A teenage asylum seeker who piloted an overcrowded 14-metre-long dinghy across the English Channel with 165 people on board has been jailed.
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Find the code word in today’s paper and you could be on your way to the MCG
Emily Mueller
A 15-year-old boy from Sydney’s south allegedly raped a teen girl multiple time over eight months and choked another boy.
Emma Kirk
WA is on track to record its best flu season in five years, driven by a mild winter and soaring vaccination rates in young children.
Rhianna Mitchell
An explosives-laden vehicle has rammed into a mosque near a police facility in northwestern Pakistan, killing at least 16 people and wounding dozens more.
Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed
Nigerians have taken to the streets to demand justice for 37 detainees were found dead after being arrested for illegal mining.
WA’s oldest university has officially opened its first international branch campus in India, allowing local students to obtain a degree from the University of Western Australia without leaving home.
Bethany Hiatt
The return of mysterious businessman Victor Goh after a four-month disappearance has sparked calls for the State Government to nail down exactly when his buildings at Elizabeth Quay will be finished.
Matt Mckenzie
Hugh McCluggage has spent a chunk of the season on the sidelines, but still looms as a key preliminary final weapon for Brisbane.
Marco Monteverde
Police have released shocking footage of an alleged stolen car chase through a major Aussie city - as the driver speeds through oncoming traffic before crashing.
Conservation groups joined together in Canberra this month to showcase the success of the Natural Resource Management groups across the State.
Craig Duncan
The Philippines has been rocked by its third school shooting since June, with at least two people dead and eight others injured.
Nestor Corrales and Karen Lema
Friday’s horror shark attack in Sorrento just metres from the beach is truly chilling. Perhaps more chilling is the fact that the data shows a disturbing trend when it comes to shark incidents in Australia.
Amy Cavender
Qantas ground workers are planning industrial action next week following continual negotiation deadlocks for better pay and conditions.
Ella George
Hedland Health Campus has benefited from a donation of highly advanced neonatal equipment courtesy of the charity Running for Premature Babies.
Joshua Dowdall
The Australian sharemarket has closed lower for a third straight week - after the RBA governor flagged the possibility of further interest rate hikes.
Cameron Micallef
Denmark will have to put the brakes on Albany Caledonian goal machine Holly Froehnelt if they are to prevent the league champions from sweeping to a league and cup double on Saturday.
Claire Middleton
An Australian man has appeared in a Thai court and pleaded not guilty to killing a teenage girl whose body was later found in a discarded suitcase.
A woman has been charged with fraud after allegedly racking up more than 1100 demerit points and $620,000 in fines as part of a “cash for demerits” scam.
David Hannant
The National Anti-Corruption Commission needs more support for whistleblowers, a senator warns, while the organisation tries to improve its workflow.
Lucinda Garbutt-Young
A stunning tree-top Ocean Beach build by WA Country Builders has been named Great Southern home of the year at the annual HIA Regional WA Housing Awards.
Jacki Elezovich
Emily Watt
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