There are fresh fears over the state of public housing in Sydney after it was revealed residents reported smelling gas weeks before a fatal explosion in the city's west.

For more, Liam Tapper reports.

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Former adult star Stormy Daniels has dramatically broken her silence on convicted ex-President Donald Trump demanding that he be jailed. She gave a lengthy interview to the UK newspaper The Daily Mirror saying she feels vindicated. But Stormy warned the world that Trump is 'completely and utterly out of touch with reality'.

For more, Daily Mirror US Editor Christopher Bucktin.

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Heavy rain has caused severe flooding in southern Germany. A volunteer firefighter died after his boat overturned during a rescue operation in Bavaria. Several districts have declared emergencies due to rising water levels.

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Moves are underway in South Australia to free up police officers bogged down with paperwork and get them back on the beat. 

For more, Hayden Nelson reports.

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South East Queenslanders have a steep mountain to climb to keep 50-cent public transport fares following a pending 6-month trial. New data just released, confirms the public will need to take 450,000 extra public transport trips a week to make the state government's trial a success

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Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has now cancelled the visas of 20 foreign-born criminals in the fallout of Direction 99 which allowed immigrants to use their connection to Australia to appeal visa cancellations.

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Police are on the hunt for a group of thieves armed with machetes who broke into a home in Melbourne's north-west. The young family was asleep upstairs when the criminals broke in through the laundry door in Bonnie Brook.

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The Queensland woman once known as "the girl in the cupboard" has been found dead at a Rockhampton golf course. Natasha Ryan was 14 in 1998 when she disappeared for five years. She was presumed murdered by a serial killer but was later discovered hiding at her boyfriend's home.

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Two people have been found dead on a Queensland property overnight. Officers found a man in his 40s and a woman in her 70s near Eatons Hill, north of Brisbane.

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A body has been found in the rubble of an exploded home in Western Sydney with Fire and Rescue crews calling off their search after the discovery. The body is yet to be formally identified.

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