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Tough call for Geelong on older AFL players - The Age

Geelong coach Chris Scott has pledged that the club's ageing premiership heroes will be accorded due respect and sentiment when the difficult calls are made on their playing futures. The Cats have done an excellent job in previous years managing the ... >> view original

Geelong game vital for GWS says Giants coach Leon Cameron - The Age

Senior defender Joel Patfull is likely to return for the Giants this weekend. Photo: Ryan Pierse. Greater Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron says his team's forthcoming AFL clash with Geelong could be the most important in the club's short history. >> view original

Tony gets number of star points wrong, in front of 10 flags

TONY Abbott has been caught out on his Australian flag knowledge while sitting in front of 10 of them. The Prime Minister, flanked by state and territory leaders in Sydney today, was asked if the flag could change if the Northern Territory was granted ... >> view original

Police try to identify who 'emptied suitcase' after child's remains found

Investigators are trying to identify who emptied a suitcase behind a bush, which included the skeletal remains of a child, up to three-and-a-half months ago — before it was finally reported to South Australian police last week. The gender of the child ... >> view original

man arrested over Shepparton stabbing

A man has been arrested over the stabbing of another man at Shepparton in north-east Victoria. Police said two men got into a fight at a house in Sobroan Street about 8:30pm (AEST) last night. One of the men was allegedly stabbed several times during ... >> view original

Abdul Numan Haider, Melbourne terror suspect, inquest to hear from 155 ...

The inquest into the death of Abdul Numan Haider, who was shot after stabbing two officers outside a Melbourne police station, will hear from 155 witnesses and examine more than 3,000 pages of evidence, a coroner has heard. Haider was killed outside ... >> view original

Judith Young Photo: NSW Police

A woman who disappeared from the state's west more than 15 years ago told a friend she needed to borrow money urgently because someone was going to kill her, a coroner has heard. Judith Anne Young almost certainly died in "suspicious circumstances" ... >> view original

Police re-open investigation into suspected murder of Gold Coast boy Tyrell Cobb

Police have new leads into the suspected bashing death of four-year-old Tyrell Cobb on the Gold Coast in 2009. Seven News. PT0M57S 620 349. Autoplay OnOff; Video feedback; Video settings. Video will begin in 5 seconds. Don't play; Play now. >> view original

Neighbour helps rescue mother, six children from house fire in Mackay in north ...

A mother and six young children have escaped a major house fire in Mackay in north Queensland, with a neighbour rescuing two of the children who were trapped in a bedroom. The low-level house in Beaconsfield in Mackay's northern suburbs was fully ... >> view original

Shorten faces revolt over boats policy

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten faces an internal party revolt over his move to allow a future Labor government to turn back asylum seeker boats. But key members of his power base believe the Labor leader has the numbers to push a rule change through ... >> view original