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Two separate stabbing incidents at Queensland schools within 24 hours have intensified safety concerns, with a 17-year-old boy stabbed multiple times at the Islamic College of Brisbane and a 15-year-old attacked at a Cairns high school. Teachers are calling for principals to receive powers to wand students for weapons, following data showing over 800 weapon-related incidents in Queensland schools last year.

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They were life-saving marvels when they first rolled out; now heart-starting defibrillators have undergone a major makeover. It's made them smaller and cheaper, and the hope is they'll save more lives than ever.

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Victoria Police arrest a 20-year-old Essendon man alleged to be the main recruiter for a Middle East-based criminal syndicate responsible for Melbourne's tobacco and bar wars. Detectives from Operation Eclipse claim Jesse Hadchiti hired children to carry out firebombings, shootings, extortions and kidnappings over three years, working under orders from a 23-year-old man who fled to the Middle East. Police allege the syndicate has recruited around 2,000 offenders, with Hadchiti operating from his parents' home using encrypted apps under the alias 'ComBank'.

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Former British Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe has been allegedly murdered in her Devon home, with counter-terrorism police leading the investigation into what authorities believe was a politically motivated killing. A 28-year-old white British man has been arrested after being captured on security vision the morning of her death. Widdecombe, who worked as Reform UK spokesperson for Nigel Farage, was known for her staunchly traditional views opposing abortion and same-sex marriage, and is the third high-profile UK politician allegedly murdered in the past decade.

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A 35-year-old man led police on a destructive chase across Newtown rooftops and streets, damaging homes, cars and an ambulance before falling between two houses into police custody. A major breakthrough occurred in the Chris Baghsarian mistaken identity murder case with the arrest of the alleged kidnapping coordinator and three other men, bringing total arrests to 11. Acting legend Sam Neill has died, with tributes flowing from Hollywood and everyday Australians, as friends reveal he was battling pneumonia despite being cancer-free.

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Telstra customers are expressing anger after being asked to prove their financial losses from last week's network outage, which disrupted rail networks, payment systems and businesses across the country. A software upgrade glitch sent the network's timers back 20 years, forcing some businesses to operate cash-only and leaving workers like plumbers and taxi drivers unable to use GPS or payment tablets. Consumer advocacy groups are demanding Telstra use its $1.2 billion half-yearly profits to establish a streamlined compensation process, rather than placing the burden of proof on affected customers.

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Sydney's Southwest Metro has passed a major milestone, travelling the entire network from one end of the line to the other for the first time. But as the NSW government celebrates the Tallawong to Bankstown run, the opening date remains a secret.

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Tech giants are accused of having blood on their hands for allowing young Australians to fall victim to a sinister threat festering on their platforms. The rapid rise of AI has also fuelled a rise in sextortion, and too often it's ending in tragedy. #auspol

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A wanted Sydney man is behind bars as a family mourns a Yennora father, who died after being violently attacked on Saturday. Police have charged Corum Ash with murder after a three-day manhunt led them to a house in Carlingford.

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Police have spent the day answering hotline phones after lifting the lid on the biggest childcare sex abuse scandal Sydney has ever known. The brief against Hamish Tait is huge, accused of abusing 158 children at centres spanning one end of the city to the other.

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