Risk assessment on deadly scaffold made in owner’s head
A man who erected a scaffold that later killed a dad watching his son play soccer admitted he did not consider the risk posed to the public by adverse weather.
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‘Distraught’: wife, children’s murder accused in court
A lawyer for man accused of murdering his wife and two children has said outside his first court appearance his client is "pretty distressed".
Legal costs fail for operator in jumping castle tragedy
Rosemary Gamble has failed to have her legal bill paid by the state after being cleared of criminal charges over a jumping castle incident that killed six kids.
Afghanistan veteran dies in parachute training crash
A highly-respected Special Forces sniper who went on multiple overseas deployments has died after colliding with a fellow paratrooper during an exercise.
Family’s heartbreak over dropped manslaughter charge
A decision by prosecutors to withdraw charges against a man who had been accused of killing a young woman and hiding her body has devastated her family.
Palestinian shot climbing West Bank barrier into Israel
Palestinian authorities say Israeli police have shot and killed a Palestinian man attempting to climb the barrier separating the West Bank from Jerusalem.
Free meningococcal jabs for some but ‘lottery’ persists
A fourth Australian jurisdiction will provide free jabs to some teens for a rare but life-threatening disease as the push for national coverage marches on.
Gunmen found guilty of executing gangland figure in hit
Two men charged over the planned underworld shooting of Gavin Preston are facing lengthy jail terms after a jury found them guilty.
Flight only lasted seconds before ‘catastrophic’ crash
Investigators are collecting evidence and assessing the "catastrophic scene" where a plane crashed into a hangar, killing two people and injuring 10 others.
‘No place in hell’ for father over fatal crash cover-up
The mother of two siblings killed in a horrific car crash has said the unlicensed driver's father failed as a parent after falsely reporting the SUV as stolen.
‘Courage on steroids’: volunteers die in rescue mission
Two rescuers who died while trying to save a stricken yachtsman in wild seas have been honoured by their local community for their courage and heroism.
Loved ones honour volunteers killed in rescue tragedy
Two volunteers who made the ultimate sacrifice while responding to a boat in distress, died while doing what they were passionate about, their loved ones say.
Firefighter dies, 120 homes destroyed in US wildfires
Officials say a firefighter has died battling a wildfire in Florida, while two large fires in Georgia have destroyed more than 120 homes.
Heartbreak, outpouring of support as inferno kills kids
A community is rallying around a local family after a house fire killed two children and hospitalised four siblings and their father.
‘Love over evil’: Port Arthur remembered 30 years on
Survivors of the Port Arthur massacre have shared their desire for strong gun control on the 30th anniversary of the horrific shooting.
Survivors leave hospital after inferno killed children
The surviving family members of a house fire that killed two children and hospitalised four siblings and a parent have been discharged from hospital.
Police fatal shooting in farm gun battle ‘justified’
A man was shot four times and his vehicle was struck by dozens of police bullets after he drove at officers while armed with a rifle, a coroner has heard.
Fatal Molotov attack after mother not considered risk
A woman had been assessed as not a homicide risk to the father of her children before she killed him with a Molotov cocktail, a coroner has found.
Two young lives cut short by skydiving safety breaches
A rural airport owner has avoided the maximum fines for safety breaches that led to the deaths of two skydivers, who fell after getting tangled on a plane.
‘My light, my future’: teen killed by cop remembered
A tearful mother has told a court her motorbike-loving son deserved a second chance after he was killed by an officer during a police pursuit.
‘Significant failures’ in police probe of man’s death
Police significantly failed in their probe of a homeless man's death, including in handling evidence and reporting interactions with him, a coroner has found.
Double murderer died from natural causes, coroner finds
A former ambulance officer who murdered two women died in a hospital bed after being transferred out of prison for cancer treatment, a coroner found.
‘No animosity’: skydiving instructor’s grieving dad
The family of an experienced skydiving instructor killed in a catastrophic mid-air fall hope his death leads to safety changes across the industry.
‘Drop the knife’: conflicting accounts of cop shooting
A police officer says he yelled "drop the knife" before shooting an Indigenous man while a witness claimed nothing was said ahead of an inquest into the death.
No plates, no lights: Easter crash kills mum of four
A series of grim Easter holiday crashes nationwide has prompted pleas for people to pay attention to road safety.
Chilling footage shows skydiver joy before death plunge
A video shows a tandem skydiver strapped to an instructor and grinning ear to ear just moments before an accident turned their jump into tragedy.
‘No justice’: grieving mum sobs as killer driver jailed
A mother has broken down in tears while lamenting the sentence handed to the driver who smashed into a car, killing her two children.
Pacific journalist doyen Dan McGarry dies aged 62
Former Vanuatu Daily Post editor Dan McGarry has died after falling ill on a reporting trip to Papua New Guinea last month.
‘Get out’: police cop deathbed rant from outback killer
Even as he lay on his deathbed, a notorious murderer refused to divulge the whereabouts of a backpacker he shot dead in a crime that shook the nation.
Trump cheers death of former FBI chief Robert Mueller
Robert Mueller, the former FBI chief who would later investigate links between the Russian government and Trump's first election campaign, has died at 81.
‘Appalling’: family slam drug-driving killer’s sentence
The family of a grandfather killed by a drug driver have been shocked to learn the offender was on a good-behaviour bond for meth possession at the time.