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A teenager who has been “causing terror” has been released on bail again, despite having previously had close to 400 charges dropped because of his young age, sparking outrage over the state government’s handling of Victoria’s youth crime wave. Speaking on 3AW on Friday morning, radio host Mark Allen slammed the government after a 14-year-old, […]

A family’s fun-filled holiday almost ended in horror after their toddler was pulled under a four-wheel drive. Perth parents Emma and Ryan Galloway and their two sons, Parker and Archie, were camping at Esperance caravan park in January 2023. While prepping dinner, Parker went to have one last ride on his scooter before dinner as […]

A mother-of-four has been charged with defrauding generous people of more than $37,000 by falsely claiming she was battling breast cancer. Tara Michelle Enoka was earlier this month charged with gaining benefit by fraud, after a GoFundMe was set up to help her with her alleged battle with breast and cervical cancer. WA Police said […]

Lithium-ion batteries are responsible for thousands of fires a year causing extensive damage to waste facilities, trucks and homes across the nation. Australia produces about 3300 tonnes of lithium-ion battery waste each year, which has caused more than 10,000 fires annually in waste management facilities and trucks alone. The alarming figures have prompted environment ministers […]

EXCLUSIVE A woman allegedly had a metal clip inside her body for more than 20 years following a routine gallbladder removal. Rouba Naboulsi, 48, is seeking damages in the NSW Supreme Court after the surgical tool was allegedly left inside of her by mistake in 1997 at Auburn Hospital in Sydney’s west. The metal clip […]

Hospitals across Victoria have been put on high alert as a surge in flu cases are predicted in the state. Flu cases have risen by 28 per cent in Victoria over the past two weeks, with experts warning of more variants and low vaccination rates as the cause for the high numbers. One epidemiologist, Professor […]

Health officials have issued an urgent warning after a highly infectious disease was detected in two states. NSW Health confirmed three new locally acquired cases of mpox (formerly monkey pox) was detected in the state this week. There were 69 mpox cases between May 2022 and January 2024, NSW Health said in a statement, but […]

Australia’s $77m live sheep export industry should be given more assistance to confront a controversial ban, a parliamentary committee has recommended. Handing down its final report on Friday, the Labor-helmed agriculture committee inquiry rubber stamped the Albanese government’s proposed ban on live sheep exports. But it indicated the mooted $107m package for sheep farmers and […]

Another chilly weekend is set to hit Aussies in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia and the nation’s capital, with some showers sprinkled in to really hit the winter weather home. The Bureau of Meteorology says low pressure areas that have been sitting along the Tasman Sea all week will continue to bring cool, southerly winds […]

Disturbing new footage shows how 240,000 chickens were killed due to biosecurity concerns over an outbreak of bird flu at a poultry far on the outskirts of Sydney. Aerial footage obtained by 7News revealed the grim reality of NSW’s harsh biosecurity declaration, with hundreds of thousands of birds “depopulated” — gassed and dumped by the […]