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Focus on bikies allowed other criminals to prosper: inquiry

The Crime and Corruption Commission has conceded its government-led focus on bikie gangs had affected other areas of investigation. Photo: Paul Rovere. The Newman government's focus on bikie gangs allowed other areas of organised crime to flourish, ... >> view original

Australia bids to co-chair the Green Climate Fund criticised by Tony Abbott

Exclusive. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has launched a bid for Australia to co-chair the Green Climate Fund. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen. Prince Charles pushes for carbon price. Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has launched a bid for Australia to co-chair ... >> view original

Ricky Stephens jailed over dune buggy death of daughter Sophie

Sophie's mum Tanya Exton and her partner Dannie McKinnon leave the County Court. Picture: Adam Elwood. A MOTHER has paid tribute to her "beautiful little girl" who was killed in a tragic buggy accident caused by her own father. Sophie Rose Stephens. >> view original

Man dead after Melbourne pub incident

A young man has died after returning home from an altercation at a Melbourne pub. There are reports on social media the 22-year-old man was ejected by bouncers from the Eltham Hotel the night before he was found dead in his home early on Friday. >> view original

Dramatic video captures moment truck bursts into flames on Central Coast highway

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a truck burst into flames on the M1 Pacific Motorway near Bar Point on the NSW Central Coast. Two trucks collided, with one quickly catching alight, this morning. Both drivers managed to escape serious injury ... >> view original

Vic Labor suspends elections over stacking

Internal elections have been suspended and an investigation has been launched after branch stacking allegations in Victorian Labor. Assistant secretary Kosmos Samaras said the use of prepaid credit cards to pay for memberships would be investigated, ... >> view original

Karlie Pearce-Stevenson's accused killer found with her bank card years after ...

The man accused of murdering Karlie Pearce-Stevenson was found by police with the young mother's bank card in his wallet four years after he allegedly killed her. But the key card was destroyed after police noticed it had expired and the owner lived ... >> view original

Melb assault not racially motivated: cops

There is no suggestion that an assault on a Muslim woman in Melbourne's CBD was racially motivated, police say. The 21-year-old woman was walking down a CBD street on Thursday afternoon, when a shirtless man punched her in the head, causing her to ... >> view original

Uber ready to conquer Canberra

Controversial ride-sharing service Uber will make its first fully regulated legal ride anywhere in Australia in Canberra on Friday. That follows the ACT government decision to enact legislation to regulate the service even before it started operations ... >> view original

Gino and Mark Stocco: like modern-day bushrangers

Even from his earliest years growing up in Bambaroo, a sleepy sugar-cane farming settlement in Far North Queensland, Gino Stocco was known as a mischief-maker. Nearly 50 years on, relatives still chuckle about the gag the curly-haired youngster played ... >> view original