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A chilling audio message with the sounds of gunshots ringing out has been sent to the phone of LNP Leichhardt candidate Jeremy Neal. The unverified five-minute message, heard by NewsWire, features multiple loud gunshots. A loud gunshot is heard, and then a smaller echo rings out. The sound of gunfire continues for the remainder of the message. No words are spoken. Queensland Police has been contacted for comment. Mr Neal is competing for the far north Queensland seat in the May 3 election following the retirement of long-serving LNP representative Warren Entsch. The seat is held by the LNP on ... Read more

A driver is on the run after hitting an elderly cyclist and leaving him for dead in Melbourne’s south-east.  John Lorenzin, 79, cycles 50 kilometres every day. He was riding north on Fisheries Road at Devon Meadows about 2.15pm yesterday when he was struck by a grey BMW SUV. John Lorenzin was riding in Devon Meadows yesterday when he was struck by a grey BMW SUV. (Nine) Lorenzin said everything went black.  “I remember when I come to, I was sitting in the ambulance and then they show me my bike in pieces,” he told 9news. Lorenzin had been ... Read more

An investigation is under way after a federal election candidate in Queensland said he received a threatening audio message of gunshots. LNP candidate for Leichhardt Jeremy Neal said he was campaigning late last week when he checked his phone and saw the message. It was an almost five-minute-long audio clip of gunshots being repeatedly fired. LNP candidate for Leichhardt Jeremy Neal. (Nine) ”It was quite concerning to me. I worried,” Neal told 9News. “I obviously contacted my family quite quickly to make sure they were fine, and then passed it on to the police. “This crime epidemic is going on, ... Read more

A police sting has led to a man being charged over his alleged role in importing 140kg of cocaine by concealing the bricks in marine engines. Australian Border Force found a huge stash of plastic-wrapped blocks inside two wooden crates of marine engines that arrived in Brisbane from California in the US in October last year. The blocks tested positive for cocaine, and the Australian Federal Police took over the incident. AFP swapped the cocaine-filled blocks with an inert substance before putting them back inside the marine engines. From there, the container was delivered to a semirural property in Mount ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Grand slam doubles champion Max Purcell has accepted an 18-month ban for breaching anti-doping rules, with the Australian saying he has developed a nervous tic and anxiety because of the case. In December, the 27-year-old entered a voluntary provisional suspension after admitting to breaching Article 2.2 of the Tennis Anti-Doping Program “relating to the use of a prohibited method”. The reigning US Open doubles champion received IV infusions of more than 500ml twice in December 2023 after falling ill in Bali, with the limit ... Read more

A former CFMEU state secretary and his son have pleaded guilty to long-standing corruption charges. Darren Greenfield and his son Michael, a former NSW branch assistant secretary, had been accused of accepting bribes from a building company for preferential treatment from the union and access to contracts, spanning as far back as 2018. On Tuesday at the Downing Centre Local Court, the senior Greenfield pleaded guilty to two counts of receiving or soliciting a corrupting benefit, with two other counts of the same charge withdrawn. Darren Greenfield (centre). (Dominic Lorrimer) His son pleaded guilty to one count of receiving or ... Read more

The lawyer for prominent Jeffrey Epstein and Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre has sensationally cast doubt on claims the sexual assault and trafficking survivor took her own life. Perth-based barrister Karrie Louden, who has acted as Ms Giuffre’s legal representative since the start of the year, said there was no indication of suicide in the lead-up to her passing. Western Australia Police were called to the 41-year-old’s rural property on Friday evening following concerns for her welfare and found her unresponsive. The family of Ms Giuffre, who said the late billionaire financier Epstein and his girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficked ... Read more

A handwritten letter by Tyrone Thompson was handed to Justice Richard Weinstein in Newcastle Supreme Court on Tuesday expressing his remorse over the murder of 21-year-old Mackenzie Anderson. Justice Weinstein said he was happy to receive the letter because this was the first time he had seen any remorse from Thompson. The judge said it appeared Thompson, who stabbed Anderson 78 times with two kitchen knives over two minutes, had a longstanding diagnosis of schizoaffective disorder, a mental illness characterised by both schizophrenia and a mood disorder. Thompson, 25, had been due to stand trial for murder before pleading guilty ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size North Melbourne forward Paul Curtis will miss the next three games after unsuccessfully challenging his suspension at the AFL Tribunal. Curtis was handed the sanction for a controversial dangerous tackle that drove Port Adelaide’s Josh Sinn’s head into the ground during the Roos’ loss at the Adelaide Oval, which left Sinn with a concussion. The Roos argued Curtis’ conduct was not unreasonable or careless in attempting to overturn the ban, but also challenged Match Review Officer Michael Christian’s grading of the incident as ‘severe ... Read more

Leading financial expert Scott Pape has slammed the major housing policies of both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton as “dumb and dangerous”. The best-selling author, known as The Barefoot Investor, declared the proposed solutions to Australia’s crippling housing crisis won’t help many, if any – and will likely make things much, much worse. “Labor wants to slash deposits to five per cent, which is as dumb as it is dangerous,” Pape wrote in his regular column in the Herald Sun. “Remember, the US subprime crisis was created by politicians making it easier for broke people to buy homes.” The Coalition ... Read more