Cop avoids jail after killing 95yo with taser
A police officer who said ‘bugger it’ before fatally tasering a great grandmother at a nursing home will not spend a day behind bars, a court has ruled.
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How a Gold Coast poster sparked the year’s biggest AFL scandal
It takes a lot to shake the world of AFL but a Gold Coast Suns-themed poster made jaws drop in Melbourne and sparked a major scandal. FIND OUT HOW
‘Forever yours’: Mystery after love letter washes up on NSW river
A mystery love letter in a bottle has washed up on a NSW river, with four teenagers making the “one in a million” find.
‘Complete loss’: Inferno rips through Alice Springs business
A fierce inferno has gutted a local business in Alice Springs, leaving the owners ‘devastated’. Read what we know.
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‘I lost my $100k deposit, and dream home within three hours’
A Queensland man’s home purchase has turned into a nightmare as he has lost his entire $98,500 house deposit and his dream new home after he was just hours late in paying it to the seller
QYAC rejects ‘unauthorised’ audit which finds financial errors
An Indigenous body has rejected a forensic audit into its financial records claiming the review was unauthorised by a recently departed CEO and done without access to full accounting details.
Australia’s hidden tourism gem – ‘just don’t call us another Bali’
It’s the final frontier of Queensland tourism, a far-flung tropical paradise that has remained relatively hidden… until now.
Man offered threesome in ‘amateur’ movie-style plot to steal gold bullion
A pair of ‘lame brain’ thieves tried to lure a Queensland man into a false sense of security by suggesting a threesome in a plot to steal thousands of dollars worth of gold bullion.
Shop shelves emptied as cyclone looms
Supermarket shelves carrying one Aussie staple have been stripped bare amid forecasts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred crossing the east coast.
BREAKING: Bushfire breaks out near Alice Springs camp
A bushfire has broken out in the vicinity of Alice Springs, with authorities urging locals to monitor the situation. Details.
Multinational private security company wins NT Corrections contract
G4S has won a tender to deliver extra NT prison staff, increasing the wedge between corrections management and union members warning of a slippery slope to fully privatised prisons.
Job myth costing you thousands
A common job myth could be costing Aussies up to 13 per cent a year in annual pay, new research shows.
$50m-plus tipped for NT cattle stations
A pair of cattle stations north of Katherine, spanning a combined 232,900ha, are set to test the market. See the details.
‘Love pollinator’: Music legend announces shock Ingham concert
Emmy-award winning musician Toni Childs announces concert in flood-struck Hinchinbrook. Here’s why she picked the small town.
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