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Jan 16, 2025 | 
rnz.co.nz | Shari Hams |Jessica Black
By Shari Hams, Jessica Black, ABCWarning: This story contains information that some readers may find confronting. A 34-year-old social media influencer has been accused of torturing her baby daughter and taking photos of her in "immense distress and pain" to elicit donations.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Jessica Black |Claudia Williams |Grace Ann Whiteside
By Jessica Black, Claudia Williams, Grace WhitesideA Comanchero outlaw bikie gang leader has been charged over Australia's largest ever cocaine seizure, police say. A transnational organised crime syndicate with links to the Comancheros is alleged to have attempted to bring 2.34 tonnes of cocaine into Australia.
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Sep 9, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Jessica Black
By Jessica Black, ABCThis story contains details of harm to a child, that may upset some readers. A foreign national alleged to have poured boiling coffee on a baby boy in a Brisbane park fled the country as little as 12 hours before investigators could confirm his identity, Australian police say. Nine-month-old baby Luka was seriously burned in the attack at Stones Corner on 27 August as he sat with his mum on a picnic rug, with another mother and her baby.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Jessica Black
By Jessica Black, ABC NewsThe pilot of a helicopter that crashed into the roof of a Far North Queensland hotel has died. Up to 400 people were evacuated from the DoubleTree by Hilton on Cairns Esplanade after the crash, which set the top of the building alight, shortly before 2am on Monday, police said. Two of the helicopter's rotor blades came off and landed on the esplanade and in the hotel pool. There were no injuries on the ground.
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Aug 11, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Jessica Black
By Jessica Black, ABC NewsHundreds of people have been evacuated after a helicopter crashed into the roof of a Far North Queensland hotel on Monday morning. Police have declared an emergency around the DoubleTree by Hilton on Cairns Esplanade and evacuated up to 400 people after the crash which happened shortly before 2am, a Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) spokeswoman said. Two of the helicopter's propellers came off and landed on the esplanade and in the hotel pool.
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Jul 10, 2024 | 
jewishnews.co.uk | Jessica Black |Michelle Rosenberg
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Apr 14, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Tobi Loftus |Jessica Black |Alexandria Utting
By Tobi Loftus, Jessica Black, and Alexandria Utting, ABCA Queensland man who killed six people at a Sydney shopping centre had never been arrested or charged in his home state, police have confirmed. Forty-year-old Joel Cauchi has been identified as the attacker who set upon people with a knife at Westfield Bondi Junction on Saturday afternoon. Five victims - four women and a man - died at the shopping centre. Another woman, identified as Ashlee Good, died in hospital.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
rnz.co.nz | Jessica Black |Meg Bolton |Lily Nothling
By Jessica Black, Meg Bolton and Lily Nothling for the ABCTropical Cyclone Kirrily has been downgraded to a category one system as it crosses the Queensland coast, the Bureau of Meteorology says. At 12am Friday (3am NZT), the system had sustained winds near the centre of 85km per hour, with wind gusts to 120kph. The cyclone is moving west-south-west at 22kph and is expected to weaken as it moves inland.
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Jan 12, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Jo Lauder |Jessica Black
You've just graduated high school with top marks. Next stop is university, right? For some young people, the answer is no. They want a tertiary education and have big dreams for their careers, but say cost of living pressures and increasing HECS debts are putting them off enrolling in uni.
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Oct 18, 2023 | 
thesylvaherald.com | Jessica Black
By Dr. Jessica BlackBreast Cancer Awareness Month is observed nationally every October to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer, and to provide education regarding the most common symptoms and associated risk factors for the disease. By staying informed and taking preventive action to fight breast cancer, we can help to minimize the effect this disease has on women in our communities.
