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There are fears alleged daycare predator Joshua Brown came in contact with more children than first thought. It comes as parents shed light on new horror stories, including a mother whose children were photographed naked, but the carer was never charged. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Victoria's childcare abuse scandal horrified the country and it's prompted a bold call from one safety advocate. Her solution - a ban on all male workers - at childcare centres. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A bomb cyclone has lashed New South Wales with wild winds and torrential rain battering the east coast. Roofs were ripped from buildings and residents caught in widespread flooding. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Nineteen of Victoria’s tiny Triple Zero heroes have been awarded for stepping up in a crisis. They were officially honoured at a ceremony as their proud parents listened back to the life-saving calls for help. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Australian banks have rolled out the latest weapon in the fight against fraud. A new security feature will help protect customers making payments online. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Penny Wong has wrapped up high-stakes talks in Washington aimed at steadying US relations, meeting with counterpart Marco Rubio, though the opposition claims she’s returning empty-handed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Whyalla primary school teacher has been jailed for more than seven years for committing sex offences against three students. The court heard Trent Hay had no criminal history but that may be how he flew under the radar. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Authorities are growing increasingly concerned about diabetes drugs being misused leading to emergency calls with some ending up in hospital. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Police have confirmed a horrific attack, during which a Victorian farmer was beaten and had his home torched, was a cruel case of mistaken identity. Detectives have obtained a crucial clue as they hunt three suspects. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
It's a debilitating condition affecting a third of all Australians, food intolerances making gut health a constant battle. A world first Australian led trial could hold the key to lasting relief. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Police have initiated an internal probe into the break-up of a pro-Palestine protest that left a former federal Greens candidate with a serious eye injury. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We heard from some of the heroes who came to the rescue of a teenager mauled by a shark off Cabarita Beach. The boy from Brisbane had been swimming at the popular surf spot on Sunday when he was attacked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
The Oxford dictionary has just expanded to include eleven new slang terms from Australia. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A former student is accused of hacking the Western Sydney University databases and threatening to sell private information on the dark web. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Would you like police to have access to your home security cameras? That is the proposal from a former detective who wants to create an enormous statewide surveillance network. He says it will save officers pounding the pavement and help catch crooks faster. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Hospitals in Australia have been overwhelmed by a surge in winter illnesses, leading to long wait times for ambulances and emergency department admissions. Patients have had to resort to driving themselves to hospitals due to the lack of available emergency transport. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A Payneham father says he was attacked when he confronted a thief who stole his dog. Alfredo the Maremma sheepdog was taken on Tuesday and finally returned home safely this morning. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
As Australians hunt for the best deals, grocery receipts are shrinking but costs rising, with a new Choice survey revealing which supermarket offers the cheapest winter groceries. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Police in the UK have apprehended a thief using DNA evidence from a sneaker he left behind at the crime scene. The suspect was caught on security footage stealing a phone and fleeing on a bicycle, but was knocked off by a group of tradespeople who gave chase. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Private health insurers have warned premiums will have to rise again if they have to pay more to keep private hospitals open but hospital operators claim the insurers are still short-changing them, instead pocketing billions in profits. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A man was bashed and stabbed outside his home in Guildford early in what police are calling another case of mistaken identity. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Premier Jacinta Allan has walked back her push to electrify homes by forcing Victorians to give up their gas appliances. Gas home heating is now exempt, and the rest of the plan has been delayed until 2027. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Sydney is being overrun by superheroes, villains, and creatures at Supanova's Comic Con, where die-hard superfans of the world's most iconic characters come out to play. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Extraordinary new weight loss pill. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
A young farmer in Victoria’s southwest is on a personal crusade to highlight the mental health crisis sparked by the drought. Jason Smith says the general community needs to hear the confronting truth, and hopes by speaking openly about his own battle, he can save lives. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Leading experts are sounding the alarm over possible catastrophic head trauma that may be caused by training for contact sports with a major push for changes. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
There are urgent calls for tighter industry regulation tonight as new details emerge into what went wrong in the Monash IVF bungle. A missing embryo was thought to be a counting error before a woman gave birth to a stranger’s baby. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Doctors are sounding the alarm on the dangers of plastics to our health, with evidence mothers are unknowingly passing on the microparticles to newborn babies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
We are learning more about how Indonesian police tracked three Australian men over the fatal Bali ambush. Two of the suspects thought they had got away clean but had no idea their international movements were being tracked. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Proposed changes have been unveiled to fast-track the construction of thousands of new homes and give more choice to renters in NSW. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
