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A 45-year-old man has died after being pulled from a burning caravan in Central Queensland overnight. Emergency services were called to an address on Monaco Drive in Zilzie just after 10pm over reports of a caravan on fire. A neighbour pulled the man from the caravan and he was given CPR, but the 45-year-old died…
Hello and welcome to our federal politics live blog. It’s great to have your company here early this Tuesday morning! I’m Josh Boscaini joining you live from Parliament House in Canberra, here and ready to bring you all of today’s federal politics news. In some news around today, the eSafety commission says Australians have made…
After his crushing Wimbledon defeat to Flavio Cobolli, life has picked up for Alex de Minaur, who was in despair after last week’s fourth-round loss. On Monday morning AEST, while Jannik Sinner was beating Alexander Zverev in the men’s final, he married British number two Katie Boulter near the English midlands village in which she…
The RACQ has warned of a return to the “unfair” unleaded price cycle in south-east Queensland after some stations hiked petrol prices by as much as 30 cents in the last week. While the average price for unleaded petrol in Brisbane was 172.1 cents per litre on Monday, RACQ economic and affordability specialist Ian Jeffreys…
Ukraine and nine other countries will form a coalition to protect Europe from ballistic missiles, utilising Kyiv’s experience in fighting Russia’s full-scale invasion for over four years. “Our goal is to build a shared ballistic missile defence capability for Europe,” the 10 nations said in a statement in Paris at talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr…
A man has been charged with murder over the death of an elderly man who was allegedly attacked during a morning walk in Sydney’s west. In the early hours of Saturday morning, a Yennora local called emergency services after an elderly man was found on the side of the road near the intersection of Orchardleigh…
Former Victorian Young Australian of the Year Darcy McGauley-Bartlett has been arrested and charged with a raft of offences, including possessing imitation firearms and police uniforms. The 27-year-old was arrested last month after police raided a property at Huntly in Bendigo’s north, and said they seized 15 gel blasters, police uniforms, fake handcuffs, batons and…
British couple Joanne Lees and Peter Falconio were ambushed by a gunman near Barrow Creek while on a road trip around Australia in 2001.(Reuters) They were a couple in their twenties embarking on a trip that is a rite of passage for so many young Brits. But a chance encounter with a stranger in the…
About every fourth rescue, Callum Herbert heads out to retrieve people who haven’t properly prepared for a walk in Tasmania’s wilderness. In the 12 months to the end of June, more than 100 of the 375 emergency rescues Tasmania Police took on were due to people failing to take proper precautions. Callum Herbert frequently has…
A man accused of coordinating the alleged murder and kidnapping of Sydney grandfather Chris Baghsarian has been charged. Mr Baghsarian, 85, was taken from his North Ryde home on February 13, triggering an 11-day search. His remains were later found near a golf course in Pitt Town in Sydney’s north-west. It is understood a relative…