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Eleven suffer carbon monoxide poisoning

Nine children and two adults have been poisoned with carbon monoxide from an open charcoal grill being used indoors at a Hobart home.

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Defamation win for NSW lawyer’s neighbour

A Sydney builder has been awarded $300,000 in damages against his lawyer neighbour who made defamatory claims in an A Current Affair TV broadcast.

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Defamation win for NSW lawyer’s neighbour

A Sydney builder has been awarded $300,000 in damages against his lawyer neighbour who made defamatory claims in an A Current Affair TV broadcast.

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Republic backers pin hopes on Kerr letters

The Australian Republic Movement is hoping the release of letters with Buckingham Palace casting more light on Gough Whitlam’s dismissal will bolster its case.

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Jail over deadly crash in stolen Ferrari

A man who crashed a stolen luxury sports car in Western Australia, killing his female passenger, will spend at least eight-and-a-half years in prison.

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Palace-GG discussions were ‘inappropriate’

The academic whose High Court action led to the release of the palace letters says Buckingham Palace engaged in political discussions before the 1975 dismissal.

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Shark documentary-maker mauled in Qld

A shark documentary-maker has a serious leg injury after being mauled by a shark while swimming at far north Queensland’s Fitzroy Island.

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Crown to appeal SA sex offender’s sentence

South Australian prosecutors are to appeal the jail sentence given to a sex offender, arguing it was manifestly inadequate.

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Queen against Charles as governor-general

The Prince of Wales briefed the Queen about the political crisis in Australia in 1975 after talks with the governor-general, the palace letters reveal.

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SA looks for increase in COVID-19 tests

South Australian health authorities have called for a big increase in the number of people being tested for coronavirus.

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Vic arrivals virus tested after WA landing

Arrivals from Victoria will be tested for COVID-19 as soon as they land in Western Australia, where a 10-year-old boy is the newest confirmed case.

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Inmate shouldn’t have been ‘alone in cell’

An inquest into the death of an Indigenous man in NSW custody has heard a correctional centre nurse had no knowledge of his seizures before he died.

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Key quotes from the Palace letters

Letters between Sir John Kerr and Buckingham Palace released by the National Archives of Australia shed new light on the political events of 1975.

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Vic first judge-only trial set for verdict

Victoria’s first judge-only trial for two accused cannabis growers has finished with a verdict due to be handed down at the end of the week.

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Vic aged care clusters a cause for concern

A rapid spike in aged care coronavirus cases has authorities concerned and monitoring the situation closely as overall infections continue to climb in Victoria.

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Coral bleaching found at ‘healthy’ WA reef

Scientists have discovered bleaching at one of WA’s healthiest coral reefs and will survey the area again later this year to quantify the level of destruction.

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Archive flags more royal mail to come

Australia’s national archives says it holds more letters between the Queen and other governors-general that will now likely need to be released.

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Mass pesticides in waters headed to Reef

A four-year university study has detected multiple pesticides in water that runs into the Great Barrier Reef, raising more concerns about land management.

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