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Muhammad Ali was charged with indecently assaulting three children while casually employed at a childcare centre.

THE NIGHTLYChildcare centre fails to notify parents of abuse charges

EXCLUSIVE: A childcare worker was jailed for sexually abusing a little boy in his care. Two years after his sentencing, the parents of children who attended that daycare centre have not yet been notified.

Kristin Shorten

Muhammad Ali was charged with indecently assaulting three children while casually employed at a childcare centre.

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Childcare centre fails to notify parents of abuse charges

EXCLUSIVE: A childcare worker was jailed for sexually abusing a little boy in his care. Two years after his sentencing, the parents of children who attended that daycare centre have not yet been notified.

Kristin Shorten

Prominent Australian lawyer Christopher Saines has been found dead in Thailand.

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Family’s heartbreaking statement after Aussie lawyer’s death

A prominent Australian lawyer has been found dead at a Thai massage parlour, just minutes from the location where cricket legend Shane Warne passed away in 2022.

Amy Lee

RecipeTin Eats author Nagi Maehashi has publicly addressed the Erin Patterson murder trial for the first time, after the triple murderer altered her beef Wellington recipe to create the deadly meal.

AustraliaVideoCommentsRecipeTinEats cook ‘entangled’ in mushroom murders speaks

Nagi Maehashi has spoken out about the Erin Patterson murder trial for the first time after the triple murderer altered one of the RecipeTin Eats author’s recipes to create a deadly beef Wellington meal. 

Amy Lee

Qantas has confirmed the extent of data stolen in the cyberattack on a third-party call centre.

BusinessCommentsQantas reveals what was stolen from customers in cyberattack

Qantas customer need to check their emails urgently as the airlines contacts 5.7 million people, confirming dates of birth, addresses, phone numbers and more have been stolen by cyber criminals.

Jackson Hewett

Mushroom murderer, Erin Patterson, is expected to appeal her conviction.

THE NIGHTLYWhy Erin Patterson is set to challenge her convictions

Erin Patterson, who has been found guilty of killing three people, is anticipated to challenge her convictions following her return to prison, where she possibly faces life behind bars.

Amy Lee

Mushroom murderer, Erin Patterson, is expected to appeal her conviction.

AustraliaVideoCommentsWhy Erin Patterson is set to challenge her convictions

Erin Patterson, who has been found guilty of killing three people, is anticipated to challenge her convictions following her return to prison, where she possibly faces life behind bars.

Amy Lee

Trumps tariffs could deal a heavy blow to Australian exports and hit mining giants BHP and Rio Tinto.

PoliticsComments‘Unwelcome’: Chalmers responds to Trump’s latest tariffs

LIVE UPDATES: Treasurer Jim Chalmers has responded to US President Donald Trump’s sweeping copper and pharma tariffs, saying they inject unnecessary ‘uncertainty and volatility’ in the global economy.

Kimberley Braddish

US President Donald Trump has indicated a potential 200 per cent tariff on a major Australian export.

VideoComments‘They’re going to be tariffed’: Trump’s threat to Australia

US President Donald Trump has indicated a potential 200 per cent tariff on a major Australian export, as well as 50 per cent on copper, which would hit BHP and Rio Tinto.

Kimberley Braddish

Erin Patterson, convicted triple murderer, has been labelled a “pathological” liar by former colleagues.

AustraliaMushroom killer’s ‘pathological’ lies at former job revealed

Convicted triple murderer Erin Patterson was fired from her air traffic control job after telling extravagant lies to her colleagues.

Eloise Budimlich

Erin Patterson, convicted triple murderer, has been labelled a “pathological” liar by former colleagues.

AustraliaCommentsMushroom killer’s ‘pathological’ lies at former job revealed

Convicted triple murderer Erin Patterson was fired from her air traffic control job after telling extravagant lies to her colleagues.

Eloise Budimlich

Erin Patterson was found guilty of killing three members of Simon Patterson’s family, a man she is still married to.

The NightlyWhat Simon Patterson needs to do to divorce killer wife

Now Erin Patterson has been found guilty, ‘special’ rules apply to the divorce process that her estranged husband Simon Patterson will need to follow if he wishes to divorce the woman who murdered his family.

