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Thousands of residents have reportedly fled homes in northern Victoria amid rising flood levels, after the state's first fatality.
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NT government overhauls bail laws after murder
The NT will introduce the nation’s toughest bail laws after a teen on release for violent offences – including rape – was charged with murdering an elderly man in Darwin.
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‘You owe me two beers’: Nine journo’s secret text
Ben Roberts-Smith’s lawyers say new evidence shows that Nine reporter Nick McKenzie passed on to his lawyers a ‘blatant, privileged communication’ that had been sent to the former soldier by his legal team.
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