Family carries lasting pain
Kellie Mealing holds her daughter Aleea close. The two-year-old is fast resembling her aunt Angela, who died in 2000 under suspicious circumstances that continue to haunt the Far North.
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Well-drilled gang’s $1.7m getaway
IN a sleepy country town in 1978, a well-drilled gang pulled off what was then Australia’s biggest bank heist, escaping with $1.7 million in untraceable bills. They were never caught.
Sex, drugs and crime: Sydney’s ‘gangster’ rappers
VIOLENT home invasions, drug addiction, robbery, prison and homicide are the inspiration for Sydney’s “gangster” rappers emerging from public housing flats across the city.
Gunfight on the Birdsville Track
THREE desperados on the ground, cops with guns drawn and a terrified girl rescued from the back of a car. This is the moment a perilous outback manhunt ended in a police ambush and shootout.
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No Mr Bond, I expect you to fly
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Do black holes reverse time?
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The Royal Aussie Scrapbook
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BETTER ROADS. BETTER LIVES.
THE route to, from and around the Perth Airport has changed forever – this is what it means for West Australians.
Halloween just got scarier
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The white elephants of modern warfare
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What’s with that weird, winking star?
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