Australian household spending rose 0.8 per cent in June, the strongest monthly growth since the start of the year, driven by gains in transport, electric vehicles, and travel.

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US Morning TV host Dominique Dillon fell asleep on air, with the moment caught on camera and shared widely online. The new mother, who is juggling work and two young children, said she was dealing with exhaustion from late nights and early starts.

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Aspiring singer Taylor Beadle-Williams, the daughter of Dragon frontman Mark Williams, earned a standing ovation and four chair turns on The Voice, joining Team Kate. She trained for three months using a treadmill technique popularised by Beyoncé and Chapel Roan to build vocal stamina.

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Charleville, a Queensland outback town, was placed under an emergency lockdown for almost eight hours following reports of an assault at a property.

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A 13-year-old boy has died after being struck by a car in Roxburgh Park, north of Melbourne's CBD. Paramedics attended the scene, but the teenager died from his injuries.

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A Tesla crashed into a house in College Park, in Adelaide's northeast, ending up on its side against the property. Three occupants were trapped inside the luxury vehicle before emergency crews freed them.

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Two planes at Sydney Airport nearly collided last Monday when a Boeing 737 was cleared to cross a runway just as a Dash 8 landed. Air traffic control intervened at the last moment, halting the 737 and averting disaster for up to 200 passengers. The Air Transport Safety Bureau is now investigating.

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A 30-year-old man from Sydney's west has been charged with allegedly trafficking his wife to Myanmar and withdrawing her spousal visa application while she was overseas. The 23-year-old woman has since returned to Australia and is receiving ongoing support. He has been granted police bail and will face court later this month.

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Queensland's forensic DNA lab faces new problems, with over 900 DNA statements from the past three years under review for errors in file numbers, dates, times and offender identification likelihoods, potentially affecting hundreds of cases. The failings emerged during court testimony, three years after the government spent $37 million fixing earlier DNA failures from 2021.

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An 83-year-old man remains missing in waters south of Brisbane after his 15ft tinny was located overnight by search and rescue teams.

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