A South Australian supermarket boss has slammed a pair of brazen shoplifters, releasing a video of them using a bizarre ruse to steal prime meat cuts.

For more, Hayden Nelson reports.

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 A new bill before parliament would mean businesses have to accept cash payments or face a $25,000 fine.

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Senate estimates have been told NDIS Minister Bill Shorten hired an external speechwriter on a 300 thousand dollar salary for two years.

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A 27-year-old man is in critical condition following an alleged assault in Sydney's northwest. Police were called to a motel in Windsor to report a man was being violently assaulted in a room.

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There's new hope in the search for missing Ballarat mother Samantha Murphy after it was revealed her phone which was found near a dam last week is in near-perfect working condition.
 

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Police are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out in Melbourne overnight at a hydraulic maintenance store. The shop in Kilsyth South was damaged by the fire but the flames didn't spread to any other factories in the lot.   

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Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has made a major backflip saying drones were never used to monitor 150 released immigration detainees.

For more, Political Reporter Isabelle Mullen reports.

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Foreign citizens and permanent residents from New Zealand, the UK, the United States, Canada and Pacific Island nations will soon be able to join the Australian Defence Force. The Albanese government is expanding eligibility criteria to tackle the nation's military recruitment crisis.

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A 70-year-old man has been charged over a fatal bus crash in Brisbane's CBD which killed 18-year-old pedestrian Tia Cameron.

For more, Georgia Costi reports.

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Jailed Melbourne gangland matriarch Judy Moran has made a spectacular plea for freedom from Maximum security.

For more. Andrew McCormack reports.

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