Girl’s family had told the man, known by pseudonym ‘Mercury’, to meet with them by Wednesday midnight or they would make his identity public Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily
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Inquiry hears of boom in cult activity as coercive groups promise recruits ‘simple answers to complex problems’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Raphael Aron took his first call from a cult survivor in the 1970s during
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Ever since former Liberal leader Peter Dutton took off his Home Affairs cap in 2021 and the Albanese government came to office in 2022, it’s appeared the government’s two-decade-long terrorism-law-enacting bonanza had come to an end. But with the recent… The post
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Northern Territory chief minister Lia Finocchiaro has again been sowing social division, as when appearing on Mix 1049 to speak with host Katie Woolf on Monday 13 October 2025, the Country Liberal leader clarified that transgender women shouldn’t be held… The post
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Exclusive: Looming overhaul of protections should also include definition of ‘unacceptable impact’ on environment, Murray Watt says Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here The Albanese
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“As a Dunghutti man, I have lived the grief, anger and frustration that comes from seeing our people die in custody,” said Paul Silva, a prominent voice in the local campaign for First Nations justice. “Every death is a profound… The post
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The second March for Australia took place on Gadigal land in Hyde Park North on 19 October 2025, and following the fallout from the original 31 August neo-Nazi-infused turnout, the non-Nazi elements of the antiimmigration movement had been at pains… The post
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The Federal Government says it wants to reform the Freedom of Information system – what’s in the proposed changes? And is the law keeping up with the growing number of pornographic deepfake images of young people being shared online? Read More Law
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At around 3.30 am on Wednesday 15 October 2025, a group of males armed with machetes forced entry into a fast-food restaurant on Dunghutti land in the NSW town of Kempsey, threatening staff on site and stealing a silver Isuzu… The post
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The murder of 13-year-old Cassius Turvey, a Noongar schoolboy from Perth, at the hands of a group of white men while he was walking home from school was one of the most confronting criminal cases in recent Australian history, highlighting… The post
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