Surge in prisoners costing taxpayers historic amount, report finds
A surge in adult and youth prisoners is costing taxpayers a historic amount, prompting claims from reform groups that the system is failing.
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A surge in adult and youth prisoners is costing taxpayers a historic amount, prompting claims from reform groups that the system is failing.
Wong posted a heartfelt message to her Facebook and Instagram paying tribute to her father on Tuesday night.
It comes after the country's most popular premier resigned saying he was "too tried" to continue.
Investigators believe the alleged crime ring raked in $1.2 million.
Two men allegedly threatened the owner of Rhia Jewellers Calamvale with a gun before taking $200,000 in jewellery from the family-owned store on May 22.
The man in his 50s was snorkelling with a tourist group about 28 kilometres off Haggerstone Island when a crocodile attacked.
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The man who allegedly held a firearms store at gunpoint has been arrested and charged by Western Australian police.
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Convicted killer William Harold Matheson has been released on parole after spending nearly 20 years behind bars.
The Australian Nursing Federation (ANF) are continuing to fight for better wages despite being handed down the biggest fine in Western Australian Union History.
Residents of a Queensland suburb are furious over the removal of a roundabout, which they claim has put motorists and pedestrians in danger.
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The police officer almost killed while trying to intercept an allegedly stolen truck has woken from a coma.
Firefighters have succeeded in extinguishing the blaze, but several roads remain closed as two walls are still at risk of imminent collapse.
A concerned father is calling on the Education Department to step in after his wife and three daughters were chased through a shopping centre by a gang of school girls.
Police allege the 15-year-old found the keys to his father's gun safe and took two rifles to the school.
A 39-year-old woman is in a critical condition after being struck by a Mazda on the Gold Coast Highway in Palm Beach at 2.45pm today.
Two pre-teens have been charged following the alleged robbery of a vape shop in Adelaide.
Police had been attempting to intercept the truck, which they allege was stolen from a tyre shop in Oakey last night.
A sanctuary for Domestic Violence survivors has opened in Queensland in honour of Hannah Clarke and her three children, who were killed in a domestic violence incident in 2020.
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Holiday vouchers meant to revive South Australia's Riverland region have been criticised by local business owners, who say they haven't worked.
A jewellery store owner has been held at gunpoint during an alleged robbery in Queensland before two men allegedly took over $200,000 worth of stock.
The boy was also accompanied by two others during the alleged break-in, Police say.
Famagusta was once home to the biggest tourist hotspot in Cyprus, but now it's a derelict and abandoned ghost town, holding remnants of a painful past that the island is still struggling to forget.
Masked man cornered the 51-year-old at 6am as she arrived for work at a Melbourne hotel, before allegedly driving off in her car with the cash.
Residents in the Sydney suburb of Rosemeadow were confronted with a man allegedly trying to flee the scene after crashing into two parked cars.
Dozens of patients have been relocated to other hospitals after black mould was discovered at a Western Australian Hospital.
Two teenage boys have been questioned by police following the fatal stabbing of a Melbourne teenager.
The 34-year-old man was allegedly intoxicated when he was punched and thrown to his knees on Station Road in Auburn.
Police have seized 200 litres of wine from the boot of a car, under suspicions that it would be delivered to a "dry" remote Indigenous community.
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A school in rural New South Wales are offering tens of thousands in bonuses, accommodation costs and a job to any teachers willing to make the move there.
Residents have been forced out of their homes after rain caused significant damage to a neighbouring commercial development, causing a landslide.
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An anonymous resident used a permanent marker to sketch funny faces on the Northern Tablelands MP Adam Marshall's election posters.
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A Sydney vet is warning dog owners to keep an eye on their animals after finding a sack of a suspicious substance inside a dog.
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Daniel Hayes alleges that his former assistant coach of the Eastern Ranges, Mark Heaney, got him drunk and then raped him when he was 17.
The vacancy rate in Sydney's rental market has slightly increased, although still sit at low levels.