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Decades after his wife Lynette Simms vanished, Chris Dawson was charged and found guilty of her murder. On Thursday, his bid to overturn the conviction failed, with the former sporting star likely to die in jail. The Court of Appeal found Dawson did kill his wife, to make way for his teenage lover to become […]

The start of the new financial year is just around the corner, and as always there are a raft of big changes kicking in. “The end of the financial year always brings with it the opportunity to get your finances in order,” said Sarah Megginson, personal finance expert at comparison website Finder. “But this year, […]

Mystery surrounding the death of high-profile surfer Guy Haymes has led his family and police appealing for anyone with information to come forward. Police found Mr Haymes with serious head injuries at his home in Manly after they responded to a report of an assault at a unit complex about 5.45pm on February 27. He […]

D-Day has arrived for Chris Dawson once again. The former rugby league star and teacher will soon learn whether his conviction for murdering his wife Lynette will be overturned when the Court of Criminal Appeal hands down its judgment. Dawson was jailed in August 2022 for the murder of his wife Lynette Simms, who vanished […]

Peter Dutton has laid out his plans to crack down on young people’s social media use, arguing that lifting the minimum age for social media platforms from 13 to 16 is a “sensible measure”. Mr Dutton has also announced Coalition would also require social media companies to verify the age of users to ensure kids […]

A top criminal defence lawyer says it is highly likely the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions will begin an “unprecedented” fourth trial against disgraced former NRL star Jarryd Hayne. On Wednesday, the former Parramatta Eels fullback was released from Sydney’s Mary Wade Correctional Centre after the Court of Criminal Appeal quashed his convictions […]

The government is being urged to increase JobSeeker payments, after new analysis shows those living on centrelink payments are unable to afford essentials such as rent, food and transport. Anglicare Australia’s 2024 cost of living index, which compared data on key living costs against rates of income support, found a family of four with two […]

An Australian woman paralysed after extreme turbulence on an international flight last month found out about the airline’s compensation offer by Facebook, her husband says. The incident happened on Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 from London to Singapore in May that made an emergency landing in Bangkok. The plane was forced to land following extreme turbulence […]

Jurors in the double-murder trial of former Jetstar captain Gregory Lynn will hear the presiding judge “summing up” the case as they return to court on Thursday for the final stages of the trial. Mr Lynn, 57, is facing trial in the Victorian Supreme Court after pleading not guilty to the murders of Russell Hill, […]

The federal government should force Facebook owner Meta to operate from inside Australia so that it can no longer use US law to dodge responsibility for scam ads and other misconduct on its platform, experts say. Meta currently claims that it can only be sued over content on Facebook in the US, where a powerful […]