The mother of a little girl allegedly raped by a childcare worker accused of 1600 child sex offences over 15 years has detailed how he would describe her daughter’s “great day” after inflicting terrible abuse on her. 

Former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds has filed suit for defamation against Brittany Higgins over social media posts made in July and is understood to be seeking an injunction against the former staffer preventing any similar statements being made in the future. 

The Queensland government will fund the meningococcal B vaccine in a landmark move being hailed by survivors of the deadly disease as “fantastic” and “long overdue”. 

Daniel Andrews and his deputy Jacinta Allan are likely to dodge giving evidence at two probes into the Commonwealth Games fiasco. 

Adelaide’s population will grow to two million people by 2051, according to latest official forecasts, in a stark contrast to controversial calls to hit that number within seven years. 

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Scientists have developed a breakthrough drug that kills all solid cancer tumours while leaving other cells unharmed. Dumped NSW minister Tim Crakanthorp failed to disclose his wife and in-laws owned dozens of properties in the Hunter. Pressure is mounting on the SA government to fund completion of a road left unfinished by failed homebuilder Felmeri Group. Paramatta Eels members have purchased the third largest portion of NRL grand final tickets of any club, despite the high chance of not making the final. Cats superstar Jeremy Cameron was the victim of a headbutt attack in a Geelong pub on Saturday night.

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One of Australia’s worst accused child-sex offenders allegedly raped and abused 91 girls in childcare centres for 15 years without detection. Australian comedian Jim Jefferies reveals his nephew was among the four men feared dead after an army helicopter crash. Seven youths have been arrested after they allegedly drove a stolen car from Adelaide to Whyalla. The head of a Sydney maximum security prison has been suspended amid allegations he sexually harassed a female prison officer. Nearly 300 former students from 180 Victorian schools are pursuing historic child abuse claims.

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The Defence Minister faces ­pressure to produce safety documents relating to the military helicopter involved in the fatal crash. Sydney developers and businesses could be taxed more to recover costs of the Metro West project. Victoria Police will investigate whether the desecration of Meshlin Marrogi’s grave was a strike at her drug-boss brother George. You’re more likely to be robbed, have your home broken into or your car stolen in Queensland. And McCartneymania will ignite Adelaide when the Beatles legend opens his Got Back tour to Australia later this year.

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The search for four Diggers has broadened from the site where their Taipan helicopter crashed into the North Queensland ocean during military training exercises, as the identities of the men of the elite 6th Aviation regiment were revealed.

A relentless “Onya Sonia” campaign by new Logies host network Seven scored their prized host Sonia Kruger the 2023 Gold Logie.

Several people have been left with bullet wounds after three separate shootings just hours apart in Melbourne’s northwest on Saturday night.

Nurses wanting to live in proximity to Brisbane hospitals face the grim prospect of spending 70 per cent of a combined household income on their mortgage, according to analysis from the state government amid calls for greater density to respond to the affordability crisis.

And a former reality TV  star and SANFL footballer, who was once described as one of the state’s most eligible bachelors, is behind bars on remand charged over a significant Adelaide drug bust.

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Four Australian Army aviators are feared dead after a horror chopper crash over the Whitsundays in what looms as the nation’s worst peacetime military disaster since 2005.

Covid-19 is killing on average 25 people in Australia every day, with more than half the nation not getting any form of booster shot in the past six months.

We are coming for your Lamborghinis – that’s the warning from the NSW government’s latest weapon in its crime-fighting arsenal   targeting the criminals at the core of the shootout on Sydney’s streets.

Workers on the Queensland state government’s showpiece Cross River Rail project have been hit by falling objects and exposed to hazards posing “serious risk of injury or death”, a litany of official safety breaches reveals.

South Australia’s famous southern right whales look to have given the state a wide berth, with numbers right down along the coast.

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Kylie Minogue is poised to hit the jackpot in America as she joins the world’s biggest music superstars from Adele to U2 with a Las Vegas residency.

Criminals across Sydney caught up in the out-of-control gang wars have been warned their doors may be kicked open this weekend as the state’s new crack team swings into action.

The Andrews government is preparing to extinguish natural gas in Victorian homes after banning new residential builds from connecting to the gas network.

Kids at risk of committing crimes will be trained in business, retail and hospitality in a bid to keep them from being lured into the criminal world.

Adelaide’s median house price has hit a whopping $700,000, the latest Valuer-General’s quarterly figures show, prompting affordability concerns from industry experts in the midst of the state’s housing crisis.

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The ex-partner of Julia Gillard sucked a woman’s nipple without her consent while he was “drunk” in Melbourne’s inner-north just two weeks before it became public he’d split from the former Prime Minister.

A ROYAL Commission into how drugs are getting into our borders and fuelling Sydney’s underworld war has been called for, as the Premier conceded laws may need to change after the latest deadly shooting to rock the city.

Ferrari-driving developer John Woodman paid more than $1.5m to political figures and councillors in a bid to “improperly” influence planning decisions in Melbourne’s southeast suburbs.

The Queensland government is refusing to bring the state in line with the rest of the country and the world by restricting the sale of realistic toy guns criminals are using to rob homes and businesses. 

Patients are waiting up to five years to see some public hospital specialists for routine or non-urgent appointments - then face going on a separate waiting list if they need elective surgery.

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“Seamless” travel between Australia and New Zealand will make hopping across the ditch faster – but don’t throw away your passport just yet.

A well-known criminal defence lawyer has narrowly survived the latest “targeted” shooting on Sydney’s streets, with the broad daylight attack rocking the city’s legal profession as police search for a motive.

Justice figures are demanding a review of the decision by Victoria’s top prosecutor not to pursue charges in the Lawyer X case amid revelations she once represented Simon Overland, the former police chief at the centre of the scandal.

Queenslanders could be living with undiagnosed cancer or life-threatening conditions, as more than 50,000 radiology scans sit unreported at one the state’s busiest hospitals.

Converting spaces above Adelaide CBD shops into homes will be investigated in a bid to ease the housing crisis.

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Artificial Intelligence may soon be used to detect declining heart failure by listening to how people speak on their smartphone.

Nearly 200 NSW public school ­teachers were sacked for not getting the Covid jab last year, amid crippling shortages of staff, new Freedom of Information documents reveal.

Decision-making powers for multi-million dollar suburban developments are set to be taken over by the state government to fasttrack housing in middle and inner Melbourne.

Some patients are waiting more than 10 hours on ambulance stretchers to get into the Queensland hospitals, new figures have revealed.

In a little more than a month the Royal Adelaide Show will open the gates, with organisers on the hunt for thousands of workers to help bring the magic together while making easy cash.

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