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Is it time for Australians to follow in Europe’s footsteps and have a 72-hour emergency survival kit packed and ready to go? Experts say it’s always been time.

Europeans have been urged to prepare a 72-hour emergency kit. Do Australians need to?

With climate, cyber and geopolitical emergencies on the rise, an EU commission has called for citizens to be ready for anything.

  • Bronte Gossling

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Ambulances outside the Palais Theatre in St Kilda on Wednesday night.

‘He’s dying’: Distressed comedy fans say show continued after man’s collapse

Shocked audience members have described how the show went on while a man died during the opening night of the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Fire crews are balling the blaze in Woodvale.

Bushfire warning for Woodvale downgraded, but residents told to stay updated

DFES have downgraded a bushfire warning for Perth’s northern suburbs – but residents have been told to stay updated in case conditions change.

A man has died from injuries sustained during a break-in at a home in Penrith.

‘Very frightening’: Man dead after ‘targeted’ home invasion

A man has died from head injuries sustained after two men broke into his Sydney home early on Saturday morning.

  • Penry Buckley
Security guards in the City of Melbourne

‘Second-best solution’: Two security guards to bolster city’s safety patrols

Melbourne City Council has begun a trial of two security guards accompanying their officers enforcing anti-begging, drinking and drug-taking laws.

  • Adam Carey
SES volunteers Samantha Gatty, Angela Lane Teagan Denny and Kristie McKie during swift water training

Angela was the only woman at rescue training. Here’s how she changed that

When Angela Lane joined the SES, she thought she was signing up to serve roadside revival tea and coffee.

  • Daniella White
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Paul Barning

‘Tragic accident’: Sydney fisher tangled in line and dragged into ocean after hooking shark

The search continues for Paul Barning, who was pulled overboard while taking part in a game-fishing competition off the coast of Newcastle on Sunday.

  • Riley Walter, Kayla Olaya and Nick Newling
A child was critically injured by a falling tree branch at government house in Canberra.

Schoolgirl critically injured during Government House excursion

The school group was visiting the governor-general’s Canberra home as part of a year 6 camp in the capital.

  • Jessica McSweeney
The sinkhole in the road in Godstone, England. A second hole has appeared and the county council have declared a major incident.

‘We’re terrified’: Large sinkhole shocks English villagers

A map of Godstone village in Surrey that dates to 1868 shows an entrance to a subterranean sandpit at the spot where a sinkhole appeared this week.

  • Toby Melville
A man is in a serious condition after being shot by police in Mayfield, NSW after he allegedly ran at officers armed with a meat cleaver.

Man shot by police after allegedly running at officers with meat cleaver

Police say they shot the man after he ran at them in a Newcastle suburb and a Taser was deployed unsuccessfully.

  • Penry Buckley

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