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Pakistani police officer arrested over ‘mistaken identity’ fatal shooting of Australian girl
The Australian family’s hire car was littered with bullets after local police mistook them for thieves.
- Hannah Murphy
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Rope jumper falls to her death after staff ‘forget’ to attach safety cord
The 21-year-old woman fell to her death from a bridge in Brazil after staff overseeing her rope jump launched her over the edge without attaching a safety rope.
- Henry Samuel
Driver dies in crash at community racing event
Police are preparing for a report for the coroner after a driver died while competing in a community motorsport event at Calder Park raceway on Sunday.
- Roy Ward
‘This news is really shocking’: Australian girl, 9, killed in Pakistan
Local media reported the family, from the Perth suburb of Kewdale, was mistaken for armed robbers the police were pursuing.
- Jenny Schon and Michael Philipps
Chilling footage shows shark moments after Coogee Beach attack
A three-metre shark swims slowly across the bay moments after a woman was pulled from the water with severe injuries.
- Kate Aubusson
NSW woman who raised $45k on charity site charged over death of girl, 11
A woman whose daughter died in a horror car crash, sparking an outpouring of donations, has been charged with drug-driving.
- Perry Duffin
Appeal launched on highway crash that killed infant, woman
The 23-month-old baby and a woman were killed in a three-car collision between Port Douglas and Cairns in late May.
- Catherine Strohfeldt
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‘The best of us’: We’re all poorer for the loss of the unstoppable Richard Scolyer
Garry Maddox and Scolyer became friends while writing the memoir Brainstorm – his death “feels shocking and sudden and sad”.
- Garry Maddox
Humble, heroic, selfless: Richard Scolyer beat the cancer odds but finally lost the battle
The world-renowned pathologist and researcher, who was joint Australian of the Year for 2024, became a familiar face nationwide after being diagnosed with an incurable brain tumour.
- Garry Maddox
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I’d be delighted to be remembered as a proud everyday Aussie who ‘gave it a crack’
It was Richard Scolyer’s final wish that his passing be announced in his own words. This is his “final goodbye”, an open letter to all Australians that he penned before his final stages of illness. He died of brain cancer on Sunday.
- Richard Scolyer