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The boy's mother, Sophie Roome, and her family sent a statement to ABC News expressing their "incomprehensible grief" at the loss of their "beloved Rowan".
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Young Australians are experiencing an economic crisis that shows no signs of easing — and experts fear it will cause generational inequality to worsen without substantial reform.
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While weather forecasts help pilots react, experts say the turbulence experienced on the Singapore flight was unexpected and rare.
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Passengers detail what it was like on board the flight bound for Singapore, as a British musical theatre group identifies the 73-year-old man who died.
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Sven Lindemann used six knives to stab his girlfriend in front of her young daughter, angered that she wanted to leave the relationship.
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A man charged over a stabbing murder in suburban Brisbane earlier this month was released by the Administrative Appeals Tribunal, despite an extensive criminal record.
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'Amal Clooney is nowhere to be found': How the famous lawyer silenced her critics on her Gaza stance
Amal Clooney is arguably one of the most famous faces of human rights law. However, social media users grew frustrated in recent months by what they claimed was her silence on the Israel-Gaza war. Those critics have now been silenced. -
In using his budget reply to rail against foreign investors buying up existing properties, Peter Dutton almost made a case that could really help first homebuyers.
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A Queensland landlord says he has been left thousands of dollars out of pocket trying to evict renters who refused to leave after their contract was up, delaying the sale of the house.
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Agriculture Victoria says the farm near Meredith, south of Ballarat, is in quarantine and that the variant of the disease is H7N7, the most common strain to occur in Australia.
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The government will ban compounding pharmacists from making replica versions of diabetes drugs like Ozempic and Mounjaro, widely used off-label for weight loss, amid public safety concerns.
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One in six women in Australia experience financial abuse. We share three ways that could increase your financial safety, including the questions you should ask a partner early in a relationship.
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Don't adjust your screens, it really has been 15 years since Masterchef washed up on our shores. Poh shares what it's like to go from season one contestant to season sixteen judge.
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Independent Sydney MP Alex Greenwich is suing former NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham over an allegedly defamatory tweet posted last year.
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The opposition's treasury spokesman made his case for the Coalition's budget proposals at the National Press Club on Wednesday. Take a look back at how the speech unfolded.
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The Australian striker was officially ruled out of the Games this week as she recovers from an ACL injury. So who will Tony Gustavsson turn to as the Olympics' 'group of death' draws nearer?
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Food writers share their simple tips to help save time, money and brain space in the kitchen.
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Victor Wembanyama is the first player in NBA history to make the league's All-Defensive first team as a rookie.
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The federal treasurer says there is "no equivalence" between the actions of Hamas and Israel's president, after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese avoided saying so yesterday.
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A Tasmanian teenager has scored a speaking role in what's shaping up to be this year's biggest Hollywood blockbuster, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, despite only auditioning as an extra.
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Whenever mass sackings are announced, like the one at Telstra, it's only natural to wonder if it's isolated to one firm or part of a growing trend within corporate Australia.
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liveThe ASX200 is trading higher after a positive session on Wall Street, while Singapore Airlines apologises for a traumatic flight and the death of a passenger. Follow live.
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Tasmanian police have increased patrols around schools after reports of students being approached by a man outside southern Tasmanian school grounds in recent days. They have urged the public to report any suspicious activity.
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Video shared online shows the man diving from a boat onto two orcas in what has been described as "stupid" and "shocking" behaviour by the New Zealand Department of Conservation.
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No woman has raced in Formula 1 for nearly half a century but a group of 13- and 14-year-old female racers are making their first moves on a long road that could lead to the top.
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A magistrate has found the 37-year-old constable used excessive force but that he was acting honestly in trying to prevent a breach of the peace and arrest the woman.
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Constable Hugh Bracken, right, who insisted the infamous bushranger be captured alive, has been shunned by history. Now there's a push to honour his actions.
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Building a large-scale nuclear power plant in Australia would cost at least $8.5 billion, take 15 years to deliver and produce electricity at roughly twice the cost of renewable sources, the country's leading scientific institution has found.
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More than 100 Australians and other tourists stranded for up to a week in the violence in New Caledonia have been repatriated.
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It is unclear when the machine will be able to get moving again and if it will impact plans for Snowy 2.0 to begin operations in late 2027.
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Homeless services are seeing more employed people accessing their services and say single mothers fleeing domestic violence are particularly vulnerable.
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"Opal Bill" Kotru has seen many mines give way during the 43 years he has been digging for precious gemstones in the NSW town, but now he fears another collapse will soon take a local road with it.
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The details of the incident are unknown, but a Queensland Police Service spokesperson says the police are aware of the issue and are making enquiries.
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We caught up with the singer ahead of her Making It Through tour for 15 quick questions that run the gamut from her most listened to song of 2023 to the political changes she made to Australian Crawl's 'Reckless' for Like a Version.
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Koalas are easy to identify, but really hard to spot. To help conserve the species, citizen science is being used on a national scale for the first time to collect important information on koala numbers, habitat and health.
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analysis:How will a Kerr-less Matildas tackle their 'group of death' at the Paris Olympics?
The Australian striker was officially ruled out of the Games this week as she recovers from an ACL injury. So who will Tony Gustavsson turn to as the Olympics' 'group of death' draws nearer?
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analysis:Is the Telstra mass sacking a worrying sign of things to come?
Whenever mass sackings are announced, like the one at Telstra, it's only natural to wonder if it's isolated to one firm or part of a growing trend within corporate Australia.
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analysis:Peter Dutton has spelled out the maths on home ownership — and he might have done us a favour
In using his budget reply to rail against foreign investors buying up existing properties, Peter Dutton almost made a case that could really help first homebuyers.
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analysis:Deepfakes in an Australian election campaign would be legally fine, and OpenAI benches its flirty new chatbot voice
This week in tech news, OpenAI drops a new chatbot voice bearing a striking resemblance to Scarlett Johansson's, federal parliament discusses laws on political deepfakes, and the internet continues to be a terrifying place to be a teenager.
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analysis:How will a Kerr-less Matildas tackle their 'group of death' at the Paris Olympics?
The Australian striker was officially ruled out of the Games this week as she recovers from an ACL injury. So who will Tony Gustavsson turn to as the Olympics' 'group of death' draws nearer?
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analysis:Is the Telstra mass sacking a worrying sign of things to come?
Whenever mass sackings are announced, like the one at Telstra, it's only natural to wonder if it's isolated to one firm or part of a growing trend within corporate Australia.
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analysis:Peter Dutton has spelled out the maths on home ownership — and he might have done us a favour
In using his budget reply to rail against foreign investors buying up existing properties, Peter Dutton almost made a case that could really help first homebuyers.
Analysis
analysis:Deepfakes in an Australian election campaign would be legally fine, and OpenAI benches its flirty new chatbot voice
This week in tech news, OpenAI drops a new chatbot voice bearing a striking resemblance to Scarlett Johansson's, federal parliament discusses laws on political deepfakes, and the internet continues to be a terrifying place to be a teenager.
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