40 kids responsible for half of all youth offending in Tasmania
A parliamentary committee hears just 40 Tasmanian children are responsible for half of all youth offending, but children's advocates say [...]
Knife attacker wounds young children in French alpine town
Police arrested a male attacker they said was a Syrian with legal refugee status in France after he stabbed four [...]
Four toddlers fighting for life after knife attack in France
Four children, aged between 22-months and three-years-old, were injured in a knife attack in the French town of Annecy.
Demand for support doubles amid cost-of-living crisis, non-profit says
When single mum Ebony Russell's relationship ended 18 months ago, she had no savings to her name.Key points:Support groups are [...]
‘Proud to be Australian’: The fence that saved a family home from flood
A medieval-style fence built out of vineyard posts, sheets of tin and shade cloth saved a family home from the [...]
Person killed in Adelaide house fire, another taken to hospital
A person has died and a young woman has been injured in a house fire in Adelaide's north-western suburbs on Friday afternoon.Key [...]
Childhood dementia will cut these sisters’ lives short. Their parents want better respite services — not sympathy
Mandy and David McWaters want to have as many special moments as they can with their daughters before childhood dementia [...]
Australian defence scientists to test ‘Orwellian’ AI in hopes of preventing lockdowns and biological warfare
Imagine having a little device on your wrist feeding your body's signals back to a robot that's been trained especially to [...]
Nathan suffered serious injuries at a police station — they charged him with assault
Each year, dozens of people claim to have been injured by police, but only a handful of officers end up [...]
CCTV footage from Victor Harbor Police Station shows the moment Nathan Cross’s head hits the counter.
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