7News Just In

7News Just In

7News Just In is a daily podcast that brings you Australia's latest news.

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July 14, 2026 9 mins
A South Australian driver was on his mobile phone 55 times before fatally striking 72-year-old cyclist John Dennis near Port Pirie in October 2023. Shannon Turner used Instagram, Snapchat and Google Chrome throughout his journey, taking photographs, viewing videos and online shopping while driving at 110 kilometres per hour. The court heard Turner failed to brake, take evasive action or leave the required 1.5 metre clearance when p...

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Target Australia is celebrating its 100th birthday with a major business resurgence, transforming from an unprofitable retailer that closed 175 stores six years ago into a fashion-focused success story. The company has implemented a new strategy featuring internal design teams, frequent fashion drops instead of seasonal launches, and social media marketing that has driven engagement up 200% in six months. Founded in 1926 as a Geelo...

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Target Australia is celebrating its 100th birthday with a major business resurgence, transforming from an unprofitable retailer that closed 175 stores six years ago into a fashion-focused success story. The company has implemented a new strategy featuring internal design teams, frequent fashion drops instead of seasonal launches, and social media marketing that has driven engagement up 200% in six months. Founded in 1926 as a Geelo...

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Two separate stabbing incidents at Queensland schools within 24 hours have intensified safety concerns, with a 17-year-old boy stabbed multiple times at the Islamic College of Brisbane and a 15-year-old attacked at a Cairns high school. Teachers are calling for principals to receive powers to wand students for weapons, following data showing over 800 weapon-related incidents in Queensland schools last year.

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They were life-saving marvels when they first rolled out; now heart-starting defibrillators have undergone a major makeover. It's made them smaller and cheaper, and the hope is they'll save more lives than ever.

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Victoria Police arrest a 20-year-old Essendon man alleged to be the main recruiter for a Middle East-based criminal syndicate responsible for Melbourne's tobacco and bar wars. Detectives from Operation Eclipse claim Jesse Hadchiti hired children to carry out firebombings, shootings, extortions and kidnappings over three years, working under orders from a 23-year-old man who fled to the Middle East. Police allege the syndicate has r...

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Former British Conservative minister Ann Widdecombe has been allegedly murdered in her Devon home, with counter-terrorism police leading the investigation into what authorities believe was a politically motivated killing. A 28-year-old white British man has been arrested after being captured on security vision the morning of her death. Widdecombe, who worked as Reform UK spokesperson for Nigel Farage, was known for her staunchly tr...

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A 35-year-old man led police on a destructive chase across Newtown rooftops and streets, damaging homes, cars and an ambulance before falling between two houses into police custody. A major breakthrough occurred in the Chris Baghsarian mistaken identity murder case with the arrest of the alleged kidnapping coordinator and three other men, bringing total arrests to 11. Acting legend Sam Neill has died, with tributes flowing from Hol...

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Telstra customers are expressing anger after being asked to prove their financial losses from last week's network outage, which disrupted rail networks, payment systems and businesses across the country. A software upgrade glitch sent the network's timers back 20 years, forcing some businesses to operate cash-only and leaving workers like plumbers and taxi drivers unable to use GPS or payment tablets. Consumer advocacy groups are d...

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Sydney's Southwest Metro has passed a major milestone, travelling the entire network from one end of the line to the other for the first time. But as the NSW government celebrates the Tallawong to Bankstown run, the opening date remains a secret.

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Tech giants are accused of having blood on their hands for allowing young Australians to fall victim to a sinister threat festering on their platforms. The rapid rise of AI has also fuelled a rise in sextortion, and too often it's ending in tragedy. #auspol

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A wanted Sydney man is behind bars as a family mourns a Yennora father, who died after being violently attacked on Saturday. Police have charged Corum Ash with murder after a three-day manhunt led them to a house in Carlingford.

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Police have spent the day answering hotline phones after lifting the lid on the biggest childcare sex abuse scandal Sydney has ever known. The brief against Hamish Tait is huge, accused of abusing 158 children at centres spanning one end of the city to the other.

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Sam Neill might have been cancer-free but friends say he couldn't shake pneumonia, as tributes flowed for the acting legend. He's being remembered not just in Hollywood but among the everyday Australians he learned to know and play so well.

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The global oil price has spiked after the United States vowed to do something it previously said it wouldn't do. Donald Trump wants to toll the Strait of Hormuz, but even Iran says that's too much, as America goes on the attack again.

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There has been a major development in the shocking mistaken identity murder of North Ryde grandfather, Chris Baghsarian. The alleged coordinator of the innocent 85-year-old's kidnapping is now behind bars, taken in along with three other young men, but police are still looking for more.

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St John Ambulance has launched Australia's smallest and most portable defibrillator, a pocket-sized device weighing approximately 700 grams that can fit in a backpack, glove box or toolbox. Around 32,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests occur annually in Australia, with only one in 10 people surviving, but every minute of delay without defibrillation reduces survival chances by 10 per cent. The compact, reusable device features voic...

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Twenty Victorian children have been recognised for their life-saving actions after calling triple zero in emergency situations.

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Mary, a Tasmanian devil at Paradise Country on the Gold Coast, is recovering well after escaping her enclosure and spending two weeks on the run. She was recaptured and found to have brain inflammation requiring emergency treatment. The animal is now on a steady diet of kangaroo and chicken meat and receiving physiotherapy as part of her ongoing recovery.

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Sam Neill, the 78-year-old actor, has died from pneumonia complications shortly after beating cancer. Hollywood colleagues including Alec Baldwin, Magda Szubanski and others pay tribute to the beloved performer, remembering his generosity, versatility and enduring passion for acting across a 50-year career. Despite never becoming an Australian citizen, Neill was widely regarded as one of Australia's great actors, continuing to secu...

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