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A 43-year-old man has been arrested over the alleged vandalism.

Man arrested over police memorial vandalism, minister calls for ‘social harmony’

A memorial dedicated to fallen police officers in the Domain was significantly damaged over the long weekend in an act the premier has labelled “disgusting”.

  • Jessica McSweeney, Riley Walter and Nick Newling

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The home will remain a crime scene as forensic teams search the area.

Allegedly murdered boy suffered blow to head before death: police

Other children were in the house at the time the boy was allegedly killed by a young woman.

  • Cloe Read
Neil Gaiman in 2015: “We realised that we were pretty similar kinds of people.”

Neil Gaiman’s new books cancelled amid sex abuse allegations

The final volume of Gaiman’s collaboration with Marc Bernardin will no longer be published following sexual assault claims against the author.

  • Ruth Hallows
Port of Newcastle

The coastal NSW hotspot that became a prime target of world’s most fearsome drug bosses

For the cartels trying to feed Australia’s ravenous appetite for cocaine, lucrative drug smuggling missions are almost the perfect crime.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Perry Duffin
Nelomie Perera was murdered by her ex.

If her violent ex had been monitored, Nelomie might still be alive

A Melbourne mother hacked to death with an axe in her own home had done everything she could to protect herself. But her safety watch ultimately recorded her own murder.

  • Erin Pearson
Queensland Police car with sirens flashing.

Woman charged after nine-year-old boy found dead

The 24-year-old woman was taken into custody after emergency services were called to a Townsville home on Saturday night.

  • Courtney Kruk
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Safety fears and antisemitism concerns over Gaza

An exclusive survey shows a surge in concern about community safety since the Hamas attack on Israel in October 2023.

  • David Crowe
An aerial view of Quambatook.

‘Not here, not this’: The quiet country town reckoning with a gruesome murder

In “Quamby”, population 200, everyone knows everyone – and everyone knew Merril Kelly.

  • Erin Pearson
A Triumph motorcycle is impounded by police after it was allegedly clocked travelling over 100km/h ovet the speed limit.

‘Over 100km/h over the speed limit’: Perth learner driver’s expensive start to long weekend

A 17-year-old and a 24-year-old have been arrested and charged by police in separate incidents where they were caught driving at speeds of more than 100km/h in a worrying start to the long weekend.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
David Balland, a co-founder of French crypto firm Ledger, had his hand mutilated while he and his wife were kidnapped.

Millionaire crypto boss rescued from kidnappers – but not in time to save his finger

Ledger founder David Balland and his wife were freed after a 48-hour police search across France.

  • Henry Samuel

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