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Emergency services at the scene outside Supanova after a car mounted the kerb and killed one pedestrian.
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Crime

‘He was erratic’: One dead, one fighting for life after car swerves into pedestrians at Showgrounds

Detectives are investigating whether the driver – who is known to police – intentionally swerved on to the footpath outside a fan convention.

  • by Angus Delaney and Bianca Hall
A teenage boy has been charged after allegedly running over and killing a father in Shorncliffe.
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Boy charged after allegedly running over and killing a father

Another two popular Melbourne hospitality venues have been targeted by arsonists, the latest in a spate of attacks across the city.
1:28

Melbourne venues attacked by arsonists

A deal on more fuel is official but there are concerns other key supplies could come under threat while the US and Iran are at war.
2:56

Petrol supplies nationwide, including diesel, are looking promising

Australia and Japan have signed a historic $10 billion deal for three Japanese-built frigates.
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Australia lock in historic deal for Japanese built warships

Healthcare

Sandipan Dhar died aged 21 months in March 2024.
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Hospitals

Bubbly Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar’s death was preventable: WA Coroner

Sandipan Dhar died in the emergency department at Ramsay Health Care’s Joondalup Health Campus on March 24, 2024 due to complications from undiagnosed acute blastoma leukemia, a curable blood cancer identifiable with a blood test.

  • by Hamish Hastie
Defence Minister Richard Marles said the government was making “the biggest peacetime increase in defence spending in our nation’s history”.
Letters

Australia needs refineries more than new submarines

We cannot declare domestic oil refineries to be “uneconomical” and shut them down, while claiming fuel security is essential to the national interest.

Prince Harry speaking at the InterEdge Summit in Melbourne on April 16, 2026.
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Prince Harry

Prince Harry is set on proving he’s not simply another aimless royal in exile

  • by Tony Wright
Nurses and midwives march through Sydney’s CBD during one of three statewide strikes in 2024.
Industrial relations

‘Mixed emotions’: How a record pay increase left nurses disappointed

  • by Angus Thomson
The Penington Institute described a 28.5 per cent fall in medicinal cannabis sales as a ‘market correction’ following a tightening of prescription rules by regulators.
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Cannabis sales plummet as regulators crack down on booming industry

  • by Angus Thomson
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