Barrington Tops National Park in NSW has claimed nine planes and 30 lives in the past eight decades. Only four people have ever walked away, and one of those is pilot Dennis Hume, who was forced to eject from his plane and plunge thousands of metres into its unforgiving forest ranges.

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Overreaction, error and anger still plague Australia's sandpaper response

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Overreaction, error and anger still plague Australia's sandpaper response

Usman Khawaja's revelations on Sandpapergate may have come eight years after the fact, but time has not changed Australia's response to the cricket scandal.

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A coffee cart and the Finnish embassy gain more traction than Albanese

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A coffee cart and the Finnish embassy gain more traction than Albanese

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese packed in the announcements this week before heading overseas for summits once again. But criticism, rumours and a viral Instagram post made it hard to get cut-through.

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No answers on contaminated Defence site being remediated before hand-back

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No answers on contaminated Defence site being remediated before hand-back

Larrakia custodians have appealed to the federal government to remediate heavy fuels and PFAS chemicals from a former Navy fuel storage base in Darwin before the land is returned to them.

#larrakia #navy #stokes

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Farmer who's 'not a great swimmer' hopes to be first to swim the Darling

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Farmer who's 'not a great swimmer' hopes to be first to swim the Darling

Scott Gladman's mission to swim roughly 16 kilometres a day for more than three months came after two mates were diagnosed with MND and Parkinson's, respectively.

#darling #scott #gladman

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$Roger Cook chides Labor MPs after fracas at parliament door$ Australia & Pacific

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Roger Cook chides Labor MPs after fracas at parliament door

WA Premier Roger Cook reminds MPs of their responsibilities after a group of Labor members tried to shield their colleague Jags Krishnan from media questioning as he entered parliament yesterday.

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Breaking: Teen injured in train fall on Sydney Harbour Bridge

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Breaking: Teen injured in train fall on Sydney Harbour Bridge

A teenage boy has been rushed to hospital after falling from a train and onto the tracks on the Sydney Harbour Bridge.

#sydney-harbour-bridge #emergency #hospital

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Police reviewing 'shocking' tasering of woman at Canberra bus stop

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Police reviewing 'shocking' tasering of woman at Canberra bus stop

ACT police say they are reviewing a case where officers tasered an Aboriginal woman with an intellectual impairment at a Canberra bus stop.

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Marrickville Golf Club says Anthony Albanese's membership worth $1,100

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Marrickville Golf Club says Anthony Albanese's membership worth $1,100

The honorary membership given to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese conferred full playing rights, putting its value well over the $5 for two years claimed by Mr Albanese, but it was not used.

#albanese #golf #marrickville

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Crime boss safety threats forced AFP officers out of Türkiye

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Crime boss safety threats forced AFP officers out of Türkiye

Revelations that two AFP officers had to go into hiding from their overseas posts have emerged four years after they targeted a high-profile Australian crime figure.

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