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The Patrick Beach experience was fun, but it is time to return to the norm and start Mat Ryan in goal for the Socceroos’ final FIFA World Cup group game against Paraguay, according to legendary keeper Mark Schwarzer. Rookie goalie Beach impressed with a clean sheet in Australia’s tournament opener against Türkiye before conceding twice…
A Victorian coroner has warned about the dangers of power boards after a fatal house fire in regional Victoria was linked to an electrical fault. The coroner investigated the death of 77-year-old Carisbrook man Christopher Shaw, who died when fire tore through his Central Victorian home in the early hours of July 17, 2025. Firefighters…
A married couple who say they suffered physical and psychiatric injuries in an airboat crash three years ago are suing tour operator and former Netflix star Matt Wright for negligence. In documents filed with the Northern Territory Supreme Court, Amelia-Kate and Gregory Potts say they were on board a guided airboat tour operated by the…
Two women who allegedly evaded police in Tasmania’s north when disembarking the Spirit of Tasmania ferry have been charged with serious drug trafficking offences. A 22-year-old and a 28-year-old, both from Risdon Vale, were arrested in possession of enough cocaine and ice to have completed 9,800 individual street deals, police said. The duo exited the…
The interactions Jeffery Epstein accuser Virginia Giuffre had with Australian police before her death will be reviewed, Western Australia’s police commissioner has confirmed. Ms Giuffre died by suicide in April last year at her semi-rural property north of Perth. She had long alleged she was trafficked for sex to former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and other…
A coroner has found the “upsetting” death of nine-month-old baby Kobi Shepherdson at the Whispering Wall in a public murder-suicide by her “manipulative, self-absorbed and dangerous” father could have been prevented. WARNING: This story contains details that readers may find distressing. Henry Shepherdson, 38, took his daughter, Kobi, to the tourist attraction in South Australia’s…
A second associate of a Northern Territory outlaw bikie gang has escaped from custody, just weeks after a patched member of the same gang fled a court dock, sparking a five-day manhunt. In a statement released this morning, an NT Police spokesperson said investigators had charged a 31-year-old man with escaping lawful custody after fleeing…
Tune in to David Dowsett for ABC Wide Bay’s breakfast show and your chance to win a double pass to a show of your choice at the Brolga Theatre. A lucky winner who calls in with the code word will receive a double pass this week and next. Be listening for the code word and…
Opposition Leader Angus Taylor will not break a decades-long bipartisan position of supporting multiculturalism, saying he still supports “a version” of it after dithering under questioning yesterday. But Mr Taylor said he was not satisfied with the current settings, saying there had been recent arrivals to Australia “who do not believe” in democracy and Australia’s…
Jessie James Tumaliuan had terrorised his estranged wife, Czarina, for at least eight years. The final act of his prolonged vendetta occurred on March 27, 2025, when he used a kitchen knife to murder her in her own backyard in Melbourne’s west. As a Victorian Supreme Court judge noted on Wednesday, Czarina Gatbonton Tumaliuan had…