Accused mushroom murderer Erin Patterson has formally entered not guilty pleas to three charges of murder and five of attempted murder as her case will be fast-tracked for trial to the Supreme Court. 

Premier Steven Miles’ $1000 election sweetener, spruiked as helping Queenslanders with their power bills, could be cashed out and spent on anything in a $2.5bn billing loophole. 
 

Medical experts are sounding the alarm as a predicted epidemic of cancer in under 50s threatens to overwhelm the country’s GPs and blow out hospital wait times. 
 

Sydney’s iconic Darling Harbour has been given a multimillion-dollar facelift, with a new playground, sound shell and a bamboo forest at the Chinese Garden of Friendship to be officially opened to the public Wednesday. 

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Under-18s will be banned from buying knives, raising the age limit from 16 while NSW Police will get new powers to search people for blades in response to the alleged stabbing of an Assyrian bishop in Wakeley and the Bondi Junction massacre. 

 
A new $400 bonus for an estimated 700,000 Victorian students will be unveiled as the key cost of living measure in today’s state budget. 

The state government has spent more than $111m buying properties and doing technical studies for a renewable energy project that has no business case, is not backed by the Opposition and is vehemently opposed by locals. 
 

A third of primary school students and almost half of high schoolers have sought, or are planning to start, treatment for mental health concerns. 

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Parents will be able to see social media through the eyes of their teenage children using a new tool exposing how young people can be surrounded by misogynistic content that promotes harmful attitudes toward women. 

Staff shortages, lenient consequences for poor behaviour and the false perception educators get 12 weeks off a year are some of the systematic issues driving disrespect in the classroom. 

Queenslanders won’t pay “a single cent” for electricity from July, with Premier Steven Miles doubling the state’s power rebate to $1000 in a major $2.5bn pre-election cash splash. 
South Australian mums and dads are less likely to yell at their kids or feel guilty about how much time they spend together than parents elsewhere in the country.

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Coward-punch killer Kieran Loveridge, whose unprovoked attack on a young man on a Kings Cross street 12 years ago shocked Sydney, is now out of jail and on a crusade to educate young men about the dangers of alcohol and violence, saying if anyone knows the horror consequences, it’s him. 

The union for prison officers has accused the Victorian government of recklessly endangering their lives amid what it brands an “epidemic of ­assaults”. 

Queensland Premier Steven Miles has buckled to pressure and will remove the detention as a last resort clause amid poor electoral prospects and mounting criticism the government is soft on crime. 
AstraZeneca has acknowledged that its Covid-19 vaccine can cause a rare and potentially deadly blood-clotting condition, according to court documents. 

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Child experts are calling for a national blanket ban on mobile phones in schools as they warn kids are struggling with basic skills in the classroom like reading for long periods of time, critical thinking and recognising emotions on faces. 

The father of accused Melbourne footballer Joel Smith says he fears his son is being “scapegoated” to cover up rampant illicit drug use in the AFL. 

CFMEU workers on Brisbane’s $6.2bn Cross River Rail project are expected to walk off the job on Tuesday following unmet demands for huge pay rises that would mean an entry-level construction worker earning $240,000. 

Rory Sloane thought he might be able to pull just one more “out of the hat” and yet again come back from a serious injury. 

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Anzac Day - unspoiled by commericalism or activism - is fast becoming our nation’s seminal day. 

Labor is on track for a savage electoral defeat as voters desert QLD Premier Steven Miles and the LNP extends its two-party lead just six months before the state election. 

Victorian homeowners could be forced to fork out thousands of dollars to upgrade old appliances with energy efficient models as the statewide crackdown on fossil fuels intensifies. 

Virgin Australia has suspended direct flights from Adelaide to Bali due to the delayed delivery of new Boeing MAX aircraft. 

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War heroes and army veterans have slammed a group of pro-Palestine protesters who are set to rally at several city locations on Anzac Day. 

Police swooped on what they claim was a teen terror cell in Sydney’s southwest ­yesterday, arresting seven youths allegedly linked to the Wakeley church stabber. 
 

Queensland teachers are being stabbed with pencils and having desks thrown at them by students, as compensation payouts top half a billion dollars over the past decade. 
 

And an Adelaide Inquest has heard a woman who died while being ramped told a paramedic she couldn’t breathe shortly before going into cardiac arrest.

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Elon Musk could afford to personally pay the fine for his social media platform X’s refusal to remove footage of a violent stabbing attack in Sydney for centuries, as the billionaire is accused of putting his “ego” ahead of “common decency”. 

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has admitted the government “needs to do more” to grapple with the growing domestic violence crisis in Australia.  

The West Adelaide Football Club has shed new light on the moments leading up to the discovery of a seriously injured footballer Sam May at a Port Lincoln hotel on the weekend. 
 

Crown Resorts has finally been given the all clear to hold a casino license at Sydney’s Barangaroo by NSW Independent Casino Commission (NICC), ending years of uncertainty over a vision outlined more than a decade ago by James Packer

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Five young Victorian children – including two known to child protection – died from malnutrition and neglect in just 17 months during the pandemic. 

A NSW woman has allegedly been murdered by her ex-partner just over a fortnight after he was granted bail after being accused of raping her three times. 

Queensland’s youth crime epidemic has been laid bare as a new report reveals the number of young criminals jumped 5.2 per cent to more than 11,000 offenders, with 11 of those charged with murder. 

A West Adelaide footballer is in a serious condition in Royal Adelaide Hospital after an incident at a Port Lincoln hotel on Sunday morning. 

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Pro-Palestine activists are turning up at University of Melbourne classrooms and photographing students after asking   for a show of hands to indicate who agrees with their views on the Israel-Gaza war. 

A teenager has been charged after allegedly attacking an Assyrian Christian bishop during a livestreamed service at a church in Sydney’s southwest after days in hospital. 

Police say the Australian boss of a transnational organised crime syndicate was living in Brisbane’s suburbia as he masterminded a series of huge drug shipments including a “botched” 900kg cocaine import where bricks of the drugs washed ashore. 

Owners of short-term accommodation, such as Airbnb and Stayz properties, will be slugged hundreds more in rates, under a proposal by Adelaide City Council. 

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