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The largest shopping centre in Perth was plunged into a lockdown after a knife incident that left one young man with a wound to his face. Police confirmed two males were involved in a physical altercation, with one of them armed with a knife. A 20-year-old man suffered a slash wound injury to his face. […]

A lawyer is locked in a legal battle with Jetstar after finding a loophole in the airline’s ‘return for free’ promotion and booking 58 flights for $0 each. Tyrone Barugh booked a flight from Auckland to Sydney for $260, receiving the return fare for free as part of the promotion. Mr Barugh then cancelled the […]

A Melbourne courier enlisted his brother for a campaign of “manipulation” aimed at covering up violence perpetuated against a woman, a court has been told. Jawad Qayyum, 41, appeared in the Victorian County Court on Friday for sentencing after pleading guilty to attempting to pervert the course of justice. Handing down a two-year jail sentence, […]

An Australian pilot and father-of-two has died after being hit by a car while crossing a freeway in the early hours of the morning. In a tragic twist, his wife only learned of her husband’s death during a Google search. Gary Clark, 56, was crossing Interstate 5 in Sacramento, in the US state of California, […]

The NSW Liberals have quietly endorsed a 40 per cent preselection target for women candidates at the next federal election, despite a vocal push from senior leaders for that target to be 50 per cent. It can be revealed the state executive adopted a 40 per cent target due by the 2025 federal election ahead […]

Senator Linda Reynolds and her former staffer Brittany Higgins are headed to mediation one last time to try to resolve a defamation case launched by the senator against Ms Higgins and her fiance David Sharaz. A strategic conference was held in the Supreme Court of Western Australia on Friday ahead of a trial that will […]

A further three people have been charged over their alleged involvement in a riot that erupted near a church in Sydney’s southwest after a religious leader was allegedly stabbed during a service. About 2000 people went to the area near the Christ The Good Shepherd Church in Wakeley after a 16-year-old boy allegedly stabbed Bishop […]

Australia’s eSafety Commissioner has argued the global removal of a video depicting the violent stabbing of a Sydney bishop from X – formerly Twitter – is a “reasonable step”, amid revelations the clip can still be seen using a VPN. Lawyers for the internet watchdog and the social media site owned by billionaire Elon Musk […]

Friends of a Victorian man who turned up to hospital while on holiday in Fiji with a mystery stab wound have issued an urgent plea for help as he fights for life. Clayton Brett was supposed to fly home after a holiday in Fiji on May 1, but instead of boarding his flight he fronted […]

Waleed Aly has taken aim at calls for a rent freeze, warning the policy poses a “massive risk” despite suggestions it could have saved the average renter $3000 if Labor had implemented the proposal two years ago. The Project host pushed back on the suggestion in a debate with rental advocate Jordan van den Berg, […]