The Northern Territory coroner has heard that a young mother was "crying out to police" for help in the lead-up to a horrific attempted murder-suicide in Darwin two years ago.

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In August last year, a stranger allegedly threw a thermos of hot coffee on the nine-month-old baby, in what police described ...

The police Ethical Standards Command is investigating the death of a man at a childcare centre on Queensland's Sunshine Coast ...

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A man has been arrested after a woman was found dead at Cobram in Victoria's north east this morning. Police were called to a ...

New Zealand's financial watchdog has issued a warning about an embattled internet scheme founded by an Australian with a ...

The Assad family's rule was among the most brutal in the region and its prison system, including feared sites such as ...

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The jury in the Northern Territory Supreme Court trial of celebrity crocodile wrangler Matt Wright will today hear from more ...