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No new cases as NSW reaches a COVID milestone
NSW has recorded another day of zero local COVID-19 cases as the state reached a testing milestone.Five new overseas cases of the virus were found, bringing NSW's case total since the outbreak to 4998.The state reached a milestone of five million COVID-19 tests...
Drive-by shooting leaves father dead, one man injured
A drive-by shooting has left a 33-year-old father dead and another man injured in Melbourne's west overnight.Police are investigating the motive behind the shooting which killed the Deer Park man and left a 24-year-old Williams Landing man in hospital."We've looked...
No new cases as NSW reaches a COVID milestone
NSW has recorded another day of zero local COVID-19 cases as the state reached a testing milestone.Five new overseas cases of the virus were found, bringing NSW's case total since the outbreak to 4998.The state reached a milestone of five million COVID-19 tests...
Drive-by shooting leaves father dead, one man injured
A drive-by shooting has left a 33-year-old father dead and another man injured in Melbourne's west overnight.Police are investigating the motive behind the shooting which killed the Deer Park man and left a 24-year-old Williams Landing man in hospital."We've looked...
First shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine lands in Australia
The first shipment of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine has landed in Australia today, ahead of the third week of the country's overall inoculation rollout.The shipment landed just before 9.30am at Sydney airport, on an Emirates flight.A total of 300,000 doses were...
Kidnapped school students freed in Nigeria, but others still missing
Students, teachers and relatives abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed.The students, teachers and family members were abducted February 17 by gunmen from the Government Science College Kagara.Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello...
Ten death row inmates in Oklahoma could get new trials
As many as 10 death row inmates in Oklahoma, more than one-fifth of the state’s prisoners condemned to die, could escape execution because of a recent US Supreme Court ruling concerning criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country.The inmates have challenged their...
Zero new COVID-19 cases in Victoria
Victoria has recorded zero new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours.This extends the state's clean streak to two days, following the government's easing of restrictions on midnight Friday.Authorities said about 7500 tests had been carried out yesterday, following...
Fears for woman missing for days on NSW north coast
A woman is missing on the NSW north coast after having last been seen almost a week ago.Michelle Nicole Richards, also known as Michelle Nicole Meredith, 48, was last seen leaving a home on McKenzie Avenue in Pottsville in the Tweed Shire at about 1.30am last Monday,...
Police officer facing surgery after dog attacks during arrest
A police officer is facing surgery after being bitten on the face by a dog during an arrest in Sydney.Police attended a property in Georges Hall in the city's south-west at about 1.30am today after reports of a domestic incident.A 52-year-old man had barricaded...
Captain Tom Moore farewelled
A World War II-era plane flew Saturday over the funeral service of Captain Tom Moore, in honour of the veteran who single-handedly raised millions of pounds for Britain's health workers by walking laps in his backyard.Soldiers performed ceremonial duties at the...
Iconic Mad Max house up for sale in Victoria
One of Victoria's most-famous beach houses, which holds a special place in Australian movie history, has been listed for sale for an eye-water $11 million.Once just a shack on the sand dunes of Fairhaven beach, the property is known as hideout from the original road...