Tragedy
The short, difficult lives of boys allegedly murdered by their grandmother
The brothers, aged six and seven, were found dead in their home on the outskirts of Coonabarabran. Police are investigating their deaths as a double homicide.
- Sally Rawsthorne
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‘It’s a really nice knife’: Bondi Junction killer’s voice heard for first time
Joel Cauchi called Queensland Police complaining his father had taken his collection of knives. Body-worn cameras captured the interaction outside the family’s Toowoomba home.
- Perry Duffin
Her final wish: A home for the son she never got to hold
As a teenager, Chrissie Tully fell in love and then became pregnant. What happened next followed a grim, tragic script in mid-century Ireland.
- Ali Watkins
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- Road safety
Gippsland school reels after crash kills ‘cherished’ 14-year-old boy and critically injures girl
The year 9 student was one of two people killed in the crash on Sunday. A girl from his school and a woman, 33, continue to fight for their lives in hospital.
- Cassandra Morgan, Hannah Hammoud and Alexander Darling
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- Crime
‘They’re dead’: Nan’s message as children die in country NSW town
A woman is in custody after two children were found dead in the small town of Coonabarabran.
- Perry Duffin
Two dead, two fighting for life after Gippsland crash
A car crash north of Maffra on Sunday has left two people dead, while a woman and a girl with life-threatening injuries have been flown to hospitals in Melbourne.
- Roy Ward
‘Take an Uber’: Pentagon helicopter ‘scenic’ flight forces aborted landings at crash airport
Two commercial flights were impeded by an army helicopter, just months after 67 people were killed in an eerily similar incident at the same Washington airport.
- David Shepardson
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- Bondi Junction attack
Bondi Junction attacker searched for serial killers online, sought access to guns
Joel Cauchi was severely mentally ill but “effectively unmedicated” and unmonitored for about five years before his death, an inquest has heard.
- Michaela Whitbourn and Perry Duffin
Man dies after dispute with security downstairs from popular bar
The man had been told to leave a business on the corner of Ann Street and Morgan Street, where Maya rooftop restaurant and bar is located.
- William Davis
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- Canada
Man charged with eight counts of murder after car ploughs into crowd in Vancouver
Eleven people died - the youngest aged only five - in an incident that has rocked Canada just as voters head to the polls to choose their next government.
- Michael Koziol
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