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Model and fashion designer L’Wren Scott has been found dead in her New York apartment. She was 49. L’Wren – who has been dating Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger since 2001 – is believed to have taken her own life. Jagger, who is Perth preparing to kick off the Rolling Stones’ Australian tour, is “completely […]

Devoted Aussie grandparents on holidays with friends, teenage sweethearts starting school in Beijing, a couple with a baby waiting at home – they were all onboard the mysterious flight MH370 which disappeared without a trace 10 days ago.

Bruce and Denise Morcombe hope their son’s murderer dies in jail long before he gets the chance to apply for parole. Brett Peter Cowan was sentenced to life in prison on Friday but will be eligible for parole in 20 years, outraging many in the community. But Daniel’s parents say they are happy with the […]

The search for Flight MH370 has expanded yet again as officials name hijacking as one of the lead causes for the planes disappearance. Lead investigators believe the Malaysia Airlines plane may have evaded the radar of at least three countries by dropping to altitudes as low as 1524 metres (5000 feet) to engage in a […]

Pippa Middleton is more commonly seen drinking champagne than making charity visits but she took a leaf out of her older sister’s book last week, playing a game of volleyball for a local special needs school. Pippa got sporty during a visit to Mary Hare, a school for the deaf near her parents’ home in […]

You might expect an ex-judge and a sex worker to be on opposite sides of the law. But former High Court judge Michael Kirby has become patron of advocacy group Touching Base, which links sex workers with people with disabilities. And in his new role, Mr Kirby has spoken out against hypocrisy in laws that […]

As convicted child sex offender Brett Peter Cowan is sentenced to life imprisonment for the sickening murder of 13-year-old Sunshine Coast schoolboy Daniel Morcombe, we investigate whether paedophilia can ever be cured. It’s every parent’s unspoken fear: finding out your child has been sexually abused. Their innocent trust in the world around them shattered. Their […]

Brett Peter Cowan has been sentenced to life in jail for the murder of Sunshine Coast schoolboy Daniel Morcombe. Justice Roslyn Atkinson handed down the sentence in the Queensland Supreme Court at 1.10pm today. She also sentenced him to three-and-a-half years for indecently dealing with a child and two years for interfering with a corpse, […]

While Malaysian authorities approach the seventh day of searching for missing Flight MH370 – which vanished without a trace on Saturday morning – many have begun to draw parallels between the missing passenger jet and the fatal Air France Flight 447 of 2009. In the early hours of June 1 2009, Air France Flight 447 […]

The Chinese government has released days-old satellite images which may provide new clues as to the whereabouts of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which vanished five days ago with 239 passengers and crew on board. A report from China’s official Xinhua News Agency says satellite images posted on a national defence technology website from […]