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Mexican woman sentenced to 20-year jail term for role in brothers' killings
A woman has been sentenced to 20 years in jail for her role in a robbery in which three men, including two Australian brothers, were killed in Mexico last year. Source link
Teenager jailed for unprovoked murder of Melbourne 14-year-old
The killer of Ethan Hoac — who was murdered in an unprovoked attack in Melbourne’s north-west in 2023 — is sentenced to more than a decade behind bars for a crime labelled “appalling” and “vicious”. Source link
Boy escapes attempted abduction by man wearing a balaclava
A school community in northern NSW is warned to remain vigilant after a child of about 12 was approached by a man wearing a balaclava and gloves. Source link
'Champion young man' who died in cricketing accident farewelled
Melbourne’s Junction Oval was a sea of cricket shirts, football jumpers and scarves as friends and family gathered to farewell beloved teenager Ben Austin, who died in a tragic cricket accident last month. Source link
‘It is hard’: the double life of Mackin as an Irish AFLW player
Melbourne premiership player Blaithin Mackin loves playing both Gaelic and AFLW — but it means living a double life. Source link
This riverside block floods so its owners built a hose-out house
Only someone whose family has long lived next to a river famous for catastrophic flooding would dare to build on this block. Here’s what we can all learn from Richard and Janette’s new home. Source link
Cyclone watch extends to Darwin as Fina set to begin tracking south-west
Darwin is officially on cyclone watch, with Tropical Cyclone Fina now forecast to brush past the Northern Territory capital on its way over the Tiwi Islands on Saturday. Source link
'Wrong kind of message': Workers at camp for at-risk youth dressed in balaclavas
A taxpayer-funded mentoring program for at-risk Tasmanian youths posted footage on social media showing workers at a camp dressed in black clothes and balaclavas. Source link
Aboriginal teen mistakenly pulled from bus at gunpoint after 'racial profiling'
The family of a 17-year-old Indigenous boy say he was racially profiled when he was pulled from a Canberra bus by police officers who handcuffed him before realising he was the wrong person. Source link
Childcare centre fined $50k after child escapes, wanders onto road
A Perth childcare centre is fined after a child escaped last year, likely by using his “above-average” climbing skills to scale a fence. Source link