WA Man Charged Over Alleged Terrorist Attack Preparations
Counter-terrorism police have charged a WA man, 20, with preparing a terrorist act after a search of a Wheatbelt property.
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Victoria Crawford 
Brisbane Childcare Centre Fined $14,500 After Toddler Wandered Off for Half an Hour
Only About Children Morningside has been fined $14,500 after a three-year-old went missing from the Brisbane centre for approximately 30 minutes.
James Callahan 
Victoria enforces tougher youth sentencing for violent crime
Victorian teens who commit serious violent crimes now face adult sentences, with maximum terms rising from three years to 25 years.
Tanya Birch 
Queensland Daycare Fined After Toddler Walked Out and Was Found by Stranger
A Queensland childcare centre has been fined after a three-year-old slipped away undetected and was picked up by a passing stranger.
Rachel Thornbury 
NSW Police Commissioner Contests Findings Over Fatal Bashing Response
NSW Police Commissioner has rejected findings criticising a nearly one-hour response to a Triple Zero call reporting a fatal domestic violence bashing.
Victoria Crawford 
Police footage captures Vince McMahon's high-speed highway crash
Police dashcam footage shows Vince McMahon crashing his luxury sportscar into another vehicle at 160km/h on a Connecticut highway.
Sarah Cheng 
SA Coroner Calls for Tougher Lifejacket Laws After Eight Boating Deaths
A South Australian coroner has urged the state to lead the nation on lifejacket reform after inquests into eight deaths across four boating incidents.
Tanya Birch 
Royal Commission Promised on Bondi Hanukkah Security Failures
Australia's police commissioner has assured Bondi families that a royal commission will scrutinise security failures during a Hanukkah event.
Sarah Cheng 
Queensland School Locked Down After Car Break-In Attempt Near Campus
A Queensland school was placed into lockdown Thursday afternoon after a man allegedly attempted to break into a car with a child inside near the grounds.
Rachel Thornbury 
Sydney teen charged over hammer attack on Korean tourist in CBD
A teenage boy has been charged after a Korean tourist was allegedly attacked with a hammer in Sydney's CBD, leaving the victim to write online that he 'almost got killed'.
Victoria Crawford 
Wieambilla Massacre Site Listed for $190,000 as Police Union Talks Stall
The Wieambilla property where constables Matthew Arnold and Rachel McCrow were killed in 2022 is listed for $190,000, as police union purchase talks stall.
Sarah Cheng 
Petition Pushes to Strip Next-of-Kin Rights in DV Deaths
A growing petition wants legal powers to suspend next-of-kin rights in domestic violence cases, challenging a gap that advocates say costs lives.
Sarah Cheng 
ABC Pulls Australian Story Profile After Subject's Criminal Past Surfaces
The ABC shelved a finished Australian Story profile of Ian Williams after court records revealed a conviction for indecent assault and a prison sentence from the 1990s.
Sarah Cheng 
Wieambilla Shooting Property Listed for Sale After Deadly 2022 Attack
The Wieambilla property where three people were killed in the 2022 shootings has been listed for sale, with interior photos now visible for the first time.
Rachel Thornbury 
Teen's 2022 death confirmed as Australia's first tick-allergy fatality
Coroner confirms 16-year-old Jeremy Webb is Australia's first recorded death from tick-induced mammalian meat allergy, after eating beef sausages on a NSW camping trip.
Sarah Cheng 
WA Cold Case Verdict: Sons Find Closure After 39-Year Wait
A Western Australian jury has delivered a murder verdict in a cold case dating to 1986, ending a 39-year wait for four sons who never stopped searching for justice.
Samantha Blake 
NSW teen becomes first Australian to die from tick-induced meat allergy
NSW Deputy State Coroner rules 16-year-old Jeremy Webb died from anaphylaxis triggered by a tick-induced red meat allergy, the first such death in Australia.
Samantha Blake 
Teen's camping death reveals fatal gap in Australia's tick allergy awareness
A coroner has ruled Jeremy Webb's 2022 camping death was caused by tick-induced mammalian meat allergy, warning more lives are at risk without better medical awareness.
Victoria Crawford 
Australia's New Emergency Alert System to Be Tested Nationally in 2025
A new national emergency messaging system called AusAlert will undergo a nationwide trial this year, aiming to replace fragmented state-based alerts.
Samantha Blake 
Ali Larijani: The Man Quietly Steering Iran's Fate
Ali Larijani has become Iran's most consequential behind-the-scenes power broker as the regime faces its most dangerous crossroads in decades.
Samantha Blake