Articles by Sam Thompson, AAP
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World
Aussie men commit hundreds of 'predatory' child abuse acts, some at a childcare centre
Thursday, 2 May 2024, 10:04PMWARNING: This story deals with sexual offending and may be distressing. A court has been told in shocking detail the acts...
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World
Million-dollar fish! Teen hooks huge prize in competition
Tuesday, 30 April 2024, 8:55PMA 19-year-old man has snagged the catch of a lifetime, reeling in a tagged barramundi worth A$1 million in Australia’s richest...
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Crime
'Determined to get justice': Six months since Baby Ru's murder, no charges
Monday, 22 April 2024, 11:40AMThree adults known to Baby Ru are continuing to be considered persons of interest on the sixth-month anniversary of the Lower...
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National
Teen driver admits killing legal executive in crash
Friday, 19 April 2024, 11:30AMA 15-year-old has admitted the manslaughter of a woman killed in a crash in rural Canterbury. Sandra Loveday, 60, died...
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World
Australia PM responds to injured Bondi hero’s desperate plea
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 2:11PMAustralia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has confirmed the offer of a permanent visa will be made to an injured Pakistani...
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National
Farzana Yaqubi murder: Damning report says police’s stalking allegations matrix ‘not fit-for-purpose’
Thursday, 18 April 2024, 1:13PMThe independent police watchdog says the matrix police use to assess allegations of stalking is “not fit-for-purpose” after...
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World
Teen arrested over terrorist church stabbing on good behaviour bond at time of attack
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 3:54PMPolice are treating a knife attack at a western Sydney church as a terrorist act. A 15-year-old boy has been arrested after...
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Sport
'Exciting times': Supercars' Taupō sellout no shock to Kiwi legend
Sunday, 14 April 2024, 4:31PMThe fact the inaugural Supercars round in Taupō has sold out on Saturday and Sunday is no shock to former driver Greg Murphy. “I’m...
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National
St John apologises 'unreservedly' after woman dies waiting for ambulance
Friday, 12 April 2024, 5:06PMHato Hone St John says it “unreservedly” apologises to the family of an elderly woman who died following a 70-minute wait for...
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National
Family's anger: Elderly woman died after 70-minute wait for ambulance
Friday, 12 April 2024, 10:53AMAn elderly woman died following a 70-minute wait for an ambulance after her double-amputee husband called for help. A coroner...
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World
Aussie brutally murdered by flatmate, left in bin was 'blind to killer's evil'
Monday, 8 April 2024, 1:38PMA frail man brutally murdered by his housemate took him in because of the compassion that blinded him to his killer’s evil,...
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National
Pilot injured after Canterbury microlight plane crash, emergency services rush to scene
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 4:16PMOne person has suffered moderate injuries after crash-landing a microlight aircraft near Peel Forest, Canterbury. Emergency...
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Sport
Souths star facing ban for 'stupid' act against Shaun Johnson
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 3:24PMThe South Sydney Rabbitohs’ nightmare NRL season has taken another hit with Latrell Mitchell facing a ban of up to four games...
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World
Coral bleaching hits 75 percent of Great Barrier Reef
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 2:35PMCoral bleaching driven by climate change has hit three-quarters of the Great Barrier Reef as the Australian federal government...
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World
One dead as NSW residents mop up after record-breaking downpours
Sunday, 7 April 2024, 2:07PMA man has died and more than 160 people have required rescuing as a deluge across eastern NSW caused landslips, flash flooding...
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National
Father pleads guilty to dangerous driving causing deaths of two of his children
Friday, 5 April 2024, 1:40PMA father lost control of his car, crashing into a tree and killing two of his children when he hit his accelerator rather...
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Crime
Baby Ru 'person of interest' allegedly involved in attack on journalist
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 3:50PMA woman who is a person of interest in relation to the killing of toddler Baby Ru is facing charges after an alleged attack...
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Sport
Kiwis hopeful to become NRL's tallest player with Broncos debut
Thursday, 4 April 2024, 1:27PMGiant Brisbane prop Ben Te Kura has been backed to perform on his NRL debut in a baptism of fire against fierce rivals Melbourne...
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World
'Don't know what to do': Two widows share their grief after swimming pool tragedy
Wednesday, 3 April 2024, 3:15PMThe widows of the father and son who died trying to save a two-year-old girl from a Gold Coast swimming pool have broken...
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World
Australian aid worker killed in Gaza by air strike
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 1:09PMAn Australian woman is reportedly among a group of aid workers killed by an Israeli air strike that hit their vehicle in Gaza. According...
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World
'An emotional scene': Two men who drowned saving toddler named
Tuesday, 2 April 2024, 10:45AMThe deaths of a man and his father while trying to save a toddler who fell into a Gold Coast pool have prompted authorities...
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World
Gold Coast mass overdose: Kiwi dies celebrating her 40th birthday
Monday, 1 April 2024, 3:50PMA woman has died and a second was in critical condition after overdosing in Queensland’s southeast. Australian police have...
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Sport
Controversial Ex-Wallaby makes try-scoring return to rugby
Sunday, 31 March 2024, 12:53PMDual-code international Israel Folau has taken just four minutes to put himself on the scoresheet in Japan Rugby League One...
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Politics
Government makes new pay offer to police
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 3:21PMPolice have received another offer from the Government for sworn staff to vote on, after rejecting an offer earlier this...