A 25-year-old man who escaped from a mental health facility has been charged with murder following a stabbing rampage in Maryland, Sydney's west, that left one person dead and two others critically injured. NRL star Matt Utai remains in serious condition after being shot twice in a suspected case of mistaken identity outside his Greenacre home, with police investigating links to his son's alleged criminal connections. The identity of the accused Perth Invasion Day terrorist, 32-year-old Liam Alexander Hall, has been revealed after allegedly throwing an explosive device into a crowd protesting Australia Day.

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The City of Perth has installed high-pitched noise-emitting speakers in a CBD underpass and car parks, which rough sleepers say effectively prevents them from sheltering in these locations. Homelessness advocates have criticised the devices as hostile architecture, while the council maintains they are safety measures, with neither the City nor transport authority taking clear responsibility for the decision. The controversy follows a similar incident in Bunbury in 2023 where a Wiggles song was played on loop to deter homeless people.

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Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is under police investigation following revelations that women were allegedly sex trafficked into the UK via Jeffrey Epstein's private jet, known as the Lolita Express. The aircraft touched down in the UK 90 times, with 15 visits occurring after Epstein's conviction for soliciting underage sex. Newly unredacted emails from 2015 contradict Buckingham Palace's previous denials, with messages suggesting the former prince had consensual sex with Virginia Dufresne when she was 17, and that at least one victim was allegedly brought into Buckingham Palace.

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Reverend Jesse Jackson, the esteemed civil rights leader and protégé of Martin Luther King Jr., has died aged 84. Throughout his lifetime, Jackson championed causes for the poor and minorities, including voting rights, job opportunities, education and healthcare, and became the first major African-American contender for a national party's presidential nomination. He was diagnosed with a rare disease similar to Parkinson's in his later years and passed away peacefully, leaving behind a legacy as a towering figure in the US civil rights movement.

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A fatal head-on collision occurred on the Bruce Highway when three vehicles began travelling in the wrong direction, with a truck colliding with a car carrying a 26-year-old Redcliffe man who died at the scene. The truck driver sustained critical injuries and was hospitalised. Police are investigating why the vehicles were travelling southbound in the northbound lanes around 10:30pm, with the highway closed for approximately six hours.

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Liam Alexander Hall, a 32-year-old Warwick man, has been publicly identified as the person charged with throwing a homemade bomb into an Australia Day rally at Perth's Parliament steps on January 26th. The device's fuse was allegedly lit but went out before detonation, potentially preventing mass casualties among the 2,500 attendees at the Invasion Day rally. Hall, who has a diagnosis of autism, remains in custody and is described by police as the state's first alleged terrorist, with his case adjourned until the end of March for psychiatric treatment.

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In this quiet home, an octopus factory is working overtime. A production line powered not by machinery, but heart, these volunteers crochet octopuses for hospitals.

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A respected Western Sydney doctor is believed to be in Syria trying to help a new group of ISIS brides and their families return to Australia.

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A fatal stabbing attack in Merrylands has left one man dead and two others in critical condition after a random rampage on the suburb's main street.

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The cost of living crisis could be about to get worse for many residents across Sydney as councils push for extraordinary rate hikes.

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