‘Most evil crimes imaginable’:Childcare worker,partner jailed for decades
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Child abuse

‘Most evil crimes imaginable’:Childcare worker,partner jailed for decades

The NSW childcare worker and his partner abused dozens of children over several years and filmed the acts.

  • byClare Sibthorpe

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‘Stronger than fentanyl’:The surge in seizures of a deadly new synthetic opioid
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‘Stronger than fentanyl’:The surge in seizures of a deadly new synthetic opioid

Australian authorities are intercepting more shipments of super-potent nitazenes,and medical professionals fear it could lead to a wave of overdoses.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Teen terror suspects had Islamic State beheading and bomb-making videos,court told
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Teen terror suspects had Islamic State beheading and bomb-making videos,court told

One of the videos allegedly showed a person in military fatigues providing instructions for making explosive devices.

  • byClare Sibthorpe andJessica McSweeney
‘Unacceptable risk to the people’:Teens arrested in counter-terror raids
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‘Unacceptable risk to the people’:Teens arrested in counter-terror raids

Seven teenagers alleged to adhere to a “religiously motivated violent extremist ideology” have been arrested as part of the investigation into the stabbing attack at a Wakeley church by a 16-year-old boy.

  • byClare Sibthorpe,Christopher Harris,Jessica McSweeney,Paul Sakkal andPerry Duffin
Man charged over botched drug import after cocaine bricks wash up on NSW beaches
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Man charged over botched drug import after cocaine bricks wash up on NSW beaches

Federal police say the drugs were offloaded from a cargo ship into waters off Brisbane. However,“adverse weather conditions” scuppered the cocaine drop.

  • byJessica McSweeney,Cloe Read andMillie Muroi
Six missed calls,mystery bank records and CCTV:Inside bombshell Lehrmann judgment
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Six missed calls,mystery bank records and CCTV:Inside bombshell Lehrmann judgment

Justice Michael Lee “trudged unyieldingly” through CCTV footage,phone logs,bank records,receipts – and hours of testimony. This is how he arrived at his ruling that Bruce Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins.

  • byMichaela Whitbourn andThe Visual Stories Team
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‘Unhelpful to speculate’:PM,police chiefs,say Bondi motive unknown

‘Unhelpful to speculate’:PM,police chiefs,say Bondi motive unknown

In an address to the nation alongside AFP chief Reece Kershaw and ASIO director-general Mike Burgess,Albanese praised the police officer and medics who came to the rescue.

  • byDavid Crowe
‘Once you pay I will delete the photo’:How scammers are snaring hundreds of children each month
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‘Once you pay I will delete the photo’:How scammers are snaring hundreds of children each month

Sextortion scammers are using frighteningly simple tricks to target Australian children. The tech giants have “blood on their hands”,the family of one victim claims.

  • byPerry Duffin
‘When we make a mistake someone can die’:Inside the world of police crisis negotiators
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‘When we make a mistake someone can die’:Inside the world of police crisis negotiators

There are no deadlines,no shouting,no threats and no intimidation. They would rather show people the exit door than kick it in.

  • byJohn Silvester
Chinese men in Indonesia wanted to go by boat to Australia:police

Chinese men in Indonesia wanted to go by boat to Australia:police

The apparent attempt was thwarted by a tip-off from the Australian Federal Police and the reluctance of local fishermen to make the journey.

  • byZach Hope andAmilia Rosa
Raided,hooded and flown to China:Secret Fiji video reveals Beijing’s ‘rendition’ tactics
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Raided,hooded and flown to China:Secret Fiji video reveals Beijing’s ‘rendition’ tactics

Fiji’s prime minister has called on China to retreat from the South Pacific as an investigation by The Age,The Sydney Morning Herald and 60 Minutes uncovers a police sting showing Beijing’s desire to operate overseas.

  • byNick McKenzie andAmelia Ballinger