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The emotional 65-year-old has been convicted of 10 out of 11 counts of attacks on girls while he was a household name for his role in the Australian TV show. Hughes screamed “I am innocent” and mouthed, “no, no, no” in an unexpected outburst as the jury revealed nine guilty verdicts at Downing Centre District […]

The claims were made by convicted heroin smuggler Renae Lawrence and broadcast on the Ten Network yesterday. “She said that she knew the marijuana was in the boogie bag, but the person who was supposed to be at the airport at the same time didn’t turn up,” Lawrence said. “She told me and the other […]

Pistorius, a South African paralympian known as the Bladerunner for his prosthetic legs, fought back a stream of tears to stammer out an apology to Steenkamp’s mother, June, who watched him stern-faced from the public gallery. “Since this tragedy happened I’ve been having thoughts about your family, I wake up every morning and you’re the […]

Peaches was found dead by ambulance officers at an address near Wrotham, Kent, south-east of London. According to BBC News, her death is currently being treated as “unexplained and sudden”. The television presenter, writer and model, leaves behind her husband, Tom Cohen, and their two sons. “Peaches has died. We are beyond pain,” her father said […]

Speaking on ABC-TV’s Insiders program yesterday, Julie Bishop criticised Carr for producing a book that she says may undermine relations with Australia’s regional and strategic neighbours. “If they knew that Bob Carr was surreptitiously keeping notes and he’s going to write a self-serving account of the conversation from his point of view, well, they might […]

The 22-year-old, who is now in intensive care in Melbourne’s Alfred Hospital with a fractured dislocation of the C4 and C5 vertebrae, announced the engagement on Instagram last night. “This girl is my soldier,” the message said. “I am truly overwhelmed with support and wishes from everybody in the rugby league society and the community […]

Prime Minister Tony Abbott made the announcement in Canberra this morning. “As of July, General Hurley will be retiring,” Mr Abbott said. “Air Marshal Binskin will be taking over as the chief of the defence force. “Thank you to General David Hurley for the work that he has done over the last three years as […]

Nathan, an identical twin of jockey Tommy Berry, leaves behind his grief-stricken wife of just two months Whitney Schofield, the daughter of fellow jockey Glyn Schofield. The promising 23-year-old, who before his marriage earlier this year rode the winner in the $2 million Magic Millions Stakes on the Gold Coast, was struck down by viral […]

Artist James Mollison travelled the globe to capture images of unique bedrooms and the children who sleep in them.

The bizarre behaviour, apparently a reaction to being observed by a small contingent of Australian journalists, drew an immediate response from her parole officers who ordered her to remove the helmet or risk having her parole revoked. The 36-year-old arrived at the parole office on a motorcycle behind her brother-in-law and parole guarantor, Wayan Widyartha, […]