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Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:00:00 +1100
The height of irony
And can Neighbours become an underground hit?

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 20:14:32 +1100
VCE 2025 as it happened: Victorian year 12 students receive ATAR scores
It’s the day year 12 students have been waiting for – the day they get their long-awaited VCE results and ATARs. Follow the news live.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +1100
‘Time to be a husband first’: Cash-for-sex security company boss resigns amid harassment claims
Dozens of blue-chip clients are poised to sever ties with scandal-plagued MA Services following Micky Ahuja’s resignation.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:45:00 +1100
Women are catching up to men in this agonising condition
Long regarded as mainly a male disease, kidney stone cases among women are increasing as lifestyles and the climate changes.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:30:00 +1100
Massimiliano was at work when police told him a toddler’s body was buried in his backyard
For hours, investigators scoured the yard of his suburban home using specialised ground-penetrating machines before digging up a section of the lawn near the house’s back door.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:29:09 +1100
Unemployment remains steady despite full-time work decline
Australia’s unemployment rate has remained steady, adding little fuel to widespread speculation over the future movements of the Reserve Bank.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:29:06 +1100
Woman dies in Adelaide house fire
A woman has died, and her son has been injured in a fire in Adelaide’s north.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:28:42 +1100
Man charged with murder of Adelaide father
A man has been charged with the murder of an Adelaide father on AFL grand final day.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:25:22 +1100
Zipline ‘total failure’ led to fatal fall for tourist
A tourist falling to his death while on a zipline was “only a matter of time” due to flaws in the ride, a coroner has heard.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:20:53 +1100
Teenagers brawl at Sydney shopping centre
A row between teenagers at a Sydney shopping centre escalated into violence, with one innocent shopper hit by a thrown chair.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:18:54 +1100
Mal Lanyon returns to police academy to swear in new cops
NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon has arrived at Goulburn Police Academy as more than 300 new probationary constables are sworn in.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:18:45 +1100
Zipline 'total failure' led to fatal fall at Cape Tribulation, coroner hears
A tourist falling to their death whilst on a zipline was "only a matter of time" due to flaws in the ride, a coroner has heard.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:18:31 +1100
Watches worth $8.5m stolen from Canberra home
A rare watch worth nearly $6 million is one of several luxury items still missing after a major robbery in Canberra.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:15:45 +1100
Woman fighting for life after Sydney car crash
A woman is fighting for life after a stolen ute involved in a police chase collided with two cars in Liverpool.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:15:35 +1100
Two-way tolling on Sydney Harbour Bridge and tunnel to begin by 2028
Sydney motorists will pay tolls both ways on the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Harbour Tunnel from late 2028.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:14:56 +1100
Parachuter gets caught on tail of plane
A parachuter in Queensland had a narrow escape after getting caught on the tail of a plane.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 19:12:40 +1100
Man charged after weapons, cash and thousands of rounds of ammo seized
A man has been charged after $140,000 and multiple weapons, including a grenade, loaded guns and 15,000 rounds of live ammunition were seized following multiple raids across Sydney's south-west.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:53:18 +1100
Teammates throw support behind Khawaja
Matt Renshaw and Nathan McSweeney throw their support behind injured Test batter Usman Khawaja.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:36:27 +1100
Man critically injured, another arrested after shooting on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula
An investigation is under way after a man arrived at a medical clinic with a suspected gunshot wound on Victoria's Bellarine Peninsula.

Thu, 11 Dec 2025 18:34:34 +1100
Identity of rapist son of high profile man revealed
Tom Silvagni, the son of former Carlton player Stephen Silvagni, can now be revealed as the high-profile Melbourne man convicted of rape earlier this month.

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