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Would you like police to have access to your home security cameras? That is the proposal from a former detective who wants to create an enormous statewide surveillance network. He says it will save officers pounding the pavement and help catch crooks faster.

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A former student is accused of hacking the Western Sydney University databases and threatening to sell private information on the dark web.

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Hospitals in Australia have been overwhelmed by a surge in winter illnesses, leading to long wait times for ambulances and emergency department admissions. Patients have had to resort to driving themselves to hospitals due to the lack of available emergency transport.

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A Payneham father says he was attacked when he confronted a thief who stole his dog. Alfredo the Maremma sheepdog was taken on Tuesday and finally returned home safely this morning.

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Police in the UK have apprehended a thief using DNA evidence from a sneaker he left behind at the crime scene. The suspect was caught on security footage stealing a phone and fleeing on a bicycle, but was knocked off by a group of tradespeople who gave chase.

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Private health insurers have warned premiums will have to rise again if they have to pay more to keep private hospitals open but hospital operators claim the insurers are still short-changing them, instead pocketing billions in profits.

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As Australians hunt for the best deals, grocery receipts are shrinking but costs rising, with a new Choice survey revealing which supermarket offers the cheapest winter groceries.

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A man was bashed and stabbed outside his home in Guildford early in what police are calling another case of mistaken identity.

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Premier Jacinta Allan has walked back her push to electrify homes by forcing Victorians to give up their gas appliances. Gas home heating is now exempt, and the rest of the plan has been delayed until 2027.

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Sydney is being overrun by superheroes, villains, and creatures at Supanova's Comic Con, where die-hard superfans of the world's most iconic characters come out to play.

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A young farmer in Victoria’s southwest is on a personal crusade to highlight the mental health crisis sparked by the drought. Jason Smith says the general community needs to hear the confronting truth, and hopes by speaking openly about his own battle, he can save lives.

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Leading experts are sounding the alarm over possible catastrophic head trauma that may be caused by training for contact sports with a major push for changes.

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There are urgent calls for tighter industry regulation tonight as new details emerge into what went wrong in the Monash IVF bungle. A missing embryo was thought to be a counting error before a woman gave birth to a stranger’s baby.

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Doctors are sounding the alarm on the dangers of plastics to our health, with evidence mothers are unknowingly passing on the microparticles to newborn babies.

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We are learning more about how Indonesian police tracked three Australian men over the fatal Bali ambush. Two of the suspects thought they had got away clean but had no idea their international movements were being tracked.

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Proposed changes have been unveiled to fast-track the construction of thousands of new homes and give more choice to renters in NSW.

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Doctors are warning of a new hidden epidemic in Australia that is causing some patients lifelong injuries. The 'She'll be right' attitude is leading many to let simple wounds go unattended with dire consequences.

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Governments are being criticized for failing to deliver a life-saving cancer treatment for Australian children. Millions of dollars have been spent on establishing a proton therapy unit, but the project has been mismanaged, resulting in significant taxpayer losses and delays in providing this critical medical technology.

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