropractor who indecently filmed hundreds of clients at Adelaide clinic faces victim in court

One of hundreds of victims of an Adelaide chiropractor who indecently filmed clients, including children, says the man took away her "dignity" and "confidence", but has vowed to move on with her life.




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Students say adults have not learnt childhood lessons in sharing Murray-Darling water

South Australian school students are urging adults and national leaders to share the water better in the Murray-Darling River system.




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Stirling East Primary School students Noah and Gemma are concerned about the river system.




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Paraplegic motocross rider says she is 'better now than before the accident'

Christina Vithoulkas always had a positive outlook on life, but when she crashed her motorbike and broke her spine her positivity only increased.




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Police and SES search Hackham West park following man's suspected murder

Police and State Emergency Service volunteers are scouring the park where Shaun Thomas Russell, 36 was killed in Adelaide's southern suburbs.




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Man charged with indecent assault of girl in Rundle Mall shop in Adelaide's CBD

A man accused of indecently assaulting a child at a Rundle Mall shop is tracked using CCTV and arrested, after police allegedly uncover child exploitation material at his home.




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Police identify suspects wanted over alleged bashing murder at Hackham West park

An arrest warrant is issued for a man and a woman wanted in connection with the fatal bashing of Hackham West man Shaun Russell, whose body was found in a park south of Adelaide.




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Channel Seven loses long-running defamation case over Today Tonight story

An Adelaide woman who sued Channel Seven over a Today Tonight story which portrayed her as a "welfare fraudster" wins her defamation case on appeal, almost eight years after the report aired.




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Bail revoked for man who allegedly stockpiled guns and secretly filmed sex acts

A Supreme Court judge overturns a decision to grant home detention bail to a man charged over a massive weapons haul in the Adelaide Hills last month.




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Car for sale on Gumtree stolen with seller's five-year-old son inside in Adelaide's Hope Valley

A man whose Subaru WRX was stolen while his five-year-old son was still inside says he was scared for his life but the boy thought it was "just fun".




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Alleged Adelaide Oval brawlers involved in altercation outside court

Two people charged with aggravated assault over a fight at an AFL game at Adelaide Oval are engaged in another altercation outside court.