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An American man is facing a life sentence in Australia for attempting to possess 250kg of methamphetamine following a joint investigation between the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and US Homeland Security. Police alleged the 40-year-old agreed to purchase the meth for more than $7m from an American-based organisation. AFP officers arrested the man at Sydney […]

One of Australia’s deadliest snakes has broken a terrifying world record, extracting enough venom to kill 400 people in a single yield. The snake, named Cyclone, is a coastal taipan that lives at the Australian Reptile Park and is part of a deadly and dangerous venom program that helps save lives across Australia. The reptile […]

If it seems like everyone is sick at the moment, it’s not your imagination. NSW is swimming in a “respiratory bug soup” that is putting “unprecedented” strain on hospital emergency departments, driven by a monster flu outbreak and high levels of Covid. But a little-known infection that causes a persistent cough that can last for […]

A 28-year-old father is facing murder and attempted murder charges following a horrific house fire in Sydney that killed three of his children. The man is accused of starting a fire at a home on Freeman St, Lalor Park in the early hours of Sunday. He then allegedly prevented police from getting into the home. […]

A major river in Sydney could be stripped of its association with Captain James Cook and given the Indigenous name “Goolay’yari”, which is said to mean “place of pelican dreaming” in the local language. Cooks River, which runs from Bankstown in Sydney’s southwest, through Strathfield and Tempe before entering Botany Bay, is the latest Australian […]

Telstra customers have been struggling with slower data speeds and patchy coverage after a factory explosion in Melbourne damaged a mobile site. Emergency services were called to Swann Drive in Derrimut about 11.20am on Wednesday after an explosion. Crews have been battling the large blaze overnight, and while it remains under control it continued to […]

Residents have been warned to avoid the area of a massive factory explosion as remnants of the toxic blaze will linger for days. There were 180 firefighters and 66 appliances called to the factory in Derrimut in Melbourne’s west after a “large chemical explosion” about 11.20am on Wednesday. It is understood the factory is both […]

The leader of a faith-healing group accused of killing a young girl by withholding her insulin medication allegedly sent a chilling text where he said “God shall prevail” as the girl’s father raced her to hospital. Brendan Luke Stevens is the leader of the hardline religious group known as The Saints and one of 14 […]