3 h. ago Brisbane news live: Queensland politicians get a pay rise | Three dead after house fire, as two more children lose fight for life

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3 h. ago Three dead after house fire, as two more children lose fight for life

A woman who escaped the home with other children and a man remains in hospital under police guard, as homicide officers investigate.

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6 h. ago Pakistan has vowed to strike back in response to Indian air strikes

Pakistan has pledged to strike back after India launched deadly attacks on targets in the country.

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15 h. ago Boy dead, woman under police guard after suspicious house fire

A nine-year-old boy is dead and a woman is under police guard after a suspicious house fire in Toowoomba, Queensland. 

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16 h. ago Players union says Netball Australia bullying investigation wasn’t up to scratch

Former Firebirds player Remi Kamo has criticised an independent investigation that found her bullying allegations were not substantiated, but the governing body says the case is closed.

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17 h. ago Bassendean mum accused of starting $300,000 house fire while trying to light drugs

The court was told a man received burns to 30 per cent of his body after a “homemade candle” was dropped on him in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

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18 h. ago ‘The escalation risks are real’: Why India and Pakistan are fighting over Kashmir

Why is this part of the world so fraught? Could India and Pakistan’s friction escalate into a nuclear exchange?

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19 h. ago Why latest clash between nuclear rivals could blow up into something far more dangerous

The escalating conflict between India and Pakistan, which saw India launch missiles at its neighbour this morning, takes the risk of Armageddon to new heights.

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22 h. ago WA news LIVE: WA Premier rules out ‘shackling’ WA to more ambitious emissions targets

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22 h. ago What is behind the latest conflict between India and Pakistan?

The escalation in violence will come as little surprise to anyone familiar with the history of India’s relations with Pakistan since their bloody partition following independence in 1947.

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24 h. ago ‘Blatant act of war’: India launches missiles into Pakistan after Kashmir massacre

India attacked Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday with at least eight deaths reported, as Pakistani authorities claimed five Indian planes had been shot down in retaliation.

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24 h. ago House fire that killed young boy ‘suspicious’ as six remain in hospital

A 36-year-old woman is under police guard in hospital after Wednesday’s blaze in Toowoomba.

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25 h. ago Brisbane news live: Child dead in house fire; Homeless to be moved on for Paniyiri; Chandler

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25 h. ago India launches military strikes against Pakistan after Kashmir massacre

India fired missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory, killing at least eight people and injuring dozens, as Pakistani authorities said five Indian planes had been downed in retaliation.

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26 h. ago Brisbane news live: Child feared dead in house fire; Homeless to be moved on for Paniyiri; Chandler

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27 h. ago Brisbane news live: Child feared dead in house fire | Qld police ‘failed to get Bondi Junction killer help’ before stabbing spree

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28 h. ago India fires missiles into Pakistan, targeting multiple sites

Pakistani security officials said missiles were fired into at least three locations, killing at a child and wounding two other people, and that retaliatory strikes had been launched.

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29 h. ago Arson attacks strike local soccer clubs after stoush over sports ground

Nerves are high among soccer clubs in Melbourne’s south-east after three separate incidents, including the firebombing of a car and two blazes that have destroyed clubhouses.

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53 h. ago Cruel loophole targeted after outrage of cop bashed and left for dead

A police officer who barely survived a vicious brick bashing and only discovered her attacker’s potential prison release through a friend called for urgent change.

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63 h. ago Jacinta Allan is either delusional or dogged by claiming election was a mandate for SRL

The premier’s press conference at a dusty Suburban Rail Loop construction site encapsulated the battle raging between her supporters and detractors over the meaning of Saturday’s result.

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