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Two students who were seriously injured when a truck driver ran a red light near their school have told a court of the long-lasting impact of the incident.

A man accused of smashing more than 60 windows at a city council building in Perth over what's believed to be a dispute involving a dog is remanded in custody.

Two men in their 20 have been arrested for possessing firearms in Bondi, with NSW Police describing one of the arrests as as a "violent struggle". 

Police say the cane truck had been attempting to board the Bluff Point ferry near Lawrence when the ferry became dislodged and the truck rolled off the back.

Two men die at a cattle station in Camballin in WA's Kimberley region, after the helicopters they were piloting collided, police confirm.

South Australian authorities issue a public warning after a highly toxic synthetic opioid more powerful than morphine was linked to seven fatal overdoses.

A woman charged with murdering her 85-year-old neighbour is accused of breaking into the alleged victim's home and stealing jewellery and cash, before dumping the elderly woman in a Melbourne river.

Two-year-old Kaydence Mills' mother Sinitta Dawita and her partner Tane Desatge are standing trial over the toddler's alleged murder.

A 36-year-old woman has died in hospital after an alleged public assault in Katherine, which police are describing as "a serious act of domestic violence". 

New South Wales Police have laid fresh charges against former constable Beau Lamarre-Condon over the alleged murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.

Queensland will become the final state in Australia to decriminalise public drunkenness, more than 30 years after it was first recommended by the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody.

This driving instructor has seen cars mounting footpaths, tailgating, light-flashing and dangerous overtaking on single lane suburban streets. Road rage is on the rise, and L-platers are an easy target.

NSW Police have laid new charges against former Constable and accused double murderer Beau Lamarre-Condon. Mr Lamarre-Condon was charged with the murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies in February.

Canberra's queer community has reacted with anger after police alleged two men had been lured using the dating app Grindr and assaulted.

Police are investigating potential links between four robberies in which some residents were allegedly threatened in their homes with weapons.

Authorities arrest an American man over the fatal stabbing of a Perth man during a holiday to Thailand.

Prominent anti-whaling campaigner and veteran environmental activist Paul Watson has been detained on an Interpol Red Notice in Greenland. 

Forensic testing is being carried out on human remains found on the outskirts of Camooweal, a small township 190 kilometres north-west of Mount Isa, with police believing they belong to the one person.

ACT Policing says the two men went to separate locations in Canberra after matching with someone on a dating app. They were then allegedly assaulted by a group of men in what police say may have been a targeted, homophobic attack. 

Roadside drug testing will be bolstered in SA to allow for on-the-spot cocaine detection, as police seek to reduce the frequency of fatal crashes linked to the illicit substance.

Police arrested a man at Brisbane Airport on Friday.

The bodies of a father and one of his twin two-year-old daughters are removed from Carlton rail station after the girls' pram rolled on the tracks.

The incident took place on Saturday afternoon as the 37-year-old victim and a friend were walking along Bangor Street in Guildford after eating at a nearby pizza place.

A 24-year-old driver will face court on Monday charged with the murder of a 23-year-old woman who was allegedly hit by a car as she walked home on Friday morning in Daisy Hill. 

The ABC observes police conducting their business on a Friday night in Canberra's CBD.