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Callum and Jake Robinson along with an American friend were shot dead in a car robbery gone wrong. Callum and Jake Robinson were found dead inside a well near their remote campsite in northern Mexico. (Supplied) They are also thankful for constant messages from the brothers’ friends as well as others who have heard about them from around the world. “They remember them and that helps us,” Martin said. ”I’m really grateful for the people that have surrounded us.” ”I think that’s the only thing that’s really kept us going, to be honest,” Debra, said, “And it seems to grow, ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Will Ashcroft has promised to “jump in there and get amongst it” when the QClash inevitably fires up as he and brother Levi try to win the best-on-ground medal named after their father. With Gold Coast and the Brisbane Lions snug inside the AFL’s top three, the Queensland derby on Sunday at the Gabba has been dubbed the biggest in history by Lions great Jonathon Brown. Defending premiers Brisbane (6-1) own a 20-7 head-to-head record and have won 11 of their last 12 clashes, ... Read more

Tara Burnett initially laughed at the notion of running for a seat in the upcoming federal election, but now she could make history if elected. The 36-year-old trade unionist, public school teacher and renter grew up entrenched in politics thanks to her Labor family upbringing and was an ALP member during the Rudd government. But she eventually left the party after feeling disillusioned. Tara Burnett is the Greens candidate for the federal seat of Cooper. (Supplied) “I spent a while in the political wilderness, including a couple of years working as a journalist and covering elections, both here and elsewhere, ... Read more

A major disability services provider has admitted to a criminal breach of its duty of care after a young Indigenous woman suffered fatal burns while under its care. Kyah Lucas, 28, who was non-verbal and had multiple disabilities, died in hospital five days after being bathed in scalding water by two workers from National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) provider LiveBetter during a support session in Orange in the NSW Central Tablelands in February 2022. On Monday, LiveBetter pleaded guilty in the NSW District Court to breaching its primary duty of health and safety regarding Ms Lucas’s death. A second charge ... Read more

SA Health has notified patients involved in sleep studies at the Adelaide Women’s and Children’s Hospital that some of their information may have been stolen in a cyberattack against a technology provider. The agency said the third-party provider, Compumedics, was impacted by a ransomware attack back in March, in which “some … files are likely to have been stolen” and could wind up on the dark web. The stolen data included “patient name, postal address, contact details, emergency contact information (phone and email), sleep trial results and some limited clinical study notes”, SA Health said. SA Health said the incident ... Read more

The people who will decide the fate of alleged poisonous mushroom cook Erin Patterson have been chosen for her trial. Patterson, 50, has pleaded not guilty to three charges of murder and one of attempted murder, and has always maintained her innocence. Her Supreme Court trial is to be held in the town of Morwell, about 150km south-east of Melbourne. Erin Patterson is accused of killing three people and the attempted murder of a fourth. (Jason South) Media and curious onlookers have descended on Morwell for the trial. (AAP) The trial has attracted significant national and international media interest, with ... Read more

Enraged Australians have taken to social media with complaints after being bombarded with text messages authorised by a Trumpet of Patriots candidate. Harold (Harry) Fong, the Trumpet of Patriot’s lead Senate candidate for Queensland in the upcoming federal election, has caused an online stir after he sent an influx of text messages to millions of Australians urging them to “Vote1 (sic) Trumpet of Patriots”. The text messages contain a highly succinct outline of the party’s key policies, including “solve housing fast trains 20 min CBD cheaper land (sic)”, “cut immigration by 80 per cent”, and “double fees for foreign students”, ... Read more

A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Let me preface this piece by stating: By no means am I a royalist. Royal Weddings, who cares. Royal family drama, boring. Next in line to the throne, who knows. There is, however, something interesting about the history of the throne. The kings killed valiantly in battle. Those assassinated or executed. Very rarely does one simply give up their throne. They stay in power, ruling until their last breath. Much to the dismay of those lurking in the darkness waiting in succession for their ... Read more

Iran repelled a large cyberattack on its infrastructure on Sunday, said the head of its Infrastructure Communications Company, a day after a powerful explosion damaged its most important container port and another round of talks with the US over Tehran’s nuclear programme. “One of the most widespread and complex cyberattacks against the country’s infrastructure was identified and preventive measures were taken,” Behzad Akbari said, according to semi-official Tasnim news agency, without giving more detail. Tehran and Washington concluded a third round of nuclear talks on Saturday in Oman, on the same day Iran’s biggest port of Bandar Abbas was rocked ... Read more

Nearly nine years after billionaire reality TV star Kim Kardashian was bound, gagged and robbed at gunpoint during Paris Fashion Week, the trial of nine men and one woman accused of carrying out the dramatic heist opened Monday at a packed courthouse in the French capital. The case centres on the October 2016 theft of nearly $15 million (US$10 million) in cash and jewellery, including a $6.2 million engagement ring that was never recovered. The defendants, who range in age from their 30s to their 70s, are facing charges including armed robbery, kidnapping and conspiracy. Eight of them deny involvement, ... Read more