Tragedy
Father concerned children were being left home alone before massive house fire
Three children remain in hospital after the fire in Melbourne’s west as police investigate.
- by Cassandra Morgan
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‘I care not for the keys to be lost’: Grieving father and husband confronts Hunter Valley bus driver
Survivors, friends and family of the 10 wedding guests killed in the “unprecedented” tragedy walked arm-in-arm into Newcastle courthouse for the sentencing of Brett Button.
- by Perry Duffin
WA Police officer dies at work in presumed suicide
A WA Police officer is believed to have taken his own life overnight in a Perth facility, with an investigation now under way.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Trains cancelled, ‘extensive delays’ after urgent repairs at Central
Sydney’s train delays are continuing after a broken rail at Central Station plunged the network into chaos.
- by Jessica McSweeney
Mother of Georgia suspect is said to have called school before shooting, warning of ‘emergency’
Text messages and a phone log, along with interviews with a relative of the suspect, provide the strongest indications yet that school officials were alerted to concerns on the morning of the shooting.
- by Sarah Blaskey and Teo Armus
Tip from Australia among those warning of risk of Georgia school shooting: report
The teenager and his father, who were interviewed by law enforcement in 2023 in connection with online threats about carrying out a school shooting, have been arrested.
- by Rich McKay
MPs say ‘no place in parliament’ for candidate who celebrated October 7 attacks
The candidate at the centre of the social media storm broke his silence to say: “As a doctor, as a Muslim, as a human, killing civilians is never right.”
- by Matthew Knott
Perth bodybuilder dies after 15 hours unconscious in gym shower
Giuliano Pirone, 33, was working out in a Perth gym when he felt unwell and made his way to a shower cubicle, where he collapsed early on August 20.
- by Aaron Bunch
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Mass shooting
Multiple deaths in Georgia high school shooting, suspect held in custody
Declaring that “it doesn’t have to be this way,” Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris addressed the attack from the campaign trail in New Hampshire.
- by Farrah Tomazin
Carolyn Stuckey was shot dead by her husband. He was then allowed to raise their three small children
Allan Stuckey spent 22 months in jail for killing his wife, then raised their children. Now one of them wants to know why – and help give a voice to other child survivors of family violence.
- by Wendy Tuohy
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Hamas releases new footage of hostage victims
The terror group’s release of the videos has deepened the sense of grief felt by many Israelis.