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The man who locked up infamous baby killer Keli Lane more than 13 years ago has made a bombshell claim saying she should be released from prison. The one-time Olympic water polo hopeful was convicted in 2010 of murdering her newborn daughter Tegan two days after she was born in 1996. The child’s body has […]

A father and his two children who died in a horror car crash in Queensland’s Western Downs have been identified. The family of four were travelling on Dalby Jandowae Rd, Jimbour East, just north of Dalby, about 11am on Monday when the sedan they were driving in was allegedly crashed into from behind. The two […]

A young man bludgeoned his own grandmother due to the deluded belief she was his abusive stepfather, a court has been told. Hayden Leigh Kidd, 22, appeared in the Supreme Court of Victoria on Tuesday after pleading guilty to manslaughter over the death of Shirley Kidd, 67, two years ago. Kidd’s murder trial was aborted […]

A group of residents in one of Sydney’s wealthiest suburbs have lodged a complaint with the Australian Human Rights Commission over a busy bicycle lane they claim is “unsafe” to the public. The complaint centres around island bus stops along the city’s distinctive Oxford St, which are positioned away from the footpath in the new […]

Australia’s ambassador to The Philippines has publicly rebuked Beijing for what she called a “dangerous” and “illegal” incident in international waters, casting a shadow over the final day of Chinese Premier Li Qiang’s visit to Australia. Ambassador HK Yu PSM, writing on social media, said she shared The Philippines’ “deep concern” over “dangerous and illegal […]

The Federal Court has upheld a previous judgment rejecting legal arguments that would bring Australian ISIS brides and their children home from a refugee camp in Syria. On Tuesday morning, Justice Christopher Horan announced the court would dismiss an appeal on the case. The court is of the view the appeal should be dismissed, I […]

The jury in the trial of former Jetstar captain Greg Lynn has requested recordings of the former pilot’s evidence, as well as the evidence of a ballistics expert from the trial. Gregory Stuart Lynn, 57, is facing trial after pleading not guilty to murdering Russell Hill, 74, and Carol Clay, 73, while on a camping […]

An allegedly “jealous, possessive” man has been charged with the murder of a “doting father” 20 years after the man’s body was found weighed down with rocks in a Sydney river. Jason Palmer was reported missing on February 8, 2004, after he was last seen leaving his home on Baltimore St at Belfield two days […]

Exclusive Peter Dutton is set to announce his long-awaited nuclear energy policy including several proposed sites and has called an unscheduled meeting of the shadow cabinet to finalise the plan. News.com.au has confirmed that the Liberal leader plans to announce two to three sites where he wants to see nuclear energy plants if he is […]

A viral video has ignited a fierce debate about which generation is facing the greatest hardships – but not everyone agrees with the answer. Media personality and businessman Russel Howcroft spoke on the divisive issue while appearing as a guest panellist on the ABC’s Gruen Transfer program. “It’s the hardest it’s ever been for a […]