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Andrew Koubaridis is a reporter with News Corp’s National News Network. He has specialised in police and court reporting during 19 years in the media, covering crime in Sydney and New Zealand. He has also worked for News Corp in Melbourne and in London, where he was Europe Correspondent, which meant covering everything from the royals to politics.

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Shock number of Aussies who believe in vile act

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Britain's Labour Party leader Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a victory rally at the Tate Modern in London early on July 5, 2024. The UK's Labour Party swept to power after winning the country's general election, crossing the 326-seat threshold for a working majority in the House of Commons. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP)

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Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Historic Greenbrier Farms in Chesapeake, Virginia, US, on Friday, June 28, 2024. Trump kept a mostly calm demeanor during the first presidential debate, avoiding the kind of outbursts and belligerence that hurt him in his 2020 debate with Biden, but delivered responses riddled with falsehoods and exaggerations. Photographer: Parker Michels-Boyce/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Trump’s shock demand over hush money trial verdict

Former US president Donald Trump has asked the judge in his historic hush money case to take action after his immunity ruling.

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How TV star caught sick pedo on TikTok

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Boujee on a budget: How to score a 3-course meal for under $60

Australians wanting a fine dining experience no longer need bulging wallets, with some of the best restaurants in town offering ridiculously-cheap, cost-of-living specials.

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LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 27: People watch the CNN presidential debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a watch party at The Continental Club on June 27, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. Biden and Trump are facing off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 presidential cycle. Mario Tama/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

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US President Joe Biden has been heavily criticised for his poor performance and for freezing in the first debate against Donald Trump, who attacked him on numerous fronts and said he would accept the election result. Follow the updates.

PodcastCocaine Inc

Shock way Aussies get free cocaine

A worrying trend has developed in many Australian cocaine users who are desperate to score bags of cocaine for nothing.

National

Australian Army soldiers from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australia Regiment attached to the 1st Armoured Regiment conduct a live fire attack with United States Army soldiers in Puslatpur, Indonesia during Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023. *** Local Caption *** At the invitation of Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI), Australia is contributing over 125 personnel from the Australian Defence Force (ADF) to Exercise Super Garuda Shield 2023 (SGS23). SGS23 is an Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) and United States Indo Pacific Command led bilateral training activity. It is focused on joint operations with international partners in and around East Java in Indonesia from 31 August to 13 September. Held since 2009, the ADF first participated in 2022, and in 2023 is contributing an Australian Army force element including a Troop of M1A1 Abrams tanks from the 1st Armoured Regiment. The contingent also includes an Infantry Platoon from the 10th/27th Battalion, Royal South Australian Regiment, command and control elements, and a range of armoured vehicles, trucks and recovery vehicles. Photo: Australian Department of Defence / Supplied

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Suspected cause of Virgin flight emergency revealed

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