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Prince Harry has lost his court case against the Daily Mail's publisher, Associated Newspapers Limited, over allegations of phone tapping and illegal information gathering spanning 20 years.

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A major Telstra network outage disrupted services across Australia, causing rail services to halt in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT, and knocking out EFTPOS systems for tens of thousands of businesses. More than 300 triple zero emergency calls failed to connect during the outage, with police dispatched to conduct welfare checks on 79 callers Telstra was unable to contact. The telecommunications giant attributed the blackout to broken timers in data centres in Sydney and Melbourne, with full services restored by 4pm, though the company now faces potential fines in the tens of millions of dollars.

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Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has had his appeal rejected by three judges, upholding his conviction for helping to arrange a $330,000 cocaine deal. MacGill was found guilty last year and ordered to complete hundreds of hours of community service in a case that has spanned five years.

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Former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has had his appeal rejected by three judges, upholding his conviction for helping to arrange a $330,000 cocaine deal. MacGill was found guilty last year and ordered to complete hundreds of hours of community service in a case that has spanned five years.

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A nationwide Telstra network outage crippled mobile phones, digital payment systems and rail networks across Australia, leaving millions of customers without service. The telecommunications failure forced V-Line train services to shut down in Victoria, New South Wales and the ACT, caused EFTPOS systems to fail in thousands of businesses, and resulted in more than 300 failed Triple Zero emergency calls. Telstra attributed the outage to broken timers in two data centres in Sydney and Melbourne, with the company now facing potential fines in the tens of millions of dollars.

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Epping Football Club will hold a commemorative service on Saturday at Epping Reserve instead of playing their scheduled match, following the death of 27-year-old player Nathan Fitzgerald. All 18 AFL clubs will wear black armbands in honour of Mr Fitzgerald, who died from a freak head clash. The public memorial service will be open to the community.

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A Victorian parliamentary inquiry into January's bushfires is under scrutiny after the CFA submitted a 33-page evidence report that was retracted and replaced with an 18-page version following government intervention. The original report revealed nearly 20 per cent of CFA career staff positions were vacant during the fires, over 50 per cent vacancies in worst-affected districts, and that the CFA requested $330 million in additional funding but received only $118 million.

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A major Telstra network outage disrupted services across Australia, affecting rail networks, EFTPOS systems, and critically, triple zero emergency calls. Police are conducting welfare checks on 79 people who called triple zero during the outage but remain unaccounted for, after Telstra was unable to contact them. The telecommunications company has blamed broken timers in two data centres in Sydney and Melbourne for the widespread disruption, which lasted several hours before services were restored.

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Mustapha Alameddine, cousin of an Alameddine crime boss, has been charged with child grooming offences after allegedly sending explicit messages and photos to someone he believed was a teenage girl, who was actually an interstate police officer.

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A deadly apartment fire in Randwick claimed the life of Vicky Valacas, a woman in her late 70s, who was trapped inside her first-floor unit on Alison Road with the couple's dog. Her husband Minos Valacas was at work when the blaze erupted, requiring more than 40 firefighters to contain the inferno. The couple had been married for 34 years, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation, though neighbours suspect it may have started in the kitchen.

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