All news on the topic: Australia
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Man found dead at Melbourne spa as suspect found 'covered in blood'
Emergency responders found a man covered in blood with a number of stab wounds when they arrived at the Seasons 5 resort in Melbourne, Australia
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'I nearly died after wife fed me spaghetti bolognese with death cap mushrooms'
A man has told how he almost died after eating spaghetti bolognese containing poisonous fungi prepared by his wife, after Erin Patterson allegedly killed three dinner guests in Australia
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Mushroom lunch 'killer' feared missing as she fails to show up to legal meeting
Lawyers acting for Erin Patterson, accused of killing three people with poisonous mushrooms, were spotted outside her home to hand deliver her legal instructions after she seemingly vanished
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'World's biggest Simpsons fan' had to move to bigger house for £52k collection
Marc Venema has amassed thousands of items relating to The Simpsons, including clothing, newspaper clipping and homeware, and claims his collection is worth almost £52,000
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Killer mushroom suspect's ex 'said she tried to poison him' months before 3 die
Simon Patterson believed his ex-wife Erin Patterson had tried to poison him before she killed three of his family members by giving them deadly mushrooms at a lunch in Australia
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Woman wails after serving mushroom lunch that 'killed three of her relatives'
Neighbours heard Erin Patterson wailing after a lunch held at her home in Victoria, Australia, last week which has seen all four guests fall ill and three of them die so far
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Woman fired for not typing enough while working from home after 18 years in job
Suzie Cheikho was found to have 'very low keystroke activity' after her company used software to spy on her performance as part of an improvement plan for remote working
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Five kids and their dad die in devastating house fire as mum battled inferno
Witnesses claim they saw the young mother trying to run back inside the burning building before her husband held her back and returned to the inferno himself, trying to save their five young boys
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Drinker's horror at spotting rude message on receipt after making wine request
One customer at the Cornish Arms, Melbourne, Australia, requested ice in their wine, but their server was left less than impressed, going out of their way to leave a comment on their receipt
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Chilling moment raging shark seen feeding metres from swimmers at popular beach
Chilling drone footage captured a close-call from swimmers after they were just metres away from a shark at Bondi Beach in Australia - they were unaware that the shark was feeding
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England fans warm up for World Cup decider with knees up in Aussie 'British pub'
Hardcore fans of the Lionesses have been preparing themselves for the vital World Cup decider against China today the best way Brits know how - with a knees up and singsong in a pub
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'I had a weird feeling which led to a crushing diagnosis - listen to your body'
Tirah Ciampa, from Hobart, in Tasmania, was a thriving model and once in the Miss World Australia finals, but in February she thought her life was over
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Grieving wife's devastating words as husband electrocuted in freak work accident
Matthew Milner, 24, was tragically found dead on the roof of a property in Perth after he was electrocuted on while on the job as an electrician
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Boy chokes on sausage at school as heartbroken family 'say their final goodbyes'
Decklan Hayward went to school in Orange, Australia, only to find his life on the line a few hours later after he choked on a cocktail sausage during snack time
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4 airmen feared dead after military chopper crashed into ocean during exercise
The MRH-90 Taipan helicopter went down near Lindeman Island, a Great Barrier Reef tourist resort, at about 11pm on Friday, exercise director Australian Army Brigadier Damian Hill said
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Family of elderly woman beaten to death at care home told of attack in an email
Joan Hobbs, 89, was on July 17 beaten 'black and blue' with a walking frame by a male resident at the IRT Thomas Holt Aged Care Centre in the southern Sydney suburb of Kirrawee
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Couple dead after two planes crash in mid-air 'just moments after take-off'
Queensland Police Minister Mark Ryan described the plane crash in Brisbane, which may have been witnessed by bystanders, as "so sad on so many levels"
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Grandad punches shark in the head after beast bites him during horror attack
Richard Stubbs, 77, from Dunsborough, south of Perth, was snorkelling with a group of people nearthe Yallingup Lagoon, in southwestern Australia on Saturday when he was attacked by a suspected wobbegong shark
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Chilling warning over the one fruit you should never give your children
Nikki Jurcutz worked as a paramedic for eight years in Australia and has taken to Instagram to explain the huge, but largely unknown, choking risk of feeding kids mandarins
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Girl, 9, killed in 'dreadfully tragic' crash after being thrown from quad bike
Nine-year old Layla Lupica died at the scene after being thrown from the off-road vehicle, which was being driven by her dad. Police are now investigating the incident
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Man accused of kidnapping girl, 9, in van while she was walking to school
Ryan Ashley Darken has been accused of luring a girl into a silver ute as she walked to school on Friday morning. She was found in distress at a shopping centre one hour later
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Spearfisher escapes shark attack by 'hugging' its tail and holding on
On the last day of their holiday in Australia, Dad Keiron went out to sea to catch a fish to cook for dinner when suddenly he spotted a shark in the water
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Man dies as health teams scramble to ID contacts as deadly disease spreads
Health officials in Australia have confirmed the death of a 36-year-old man after he dropped ill from meningococcal - two teenage girls have also been diagnosed with the disease
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Girl, 9, snatched off the street as she walked to school by 'man driving a van'
The alarm was raised in Warnbro, south of Perth, Australia, when a nine-year-old girl was seen getting into a stranger's van as she made her way to school this week
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Jogger mauled by pack of four dingoes on beach during morning run in Australia
The woman in her 30s was set upon by four native dogs during her morning jog at around 9am on Monday at Orchid Beach in Queensland and suffered "multiple bite wounds"
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