Tragedy
Man drowns after falling out of kayak on Mornington Peninsula
Bystanders pulled the man from the water at Balnarring Beach, where paramedics tried to revive him.
- by Hannah Hammoud
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Air accident
Mystery and speculation surround cause of deadly Kazakhstan plane crash
The plane with 67 on board had veered wildly off course, then crashed while returning from a Russian area struck by Ukraine. Twenty-nine people survived.
- by Katie Marie Davies and Dasha Litvinova
Man, 19, killed by firework explosion in Melbourne’s outer north
Police have warned about the dangers of handling fireworks after a teenager died on Christmas Day.
- by Angus Delaney and Hannah Hammoud
‘The most perfect son’: Family of lost teen share tribute
The family of 15-year-old Luca Bennett have paid tribute to the teen after he was swept off rocks at North Avoca Beach on Christmas Eve.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
‘Not forgotten’: PM pays tribute to Cyclone Tracy victims 50 years on
Survivors sobbed in Darwin as Anthony Albanese recalled the disaster that left “an entire city almost wiped off the map”.
- by Angus Delaney
‘Stronger than ever’: PM attends Cyclone Tracy memorial on Christmas
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Darwin to mark the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy, Australia’s largest peacetime evacuation and reconstruction.
- by James Massola
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Tsunami
The 2004 tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. It also carried peace
The waves that shattered thousands and thousands of Indonesian families also led to peace in a province that had been racked by almost 30 years of war.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
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Crime
‘One of the most depraved crimes’: Woman burnt to death on New York subway
Police have arrested a man suspected of intentionally setting a woman on fire after she fell asleep on a stationary train.
- by Susan Haigh
‘Something big will happen in Germany’: Christmas market attack suspect’s online boasts
The suspected attacker’s many posts on social media site X reveal him as a critic of Islam who railed against Muslim immigration into Europe.
- by Rob Harris
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Christmas
Car ploughs into ‘fairytale’ Christmas market killing at least five, injuring scores
The driver was arrested shortly after he had barrelled into a crowd in Magdeburg, Germany, when the town centre was teeming with holiday shoppers.
- by Rob Harris
Search to resume for MH370 wreckage on ‘no-find-no-fee’ basis
Malaysia has agreed to reopen the search for the wreckage more than 10 years after it disappeared in one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries.
- by Ashley Tang
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