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An Australian woman who allegedly stole a van with 10,000 Krispy Kreme doughnuts in it has been charged after two weeks reportedly on the run from police.The van had been bound for shops but disappeared when a delivery driver stopped to fill up at a petrol station during his night shift.CCTV showed a woman hanging

Dan Bateman, from Holloway Beach, was one of potentially thousands of people to lose their homes.He told the ABC he “had to dodge fridges” as he evacuated by boat to a neighbour’s rooftop.“At one point, someone said there was a cow coming down the road,” he said.The mayor of the Shire of Douglas Shire in

Pro-Palestine protesters in kayaks tried to block what they believed to be an Israel-linked container ship at a port in Melbourne.Footage of the incident shows the group of five activists paddling out in front of the Vela, a Liberian-flagged cargo ship. The enormous vessel then nudges the activists out of the way during their highly

Australian police have launched a manhunt for a former Home and Away actor who absconded from a hospital after allegedly assaulting a woman.Orpheus Pledger, 30, who appeared in the popular Australian soap between 2016 and 2019, was granted bail on Monday to undergo a court-ordered medical assessment at the Royal Melbourne Hospital.Victoria Police issued a

Steve Byrne, Khai’s principal at Cardijn College, said: “The SA surfing community is wrapping around the family and on behalf of the college I have offered to assist where we can.“Khai is fondly remembered as a talented young surfer and spirited teenager. Our thoughts, prayers and deepest sympathy are with his parents, Kate and Tim

A 12ft crocodile leapt into an Australian fisherman’s boat with its “jaws wide open” before a quick-thinking manoeuvre forced the predator back into the water.Richard Brookman, 45, was confronted by the animal while fishing on Sunday evening at St Helens Beach, north of Mackay, in Queensland.He had been in the area for about four hours

It will come at a sensitive moment for the Royal family amid increasing speculation that Australia will become a republic.The most recent opinion poll, held just after Elizabeth II’s death, suggested that 46 per cent of Australians favoured a republic, while 54 per cent preferred the current system.In 1999, Mr Albanese voted in a referendum

A TV network paid for an exclusive interview with a man accused of rape by reimbursing him for money spent on cocaine and sex workers, a court has heard.Bruce Lehrmann, a Liberal political adviser, is accused of raping Brittany Higgins in Australia’s Parliament House in 2019 – allegations that he denies.The accusations were first aired

“The whole thing was over in less than 15 seconds, but it felt like an eternity,” Mr Collett said.“I have never felt anything like it and I have caught hundreds of big crocodiles. He just went absolutely berserk.“Bang, all of a sudden, I get hit in the head. I didn’t even know what it was.

Daniel Suidani, the former provincial governor, was a strong critic of China and the decision to drop diplomatic support for Taiwan, before he was abruptly ousted in a motion of no confidence in 2023 while he and his supporters were absent from parliament.In an interview with AFP on Monday, Mr Suidani called China’s growing hold