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#BREAKING: New York Knicks have won their first NBA championship in 53 years after defeating San Antonio Spurs 94-90 in Game 5 of the Finals.
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#BREAKING: Police divers have recovered the body of a missing girl in a bay in Sydney's inner west.
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#BREAKING: A desperate search is underway for a missing child after a man was found dead and a boat was spotted adrift in a bay in Sydney's inner west.
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#BREAKING: The grandparent of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont has been fined $10,500 for possession of a gun silencer at the family's Oak Park Station, in South Australia's far north. Police have previously said the offence is not related to his disappearance. abc.net.au/news/2026-06-12/j…
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#BREAKING: The former childcare worker sexually abused dozens of children at centres for almost two decades. abc.net.au/news/2026-06-12/q…
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#BREAKING: NSW Police arrested the 42-year-old in Greenacre in Sydney's south-west overnight and he has been charged with 24 offences. abc.net.au/news/2026-06-11/m…
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#BREAKING: Akram is facing charges of murder and committing a terrorist act over the attack at Bondi Beach on 14 December. abc.net.au/news/2026-06-10/n…
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#BREAKING: The US has started striking Iran in response to the downing of one of its Apache helicopters, the US Central Command says. Follow live. abc.net.au/news/2026-06-10/u…
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#BREAKING: Barbeques Galore will wind up in the coming weeks, with hundreds of workers facing redundancy. ab.co/3Q7OHZO
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#BREAKING: Donald Trump confirms reports of a US Apache helicopter crash near the Strait of Hormuz. ab.co/440XFuY
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#BREAKING: Israel and Iran have traded large-scale missile attacks in the most direct fighting between the two warring powers since the implementation of April's ceasefire.
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#BREAKING: A powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake has shaken the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines, with a tsunami possible on some regional coasts. ab.co/4ereTI2
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#BREAKING: The Israeli military says it has detected Iranian missiles launched at the north of the country. ab.co/3RONgA1
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#BREAKING: A motorbike rider has died in the Central Australian outback after a crash at the Finke Desert Race.
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#BREAKING: Multiple shots have been fired at a venue at Punchbowl, in Sydney's south-west, at the same venue that had earlier been posted on social media as the location for the funeral of Sydney gangster Lorenzo Lemalu.
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#BREAKING: A male diver has died after he was bitten by a suspected 4.5-metre shark off the southern Western Australian coast, WA police have confirmed.
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#BREAKING: A NSW Police officer convicted over a fatal collision that killed an Indigenous teenager has avoided time behind bars. ab.co/4x76YHe
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#BREAKING: Mr Ahmed has been charged with domestic violence common assault after an incident in Bankstown in March. ab.co/4uknalZ
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