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Dozens arrested around Australia as federal police target secret app allegedly used for criminal communications

Dozens of people have been arrested following days of raids targeting the alleged creator and users of a secret app for criminal communications.Around 700 Australian federal police members were...

AI chat tool to be rolled out across NSW public schools to ease pressure on teachers

Artificial intelligence education technology aimed to ease pressures on teachers will launch in New South Wales classrooms this...

Two sisters aged five and one die after house fire in Melbourne

Two of three children who were found unconscious in their burning home have died almost three days after...

Four Olympic medals stolen from ‘Oarsome Foursome’ rower’s car in Melbourne

Four Olympic medals – including three gold – belonging to one of the members of Australia’s popular “Oarsome...

Peter Dutton declares Coalition government would be the mining sector’s ‘best friend’

Opposition leader Peter Dutton has anointed himself the resource sector’s best friend, pledging to slash the power and...

Thousands of anti-war activists to disrupt weapons expo as Melbourne braces for biggest protest in decades

As many as 25,000 protesters are set to cause chaos ahead of a weapons expo to be held in Melbourne, with some already vandalising...

‘Earthquake swarm’ no cause for concern, experts say after magnitude 4.5 quake in NSW Hunter region

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has hit the Hunter region of New South Wales early Saturday morning, two weeks after an earthquake of a similar...

Teacher at Sydney’s Knox Grammar school charged with alleged grooming of a child

A senior teacher at Sydney’s prestigious Knox Grammar school has been charged with an alleged child grooming offence.The teacher, 27-year-old William Gulson, was arrested...

Magnitude 4.5 earthquake hits Hunter region at Muswellbrook

A magnitude 4.5 earthquake has hit the Hunter region of New South Wales early Saturday morning, two weeks after an earthquake of a similar...

High court will expedite challenge from former CFMEU officials against administration

Former construction union officials challenging the government’s law putting the union into administration will get their day in the high court as early as...

Temperatures surge in south-eastern Australia as high winds blast parts of NSW and Victoria

Parts of Sydney and south-west New South Wales faced elevated fire danger on Friday as high winds and unseasonably warm temperatures pushed through south-eastern...