Federal government to open up 250 beds at Mickleham quarantine facility for flood-hit residents

A total of 250 beds at the mothballed Mickleham quarantine facility will be offered to evacuated residents in Victoria as the state's flood crisis worsens.
The beds, as well as meals and support services, will be made available from Tuesday, just one week after the Commonwealth-owned

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Aussies take up legal fight against Ruby Princess following COVID-19 scandal

As a class action against the Ruby Princess' owners and operators began today, an 81-year-old man said he's taking up the fight for his late wife in the wake of the COVID-19 scandal.

Fred Jackson and his wife, Julie, ended up in hospital with COVID-19 after their ill-fated Ruby Pr

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Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses external power

Ukraine's biggest nuclear plant, which is surrounded by Russian troops, has lost all external power needed for vital safety systems for the second time in five days, the head of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog says.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael G

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Two men injured in unrelated shootings in Sydney's south-west

Residents in Sydney's south-west say drug-fuelled violence is destroying the area after two unrelated shootings overnight.
Police were called to apartment complexes in Cabramatta and Liverpool hours apart after two separate shootings.
A 40-year-old was hit once in the chest after

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Family and friends of victims reveal lasting trauma 20 years after Bali bombings

Twenty years since terror came to Australia's doorstep, the pain and tramua is still as raw today as the day the bombs went off in Kuta.

On the night of October 12, 2002, Stacey Lee from Geelong was at the Sari Club with her husband, Justin Lee, and his brother, Aaron.

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Accused swim coach Kyle Daniels' evidence 'unusual', court hears

A Sydney swim coach's apparent inability to recall a key incident related to his alleged sexual touching of children doesn't stack up, a prosecutor has told a jury.
Balgowlah man Kyle James Henk Daniels has pleaded not guilty to 21 charges alleging inappropriate conduct towards young

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Warning of once-in-50-year flood as satellite shows rain threat

One town in Victoria is bracing for a once-in-50-year flood, as three states remain in the firing line of a dangerous weather event.
Satellite images published by Weatherzone show a massive cloudband stretching 5000km from the Indian Ocean to Australia's south-east.It's this cloudband

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Inmate endured 'torture' during execution attempt, lawyers claim

An Alabama inmate said prison staff poked him with needles for more than an hour as they tried to find a vein during an aborted lethal injection last month.
At one point, they left him hanging vertically on a gurney, before state officials made the decision to call off the execution

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