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Melbourne pensioner who killed neighbours over garden hose dispute jailed for 30 years

A man who gunned down two of his neighbours in a "senseless and brutally violent" dispute over a garden hose is likely to die in jail, after he is sentenced to 30 years' prison.
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Tourists rescued after 'ill-prepared' mountain trek in Tasmania's central north

Five "ill-prepared" tourists have "veered off course" during their descent from the summit of Mount Roland in Tasmania, sparking a rescue mission and a plea from police that all bushwalkers "not rely on mobile phones for communication or navigation".
A large mountain towers over a camping ground.

Facial reconstruction of 'The Woman in Yellow' released to help crack 1987 missing persons case

Australian Federal Police scientists release a digitised image of 'The Woman in Yellow', thanks to advancements in DNA and facial reconstruction technology.
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Belgian friend of missing tourist Celine Cremer visits search area with police

A friend of missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer flew to Tasmania and was shown the wilderness area where where the 31-year-old disappeared a month ago, with police reporting a cadaver dog on loan from NSW has found nothing.
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Man found on Victorian country road with serious injuries dies at the scene

Police say the man was found by a motorist in northern Victoria and had been hit by at least one vehicle.
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Horse hit by plane during attempted take-off in regional SA dies

The horse involved in Sunday's light plane crash on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula has been put down, police say.
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NSW Police taskforce committed to tracking money of organised crime leaders

The taskforce will be comprised of police and the state Crime Commissioner who will join forces to track down the secret channels that see these organised crime leaders funded.
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Human remains found beside Hume Highway in Goulburn

NSW Police say a woman alerted them to the remains in grassland off the Hume Highway on Friday morning.
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Three men escorted off plane

Man has been taken off the plane by police.
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Three Brisbane men kicked off flight for allegedly vaping, drinking duty-free alcohol on board

The men face fines after allegedly causing a flight from Brisbane to Indonesia to be diverted to Darwin due to disruptive behaviour.
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Man stabbed to death in Sydney's inner west was 'low-level associate with organised crime'

NSW Police allege the 29-year-old man, who died in hospital, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation in Balmain involving two other men who fled the scene in a vehicle.
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Balmain stabbing

As American police searched for the Gilgo Beach serial killer, they zeroed in on a local suburban dad

Long Island police say they have finally caught the serial killer who dumped his victims along the shores of Gilgo Beach, thanks to a stash of burner phones, a forgotten clue and a pizza crust. 
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New lead on missing Belgian tourist's phone activity helps pinpoint search

A NSW Police cadaver dog brought into Tasmania to help with the search for Shyanne-Lee Tatnell is repurposed to look for missing Belgian tourist Celine Cremer, following new information.
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'We know for a fact what's behind it all': The common thread linking Sydney's gangland shootings

Police knew when Alen Moradian was shot dead a month ago that Sydney's gangland could explode. After a week of violence, they say it is all about control of drug trade in the city.
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The ABC News report of Florence Broadhurst's murder in 1977.

Australian artist and wallpaper designer Florence Broadhurst was murdered at her Sydney factory 1977. Archival footage of an ABC reporter at the crime scene.
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'You deserved so much more than this': Tributes flow for victim of suspected murder-suicide

The suspected murder of Perth mother Georgia Lyall, believed by police to be at the hands of her ex-partner, leaves those who knew her grieving and in disbelief.
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Couple in their 60s who died after two planes collided north of Brisbane identified as David and Jan Maddern

Queensland Police Acting Superintendent Paul Ready said it incident was a "devastating loss of life".
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Damage to the wing of a plane after a collision

Firearms, ammunition, drugs, stolen property and cars allegedly found in police raids

Five people have been charged in relation to a spate of alleged burglaries over the past three weeks across central and south-west Victoria, including in Daylesford and Ballarat.
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Thieves take ancient coins from remote SA farmhouse, but they're so rare they won't be easy to sell

A retired farmer says his 1,000-strong rare-coin collection has been stolen along with its heavy safe, which would have needed "four people to lift".
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Queensland minister was obliged to report reprisal allegations, legal expert says

Legal practitioners say a Palaszczuk government minister was obliged to report reprisal allegations raised in a one-on-one meeting with a whistleblower last year.
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Man believed to have crashed into pole dies while skiing at Thredbo

Police say bystanders commenced CPR after the 73-year-old crashed at the edge of the ski run, but he died at the scene.
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NT father sentenced for grooming and assaulting pre-teen family members

A Northern Territory father who groomed and sexually assaulted his wife's younger sisters will spend at least four years in prison, after pleading guilty to four charges.
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Man who ran down fellow scrap-metal forager at Hunter Valley tip jailed for more than 24 years

Adam Bidner is sentenced for reversing his four-wheel drive into Shane Mears in July 2020, in what a supreme court judge has described as a "cowardly" and "grave" act.
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Man arrested after allegedly causing significant damage to transformers in East Gippsland.

Victoria Police arrest one of the men allegedly involved in shooting transformers in East Gippsland.
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Police probe suspected murder-suicide after former couple found dead in different Perth suburbs

The body of a man and woman were found in different Perth suburbs on Thursday morning, with police saying the pair was a former couple. 
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