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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 16:10:25 +1000 ‘Worst nightmare of any mum’: Shoppers pay tribute to victims as Westfield returns to life |
A week on from the massacre, messages of sorrow and floral tributes pour in for those killed and injured at Westfield Bondi Junction.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 15:59:05 +1000 ‘He’s dead tonight’: Two more men charged over Wakeley church riot |
Father of three Sam Haddad allegedly made death threats directed at the attacker following the stabbing at the Christ the Good Shepherd Church.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 14:09:30 +1000 ‘I was yelling at residents to get out’: Neighbour helps rescue people from New Farm blaze |
On Saturday morning, when Iain heard an explosion, he ran down the street. Four people were on a balcony desperately trying to escape an intense blaze.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 13:54:55 +1000 ‘Watershed moment’: 14-storey tower in Frankston’s Great Wall gets green light |
A contentious high-rise apartment building, part of Frankston’s Great Wall overlooking Port Phillip Bay, has been approved.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 12:45:37 +1000 Bus driver hailed for saving lives in fatal crash near Dubbo |
A man is dead and multiple people injured after a car that police had been pursuing moments earlier collided with a bus on a highway in Central West NSW.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 12:32:06 +1000 Man accused of firing rifle, threatening staff in WA tavern |
A 41-year-old man has been arrested and hit with more than a dozen charges after allegedly firing a rifle and threatening staff inside a Wheatbelt pub.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 10:07:12 +1000 Thomas Kelly’s father says family ‘blindsided’ by parole process as son’s killer released |
Kieran Loveridge walked out of Broken Hill prison on Friday. An angry Ralph Kelly says the family were kept in the dark about his behaviour in jail during a final parole hearing.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 08:12:38 +1000 Who were the Wakeley rioters and why did it descend into violence? |
Distrust of police and authority, as well as old grievances and social marginalisation, may have contributed to disturbing scenes on Monday night.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:28:28 +1000 Driver escapes before train cripples car on Central Coast |
A car has been crushed by a train after it accidentally ended up on the tracks, with the driver escaping just in time.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 07:21:25 +1000 Victims recovering one week on from Bondi stabbing |
Today marks one week on from a stabbing spree in Bondi Junction, which took the lives of six people.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +1000 The April 20 Edition |
The Aus-designed artificial heart set to revolutionise medicine | Preppers go mainstream | A sperm donor’s message to his progeny
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +1000 ‘Dirty wellness’: a trend for the perfection-fatigued |
Plus: get ready for the weekend with these fresh diversions.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +1000 The artificial heart set to transform medicine – and the Aussie who invented it |
Biomedical engineer Daniel Timms lost his father to heart disease, but their kitchen-top tests helped him hone a radical idea.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +1000 Why has one knife attacker been labelled a terrorist, and the other, not? |
An uneasy calm has now settled on the city after a horror week, but questions remain about why one attacker was labelled a terrorist, and the other wasn’t.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +1000 The Moby Dick manoeuvre: How charity organisers harpoon Sydney’s wealthy ‘whales’ |
Linda and Joshua Penn, who organise Sydney’s Gold Dinner fundraiser, are at the coal face of prising donations from Australia’s super rich.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +1000 Uber is winning the rideshare war, but our addiction to the app may backfire |
Despite years of controversy and frustration, Australians can’t seem to get enough of Uber. Transport industry insiders and competition experts warn consumers will be left paying the price.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +1000 This simple baby and parenting class is making babies smarter |
Rolled out by researchers in Vietnam, there are now calls for it to be trialled in Australia.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +1000 Rape myths are extremely dangerous. Did the Lehrmann verdict bust them? |
After the awful, vitriolic and often ignorant public debate we’ve seen during the Lehrmann trial, now is the time to elevate the best drivers of change: experts, evidence and experience.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +1000 Parent’s anger over child joining school prayer group without consent |
A Muslim community leader has questioned whether NSW public high schools are doing enough to guard against extremism among students.
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Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:00:00 +1000 Hernias and hubris delay fugitive Jean Nassif’s return to Australia |
The international fugitive recently paid $50,000 to keep alive his long-running defamation battle against Sydney broadcaster Ray Hadley, who called him a “shoddy developer.”
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