2 h. ago Social media fight sparked alleged stabbing at Perth high school, court told

The incident sent the high school into lockdown on Monday, with the injured teen stabbed in the arm and head.

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5 h. ago Police target alleged money laundering, illicit tobacco crime syndicate

Four men charged after co-ordinated AFP and NSW Police raids across Sydney.

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5 h. ago A mayor on a mission nominates crime crackdown as biggest achievement of his first year

Just over a year into his term as lord mayor of Melbourne, Nick Reece says his greatest success has been in an area not usually within the council’s remit.

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6 h. ago Six teenagers charged over Ellenbrook Secondary College stabbing

The incident sent the high school into lockdown on Monday, with the injured teen stabbed in the arm and head.

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12 h. ago Victoria enters election year on political knife’s edge as opposition support surges

The latest Resolve Political Monitor shows Jess Wilson is the most popular Liberal leader since the survey began and voters back Labor’s youth crime changes.

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21 h. ago Student hospitalised after stabbing sends Ellenbrook high school into lockdown

Emergency services rushed to Ellenbrook Secondary College just after 3pm, after what police described as a targeted attack involving a group of armed youths outside the college.

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24 h. ago Nurse found guilty of Toyah Cordingley’s beach murder after second trial

Police believed Rajwinder Singh flew to India soon after Cordingley’s body was found, leaving his wife and children behind in the north Queensland town of Innisfail.

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27 h. ago ‘Reminiscent of 19th century jails’: Coroner calls for ‘urgent’ closure of WA youth detention wing after inmate’s suicide

Coroner Philip Urquhart said the “harrowing” evidence he heard about Cleveland Dodd’s last days was some of the “saddest I have presided over”.

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31 h. ago Blood on their doorstep: Neighbourhood devastated by stabbed man’s death

An alleged offender is on the run after a man was fatally stabbed outside shops in Ascot Vale in broad daylight on Sunday.

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36 h. ago Rapist under ‘supervision’ in community attacked woman during violent crime spree

The man is among sex offenders who have committed violent crimes while on supervision orders but whose cases have been hidden from the public and protected by legislation.

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36 h. ago Sex offender under ‘supervision’ in community attacked woman during violent crime spree

The man is among sex offenders who have committed violent crimes while on supervision orders but whose cases have been hidden from the public and protected by legislation.

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48 h. ago Investigations launched into separate stabbing incidents in SEQ

A man has been charged with attempted murder as police launch investigations into two separate stabbing incidents over the weekend.

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60 h. ago The words of a killer: Harrowing details of Warnbro mother’s death aired in court

The house in Warnbro was a place of neglect, stained by meth use. It was in this spiralling chaos that Luke Sekkouah stabbed Erica Hay to death and set her body on fire.

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3 d. ago Keeping secrets: How Victoria has fallen behind other states on integrity

They’re the reports gathering dust as the state focuses on crime, housing and health. But Victoria’s integrity system no longer looks fit for purpose.

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3 d. ago On State Library, knowing the price of all, but the value of nothing

The proposed changes to the State Library continue to prompt readers to react.

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4 d. ago While police searched for Pheobe, one man allegedly used her phone

Kieran Mittelheuser was charged about a month after police found Pheobe Bishop’s body in remote bushland.

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4 d. ago Family of teen who was fatally stabbed by rival gang speaks at sentence hearing

The family of the teenager who was fatally stabbed at the Easter Show in 2022 have spoken at a sentence hearing.

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5 d. ago Siena’s dad didn’t want her to be a jockey. Now she’s got a shot in one of the best stables in Australia

23-year-old apprentice Siena Grima is just as determined to make the most of a dream opportunity with Sydney’s premier stable.

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5 d. ago The Liberal body count keeps rising. But I see a twist in this Scorsese script

For recently removed party leaders, nothing screams louder than the silence of your phone.

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5 d. ago Australia might have an AI plan, but critical thinking isn’t automatable

The uncomfortable truth is that AI doesn’t change the burden on the user to verify the information provided. It just raises the stakes by increasing the volume and polish of potentially unreliable content.

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