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Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +1100
This simple urine test could change the lives of thousands of women like Marnie
The diagnosis time for endometriosis, one of the most common diseases among women, could be cut from years to weeks with a revolutionary new test.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +1100
The Xanax mistake that is still costing Medicare millions
Medicare wastes huge amounts of money and the public pays inflated premiums – the system needs reforming.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:20:07 +1100
Families of slain police take legal action
The families of two police officers killed in Wieambilla in 2022 have taken legal action against NSW and Queensland police for what they say was negligence.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:15:17 +1100
Man dead, gunman on the run after Logan shooting
A man has died and his attacker is on the run after a shooting south of Brisbane this morning.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:15:12 +1100
Stokes removes Marnus on the eve of dinner
Ben Stokes gets the big wicket of Marnus Labuschagne right before dinner.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:15:03 +1100
High Court grants Attorney General leave to appeal Emma Lovell’s killer’s sentence
The Hight Court has granted Queensland’s Attorney General leave to sppeal the sentence handed down to the killer of Brisbane mum Emma Lovell.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:05:39 +1100
Bushfire erupts on NSW mid-north coast
Fire crews are working to contain a bushfire south of Bulahdelah, with residents in Crawford's River being warned to seek shelter.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:05:16 +1100
Shots fired at Sydney shopping centre
A major police operation is underway after shots were fired outside a shopping centre in Gregory Hills.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:03:33 +1100
Emma Lovell murder case heads to High Court after teen killer’s sentence cut
Queensland’s attorney-general sought to overturn the decision to cut the killer’s 14-year sentence, which will now be reconsidered.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:02:00 +1100
Putin found “morally responsible” for death of woman in 2018
An inquiry has found Russian President Vladimir Putin is "morally responsible" for the Novichok poisoning death of a UK woman in 2018.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 19:00:00 +1100
The State Library is much more than an Instagram moment
Weddings, parties, anything: your State Library is undertaking an alarming shift towards appealing to tourists and visitors over actual users.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:59:58 +1100
AUKUS sub delivery depends on US production boost
A six-month Pentagon review of the AUKUS pact says delivery of nuclear-powered submarines to Australia will depend on the US boosting production.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:59:56 +1100
Man charged over pipe bomb attempt on eve of January 6 riots
Almost five years after pipe bombs were detected at Republican and Democratic party headquarters in Washington DC, authorities have charged a man over the foiled attack.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:56:27 +1100
South Australian Liberal leader steps down months out from election
South Australian Opposition Leader Vincent Tarzia has announced he is stepping down from the role just three months out from the state election.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:56:19 +1100
Sydney seeks escape from heatwave as fires threaten
Temperatures have soared in Sydney as a heatwave stretches up the NSW coast and bushfires break out across the state.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:55:47 +1100
Woman fatally mauled by dog in her home in South Australia
A 39-year-old who was mauled to death by her own dog is being remembered by friends and neighbours.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:54:50 +1100
Manhunt launched in Adelaide to find escaped prisoner
Police are searching western Adelaide for a man who escaped custody from hospital overnight.

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:43:59 +1100
Gunmen on the run after shots fired outside Sydney shopping centre
The intended victim of the brazen attack escaped two would-be assassins. 

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:30:00 +1100
Aly finds the power of humble masculinity in a frantic world
Waleed Aly experienced the huge potential of the possibility of there being a vastly different form of masculinity

Fri, 05 Dec 2025 18:26:44 +1100
Son of high-profile man found guilty of raping woman inside home
A son of a high-profile man has been found guilty of raping a woman inside his own home.

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