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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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Andrew Koubaridis

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Health

‘People are dying’: Aussie delay for cancer wonder drug

A decision on allowing Keytruda to be available more widely on the PBS has been delayed. Read why and what happens next.

UpdatedTrue Crime

19/03/2009 WIRE: Defendant Josef Fritzl, centre, is escorted on the fourth day of his trial in the provincial courthouse in St. Poelten, Austria, Thursday, March 19, 2009. An Austrian prosecutor is urging a jury to hand down a life sentence to Josef Fritzl, who imprisoned his daughter in a windowless cell for 24 years and fathered her seven children. (AP Photo/Robert Jaeger, Pool) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **

Incest monster loses legal bid that could have set him free

Josef Fritzl, the man that kept his daughter Elisabeth captive in a cellar for 24 years and fathered seven children with her – has lost a legal bid that would have paved the way to freedom.

Heath of the Nation

Health of the Nation: New report reveals snapshot of Aussies’ health, lifestyle

‘Addicted’: Brutal call about Aussie health

A new study has found Australians are at risk of dying young or on a path to chronic illness. But that doesn’t have to be your future.

World

Shock neo-Nazi tactics revealed

Far right groups are increasing in popularity by using tricks that have already started to cause havoc. See what’s happening.

Technology

Aussie startups to watch in 2024

After a bumpy year, AI is expected to power a recovery of the innovative Aussie startup scene. Here’s who to watch this year.

ExplainerWorld

(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on July 2, 2020 shows Ghislaine Maxwell (L) during an event on September 20, 2013 in New York City and an undated handout photo obtained on July 11, 2019 courtesy of the New York State Sex Offender Registry of Jeffrey Epstein (R). - Ghislaine Maxwell was sentenced to 20 years in prison by a US judge on June 28, 2022, for helping the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse girls. The term, handed down in the Manhattan federal court, means the 60-year-old former socialite will spend much of the rest of her life in jail. (Photo by Laura Cavanaugh and Handout / various sources / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NEW YORK STATE SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY / LAURA CAVANAUGH" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS

What the unsealed Jeffrey Epstein files mean

Hundreds of pages of previously unsealed documents connected to accused sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein have been made public. Take a look at who the man is and what the files mean.

National

‘Watch out’: Aussie deadly drug ‘epidemic’ threat

Experts can’t believe a cheap drug that destroys lives isn’t here yet – but when it does it could disrupt bikies and organised crime in a massive way.

UpdatedWorld

TOPSHOT - A picture taken from Rafah shows smoke from Israeli bombardment covering the skyline of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on December 29, 2023, amid ongoing battles between Israel and the militant group Hamas. (Photo by AFP)

Hezbollah avenges ‘martyred’ Australian

Israel launched ‘widespread’ strikes on Hezbollah after the terror group increased attacks in retribution for the death of Australian Ali Bazzi and his brother Ibrahim. Follow the updates. Warning: Graphic

National

Australian crimes that shocked us in 2023

Events that shocked Aussies in 2023

Shootings, fatal lunches and a horrific killing at an elite school. These are the cases that horrified Australians this year.

LiveWorld

Disturbing images of Palestinian prisoners from a video taken by Yosee Letova at Al-Yarmok Stadium in #Gaza

Palestinians stripped and detained by IDF in stadium

Footage has captured Palestinian men, women and children among the detained by the Israeli Defence Force in a Gaza stadium. Warning: Graphic

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