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Blake AntrobusCourt reporter

Blake Antrobus is a Court Reporter and an Assistant Chief of Staff at NewsWire, based in Brisbane, Queensland. Since joining the NewsWire team in 2020 he has covered some of the state’s biggest cases and has a decade of experience covering court, crime, politics and general news for a variety of media outlets across the country.

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Proposed alternative designs for Hobat's Macquarie Point stadium

Major update on controversial $1b stadium

A controversial $1.13bn stadium in Hobart is set to be approved by the upper house – despite warnings on how much it is likely to cost Tasmanians.

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Health Problems

When Ashleigh first began experiencing the symptoms of multiple sclerosis 10 months after giving birth to her daughter, she initially put the puzzling changes in her body down to being post-partum.

Price of groundbreaking drug slashed

A former MKR star has shared her personal experience living with a debilitating neurological disease as the cost for a groundbreaking treatment is slashed under the PBS.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 22, 2025: Optus in George Street, CBD. Four deaths have been associated with an Optus outage that impacted triple-0 services across the country. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Optus customers rocked by another outage

Optus customers in one major city have been impacted by a sudden outage to NBN services, in the latest blow to the embattled telco.

Music Festivals

US rock band The All- American Rejects.L-R: Nick Wheeler, Mike Kennerty, Tyson Ritter, Chris Gaylor

Huge blow for Aussie music festival

Two major international acts have withdrawn from a massive Aussie music festival just days before it was set to kick off.

QLD Courts & Law

Russell Klein died after a car allegedly ploughed through his home in Millmerran on Christmas Day.

Fiancee’s anguish after ‘soulmate’ mowed down

The devastated fiancee of a man fatally mowed down on Christmas Day has stared down her partner’s killer years after the holiday horror erupted.

NSW & ACT Crime

Man charged after body located in Armidale, A man will face court after the body of a man was located in the state’s west last month. Picture: NSW Police

Moment man arrested over 78yo’s murder

A man has been charged with the murder of a 78-year-old following a month-long police probe into a death in western NSW.

VIC Courts & Law

Accused CBD stabber Lauren Darul. Picture: Facebook

Disturbing decline of accused CBD stabber

Images have surfaced of a woman charged with stabbing a sushi chef in Melbourne’s CBD as she makes a bid for freedom.

A real estate office in Collaroy suffered significant damage during the storms.

One dead, train chaos after storms lash NSW

Severe storms have claimed the life of a 76-year-old man on the Central Coast, while Sydney’s train network faces major disruptions from the dangerous weather.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 22, 2025: Optus in George Street, CBD. Four deaths have been associated with an Optus outage that impacted triple-0 services across the country. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Vandals blamed for latest Optus outage

Optus has blamed vandalism for its latest network failure affecting 14,000 Melbourne customers.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA.NewsWire Photos. NOVEMBER 26, 2025. A house in Stephen Street Yarraville which was firebombed early this morning. Picture : NewsWire/Ian Currie

Grim detail after horror house fire

Authorities have revealed a grim allegation at the centre of a horror house fire which forced a family to flee for their lives.

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