‘I encourage all commentators to engage their brains before they open their mouths,’ judge said Erin Patterson found guilty of murdering relatives with lunch laced with death cap mushrooms Five key moments in the murder trial of Australia’s mushroom lunch cook Erin
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The jury in mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s triple murder trial has retired to deliberate the verdict, guilty or not guilty. But what happens in there behind closed doors? When they retire to the deliberation room, should they leave all of their personal
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The altercation has brought into focus the slew of legislation brought in to restrict the right to protest Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The altercation between police
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Review into man dubbed Australia’s worst paedophile also warns of ‘false sense of security’ from working with children check Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Concerns about reputation
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US research comes amid debate over whether platform should be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Teenagers as young as 13
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Exclusive: Advisory body will be renamed and granted statutory powers after Labor secures numbers to make it permanent Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Victoria will have a
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US President Donald Trump has praised a landmark Supreme Court ruling that struck down ‘universal injunctions’ issued by lower court judges, made in response to his executive order on birthright citizenship. What are the implications for numerous Trump administration policies blocked by
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Greens leader says redesign of ‘ridiculous’ Howard-era rules must include explicit consideration of climate Larissa Waters on holding the Labor government to account – Australian Politics podcast Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily
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Staffers from offices of NSW premier and police minister grilled at parliamentary inquiry into Dural caravan plot Australia news live: latest politics updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The New South Wales premier characterised an explosives-laden
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Crown tells court non-custodial sentence for former police officer was ‘manifestly inadequate’ Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast An ex-police officer who “rushed” to deploy his Taser against a 95-year-old woman during an encounter at a nursing
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