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‘Prosperity and security’: Labor offers election sweetener for first-home buyers
Premier Ben Carroll will announce 25,000 new homes will be built for first-time buyers, with the proposed sites spanning Melbourne, Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and Latrobe.
Uber driver who mowed down and killed customer after he was sick in the back seat of his car is acquitted of murder
Hayadulla Turkmani, 53, was unanimously acquitted by jurors of murder and manslaughter after two-and-a-half days of deliberations at Basildon Crown Court.
Horror as 9-year-old boy is left in unbearable pain after burning 70 percent of his body in viral 'fire challenge'
The New Orleans Fire Department Chief and Police Department Superintendent urged parents to speak to their children about the dangerous trend.
GRAHAM GRANT: BBC Scotland - the end of a misbegotten experiment which began life as a political fudge and quickly became a white elephant
It was hailed as a crucible of innovative new programming which would 'resonate with audiences across Scotland'.
American couple will be allowed to keep Afghan orphan they adopted as baby after child's relatives claimed she was abducted
She was found in the rubble when she was just two months old and hospitalized at Bagram Airfield near Kabul for treatment, where she caught the attention of a US Marine.
Police descend on schools targeted by hoax bomb threat
Police descended on two Kent schools after they received a “threatening” telephone call.
Algerian migrant and serial watch thief who ripped £65,000 Patek Philippe from wrist of Canadian tourist visiting Wimbledon is locked up for three years
Txomin Huare-Place, 31, a member of the Rolex Ripper gangs, grabbed the Patek Philippe timepiece from coffee house owner Axel Schwan.
Trump drops threats against Bombardier – here’s why
U.S. President Donald Trump has dropped threats against Canadian jet maker Bombardier to ban it from the U.S. market and instead vowed to take "good care" of the company's workers.
How a 'festering' threat changed Australia's political landscape
An attack on independent MP Helen Haines has highlighted a growing threat to politicians in Australia.
Australia has become a 'last refuge' for these unwanted species
Camels, deer and banteng are feral in Australia but endangered elsewhere. Experts say it's a conservation dilemma.
