60 h. ago Russell Brand charged by UK police with rape and sexual assault

The charges follow an 18-month investigation that was sparked when four women alleged they had been assaulted by the controversial comedian.

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3 d. ago Brisbane news live: New CCTV from Crystal Beale’s last night alive | Pair charged after family allegedly threatened with machete | Car of missing woman found

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3 d. ago Brisbane news live: Pair charged after family allegedly threatened with machete | Car of missing woman found west of Brisbane

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4 d. ago Woman faces murder charge, accused of giving man ‘lethal levels of medication’

Police said the 50-year-old woman had administered “lethal levels of prescription medication to accelerate the man’s death”.

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5 d. ago Mother to remain in custody over stabbing of her three sleeping children

The woman’s attempted murder charges have been heard in court after she allegedly attacked her children in their sleep before their screams woke their father.

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6 d. ago The great divide over this north shore council’s housing plan

There was only one item on the agenda at Ku-ring-gai Council’s extraordinary meeting on Monday, yet it was hours before councillors could debate it.

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9 d. ago Murder charge after woman remains hidden in wall for 12 years

A 61-year-old woman has been charged with the murder of Tanya Lee Glover, whose wrapped remains lay hidden in the basement of a Brisbane unit complex for more than a decade after she was allegedly killed.

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1 week ago Man charged with murder after woman found dead at Werribee home

Police say homicide detectives are still trying to establish the circumstances of the death.

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1 week ago Gerard Depardieu is standing trial for sexual assault. He says he doesn’t know what that means

The French actor, 76, told a court that placing a hand on someone’s buttocks isn’t sexual assault and that the #MeToo movement is “a form of hysteria”.

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1 week ago Former NSW Liberal MP told alleged child sex victim he was 17, prosecutors claim

Details of the sexual and indecent assault allegations against former Pittwater MP Rory Amon can be revealed after documents were released by a Sydney court.

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1 week ago This Sydney council has fought TODs all the way. Now it has revealed its own plan

Ku-ring-gai’s plans have been revealed months after the council took the state government to court in an attempt to block more intensive development.

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1 week ago Hospitality king Maurice Terzini resigns as Bondi Icebergs director

His resignation comes after allegations he protected his son Sylvester Terzini following multiple sexual assault claims. Both have denied the allegations.

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1 week ago North shore council unveils its own housing plan after fighting the government all the way

Ku-ring-gai’s plans have been revealed months after the council took the state government to court in an attempt to block more intensive development.

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1 week ago ‘Her innocence was cruelly taken from her’: Perth man jailed for horror Ellenbrook sexual assault

The mother of a child choked and sexually assaulted as she slept in her bedroom has tearfully described how the crime shattered her family.

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1 week ago Man arrested at Brisbane Airport, charged with murder of woman found with stab wounds

Police established a crime scene and launched a search across the city’s northside, before a man was arrested at Brisbane International Airport.

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1 week ago ‘Hot little pocket’: Young family splashes $8.45m on north shore home

Five young families competed for an estate with swimming pool and tennis court, though the real drawcard was its access to schools.

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2 w. ago Tunnel breakthrough connects Sydney’s $7 billion harbour crossing to north

Excavation equipment has now churned through about a million tonnes of rock deep below the north shore, completing two-thirds of the entire project.

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2 w. ago ‘Devastating, damaging, hurtful’: Maurice Terzini responds to sexual assault claims against son

The Icebergs founder also says he is a victim of attacks on his reputation. 

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2 w. ago Man charged after woman bit alleged attacker to escape sexual assault on north shore

The 36-year-old woman was walking home from work when the man allegedly grabbed her from behind and pushed her into a garage door in Neutral Bay.

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2 w. ago Woman bites and kicks alleged attacker to escape sexual assault on north shore

The 36-year-old woman was walking home from work when the man allegedly grabbed her from behind and pushed her into a garage door in Neutral Bay.

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