Eloise Budimlich

Erin Patterson was found guilty of killing three members of Simon Patterson’s family, a man she is still married to.

AustraliaWhat Simon Patterson needs to do to divorce killer wife

Now Erin Patterson has been found guilty, ‘special’ rules apply to the divorce process that her estranged husband Simon Patterson will need to follow if he wishes to divorce the woman who murdered his family.

Eloise Budimlich

Dr Chris Webster has revealed the moment he knew Erin Patterson was a 'disturbed, sociopathic nut bag'.

THE NIGHTLYDoctor reveals moment he knew Patterson poisoned four people

The doctor who alerted police to Erin Patterson has revealed the moment he realised the mushroom murderer was a ‘disturbed sociopathic nut bag’.

Amy Lee

Dr Chris Webster has revealed the moment he knew Erin Patterson was a 'disturbed, sociopathic nut bag'.

AustraliaVideoCommentsDoctor reveals moment he knew Patterson poisoned four people

The doctor who alerted police to Erin Patterson has revealed the moment he realised the mushroom murderer was a ‘disturbed sociopathic nut bag’.

Amy Lee

RBA Governor Michele Bullock, US President Donald Trump

BusinessCommentsRBA faces tough decision amid global uncertainty

JACKSON HEWETT: As global tensions rise, the Reserve Bank weighs its options amid fresh challenges. Today’s decision could signal a new direction for Australia’s economy in uncertain times.

Jackson Hewett

Ms Patterson has pleaded not guilty. Supplied/ 9News.

THE NIGHTLY‘Large sentence’ looms for triple-murderer mushroom cook

After a first night behind bars, Erin Patterson now faces the grim reality of spending the rest of her life in prison, convicted of one of Australia’s most shocking murders.

Amy Lee

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

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Albo snaps back after anti-Semitism question

LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was forced to defend his decision not to call a national cabinet meeting to address anti-Semitic hate, saying people want action, not meetings.

Kimberley Braddish

Qantas says it has been contacted by the “potential cyber criminal” behind last week’s data breach. 

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Hacker makes contact with Qantas after cyber attack

Qantas says it has been contacted by the “potential cyber criminal” behind last week’s data breach. 

Eloise Budimlich

Erin Patterson

AustraliaErin Patterson guilty on all charges

LIVE UPDATES: A jury has found Erin Patterson guilty of the murder of Don and Gail Patterson and Heather Wilkinson, and the attempted murder of Ian Wilkinson at a fatal beef Wellington lunch.

Max Corstorphan

Young father Rich ‘Dylan’ Choup seen on CCTV being slapped by an unknown man.

THE NIGHTLYShot through the eye and buried alive: Contract crew horror

Police have released stunning CCTV as they hunt a criminal ‘contract crew’ allegedly behind the murder of a young father and the attempted murder of a man shot through the eye and buried alive.

Peta Rasdien

Coroner Elizabeth Armitage has found that NT police officer Zachary Rolfe was ‘racist’.

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Coroner’s findings in Kumanjayi Walker death: Rolfe ‘racist’

LIVE UPDATES: Coroner Elizabeth Armitage has found that NT police officer Zachary Rolfe was ‘racist’ and operated within a police culture where racist language and attitudes were normalised.

Matt Shrivell and Kimberley Braddish

Is having sex with 583 men in six hours a public service or a dopamine trap? We asked Aussie OnlyFans star Annie Knight, who did just that.

THE NIGHTLYHaving sex with 583 Aussie men in six hours was ‘empowering’

EXCLUSIVE: They’re young millionaires, making more money in a week than most Aussies earn each year, while performing extreme sex stunts that apparently also fulfil their wildest ‘fantasies’, but at what cost?

Kristin Shorten

Jason Clare said the new laws would be introduced within the first fortnight once parliament resumes sitting on July 22. NewsWire/ Nikki Short

Federal PoliticsCommentsNew laws to allow ‘spot checks’ to stamp out childcare fraud

Education Minister Jason Clare has pledged to make new laws that would allow on-the-spot compliance checks at childcare centres, after Joshua Brown was charged with dozens of child sex offences. 

Ellen Ransley