Australia’s second largest telco Optus has suffered one of the most significant data breaches in Australian history, with the personal details of millions of customers stolen by hackers in a cyber attack.

The mother of slain British tourist Peter Falconio has made an impassioned plea for public help to locate the body of her beloved son.

A regional town home to a hardcore group of methamphetamine users is so awash in the drug that people seeking to recover from addiction should live elsewhere, a court has heard.

And in sport, just a handful of seasons into Joel Selwood’s AFL career at Geelong, his former captain Cameron Ling wondered about the tough young midfielder’s longevity in the game.

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