2 h. ago Fallen firefighter ‘greatly missed’ as family cope with profound shock

John Lohan has been identified as the firefighter killed by a falling tree while preparing a tactical burn on the NSW Mid North Coast.

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7 h. ago ‘They’re killing their own customers’: Beijing, we have a $1.5 trillion problem

China has posted a record trade surplus of more than $US1 trillion, and that before the year is even finished. Its trading partners are threatening to revolt.

Economics

23 h. ago ‘Prepare now’: Blaze that killed firefighter flares up again

Residents in the path of a bushfire that has been burning for days are again on alert after a national parks worker died trying to halt the fire’s spread.

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24 h. ago Man killed, woman injured after car smashes 30m into medical centre

A male pedestrian has died and a woman in the middle of a doctor’s appointment was injured after a car crashed into a Melbourne medical centre.

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26 h. ago Marles sounds alarm after Chinese fighter ‘locks on’ to Japanese jets

Experts say the statement of support for Japan is cautious but welcome after a month-long campaign of retaliation from Beijing for a remark by Japan’s PM.

Politics

27 h. ago ‘I will never forgive you’: Father delivers emotional message to daughter’s killer

Drew Douglas was killed by her partner of 14 years because she was about to leave him, a judge has heard. Now her family has faced her murderer in court.

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30 h. ago ‘Really upset’: Workers describe horror after man killed in medical centre crash

A male pedestrian has died in Melbourne’s north-west after a car lost control and crashed into a medical centre, badly injuring a woman inside.

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30 h. ago Workers describe horror after man killed in medical centre crash

A male pedestrian has died in Melbourne’s north-west after a car crashed into a medical centre and badly injured a woman inside.

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31 h. ago Firefighter was checking on colleagues’ safety when killed in bushfire zone

The national parks worker died after being struck by a tree in the Bulahdelah fire ground, north of Newcastle.

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31 h. ago Man killed and woman badly injured after car ploughs into Melbourne medical centre

A male pedestrian has died in Melbourne’s north-west after a car lost control and crashed into a medical centre, badly injuring a woman inside.

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38 h. ago Detained in China, Cheng Lei missed ‘being a human’. One defiant act helped her survive

The Australian journalist and author, who was incarcerated in Beijing in 2020 for three years, on enduring prison, embracing life – and keeping perspective.

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62 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 Notorious child murderer Bevan Spencer von Einem dies in prison

Long suspected of taking part in a string of heinous crimes, the killer’s death is a “good thing”, according to one premier.

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4 d. ago High Court grants Attorney General leave to appeal Emma Lovell’s killer’s sentence

The Hight Court has granted Queensland’s Attorney General leave to sppeal the sentence handed down to the killer of Brisbane mum Emma Lovell.

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4 d. ago Emma Lovell murder case heads to High Court after teen killer’s sentence cut

Queensland’s attorney-general sought to overturn the decision to cut the killer’s 14-year sentence, which will now be reconsidered.

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4 d. ago Diabetic driver in bid to dodge Daylesford pub crash inquest

A driver with diabetes who ploughed into and killed five people outside a pub in regional Victoria will object to giving evidence at an inquest.

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4 d. ago ‘One of the most troubling things I’ve seen’: US lawmakers watch classified boat strike footage

The suspected drug boat was hit four times, not two. Democrats say the survivors posed no threat, while Republicans argued otherwise – though they agreed Pete Hegseth did not issue a “kill everybody” order.

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5 d. ago Optus customers remain without service 12 hours after connection ‘restored’

The telco promised customers their connections would be restored by 4pm, and said later that evening the network had been restored. But the next morning, many customers still had no service.

Economics

5 d. ago Logs became floating battering rams for homes, as Indonesia reels from catastrophic floods

Authorities on the island of Sumatra say they are incapable of responding to the unfolding disaster there – killing at least 770 people – because the destruction is too vast.

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6 d. ago Aviation watchdog hands down findings after two pilots killed in Kimberley chopper crash

Peter Ritter and Gavin U’Ren both had years of experience piloting and mustering with Robinson 22s choppers when the crash happened at the Mount Anderson homestead near Camballin in 2024.

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