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Video: Woman charged with manslaughter after two children die in house fireWoman charged with manslaughter after two children die in house fireWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerA woman has been charged with manslaughter after two children were killed in a house fire in Melbourne’s north-east last year.September 17, 2025 — 7.18pm

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Gregory said a definitive feasibility study (DFS) for the company’s flagship Sarytogan graphite project will be awarded shortly, boosted by a recent private placement. Management expects the DFS to be completed by mid-2026.Sarytogan revealed last month that it has clinched a serious backer onto its register, securing a $3.6 million private placement from Kazakh high-net-worth investor Dias Sarsenov. The company anticipates the placement will be completed in October, which will see Sarsenov emerge with a near 20 per cent holding in the company’s stock.By locking in local backing for the project, Sarytogan has raised its profile in-country while also bringing…

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Video: Freddy reveals ‘fanboy’ moment for Olympic iconFreddy reveals ‘fanboy’ moment for Olympic iconWe’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later.DismissSkip to sections navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerBrad Fittler speaks about meeting Australian legend Cathy Freeman during a recent Hall of Fame ceremony.September 17, 2025 — 7.27pm

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The banner, which was removed soon after it was unfurled, highlighted the ties between the two men after last week’s release of a “birthday book” with a personal message to Epstein from Trump that he denies writing.LoadingFour people were arrested after images of Trump and Epstein were projected onto the walls of Windsor Castle, along with images of the birthday letter, and of Epstein’s victims, news clips about his case and police reports.Photographs of Epstein at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in 1995 show him with Trump and Melania, while a photograph five years later shows him with Melania and Prince Andrew,…

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A 40-year-old female driver has been charged after a teenager on a dirt bike was critically injured while riding with friends south of Perth.WA Police say the incident occurred on Georgetown Drive in Safety Bay about 5.30pm on Tuesday while a group of friends were allegedly riding an unlicensed Yamaha motorcycle along the road.CCTV caught footage of the teenagers riding down the road in Safety Bay.Credit: 9News PerthOne bike rider lost control of the motorcycle and crashed, police said, with friends of the 16-year-old boy claiming he is currently in a coma, having undergone brain surgery on Wednesday at Royal…

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The travel bug now appears to be replacing any residual fear of the virus. Last month, the China-based Global Times reported that travel agents had doubled their bookings for this summer’s travel season compared with last year.LoadingAccording to Victorian government figures, tourism contributed $21.7 billion to the state’s economy and supported more than 200,000 jobs in 2023-24. Visit Victoria chief executive Brendan McClements, who has been tracking the recovery of Chinese international travel, said the government-funded advertising campaign would have a profound effect on the state’s visitor economy.The new tourism campaign is timed ahead of Shenzhen Airlines and Hong Kong…

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McDonald admitted none of Australia’s experienced quicks were expected to play every Test against England.“From the get-go, we never really planned for five Test matches for most of our fast bowlers,” McDonald said. “Over the last couple of years, we’ve been lucky with shortened games early in the summer to be able to deliver five Test matches [for each bowler].Pat Cummins and Andrew McDonald. Credit: AP“In our planning, we never really pitched that to our players.”As the interview continued, you could almost hear Australian fans doing the sums. If Cummins misses one Test (or more), and one of the other…

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(It is interesting to note that Zelensky has started referring to Ukraine’s increasingly successful drone attacks on Russian oil refineries as “sanctions”. In other words, Ukrainians simply don’t have the luxury of waiting for Godot/Trump to impose his economic sanctions any more. So they’re doing it themselves, starting at the source. As Zelensky said in his Sunday evening address to the nation: “The most effective sanctions – the ones that work the fastest – are the fires at Russia’s oil refineries, its terminals, oil depots” – because this approach “significantly restricts the war”.)LoadingI have always avoided the more conspiratorial explanations…

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On Wednesday, Greenfield claimed the independence that Unilever promised the brand had “gone”.Loading“What allowed the company to be more than just an ice-cream company was the independence to pursue our values, which was guaranteed when Unilever bought the company. For more than 20 years under their ownership, Ben & Jerry’s stood up and spoke out in support of peace, justice and human rights, not as abstract concepts, but in relation to real events happening in our world,” he said.“It’s profoundly disappointing to come to the conclusion that that independence, the very basis of our sale to Unilever, is gone,” Greenfield…

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