The cruel twist of fate that let an accused killer walk free

The cruel twist of fate that let an accused killer walk free

Daniel Billings was charged with stalking,rape and animal cruelty. Police said he’d threatened his former partner. There was no magistrate,so a registrar gave him bail.

  • byJordan Baker,Perry Duffin andJonathan Drennan

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Minns launches review after Molly Ticehurst’s death
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Crime

Minns launches review after Molly Ticehurst’s death

Just weeks before Ticehurst was found dead in a NSW home,the man accused of her alleged murder was released on bail over a series of allegations of sexual assault against her.

  • byMichael McGowan andPerry Duffin
Woman,pet dog die after crash in Perth’s north

Woman,pet dog die after crash in Perth’s north

The woman’s white Hyundai i30 hatchback caught fire after it crashed into the back of a Transperth bus on the 344 school bus route about 8am.

  • byHolly Thompson
Actions speak louder,but without words we can’t see the full horror
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Crime

Actions speak louder,but without words we can’t see the full horror

Language can help us see things as if for the first time. When it fails,though,the problem does not really lie with language but with us.

  • bySean Kelly
A father’s grief,an army’s silence:New chopper crash theory emerges
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A father’s grief,an army’s silence:New chopper crash theory emerges

It took only a few seconds for the Taipan to pitch up then plunge into the sea,killing all four on board. The quest for the truth has taken months.

  • byAndrew Probyn andHannah Bowers
Crowds flock to Bondi Beach for candlelit vigil for Bondi Junction stabbing victims

Crowds flock to Bondi Beach for candlelit vigil for Bondi Junction stabbing victims

NSW Police Inspector Amy Scott,Prime Minister Anthony Albanese,political leaders and thousands of locals paid their respects to those lost in the Bondi Junction knife attack.

  • byJulie Power
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The best thing about the Lehrmann judgment? Its slowness in a time of dangerous speed

The best thing about the Lehrmann judgment? Its slowness in a time of dangerous speed

We have increasing difficulty in integrating disparate views,and having civil disagreements. The only antidotes are slowness,nuance,and a tolerance for complexity – all things that are increasingly rare.

  • byJacqueline Maley
‘Worst nightmare of any mum’:Shoppers pay tribute to victims as Westfield returns to life

‘Worst nightmare of any mum’:Shoppers pay tribute to victims as Westfield returns to life

A week on from the massacre,messages of sorrow and floral tributes pour in for those killed and injured at Westfield Bondi Junction.

  • byAndrew Taylor andMary Ward
Why has one knife attacker been labelled a terrorist,and the other,not?

Why has one knife attacker been labelled a terrorist,and the other,not?

An uneasy calm has now settled on the city after a horror week,but questions remain about why one attacker was labelled a terrorist,and the other wasn’t.

  • byDeborah Snow
In the mayhem after a school bus crashed,everyday heroes emerged
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In the mayhem after a school bus crashed,everyday heroes emerged

For this special report,The Age spent seven months speaking to 11 of the school children,a dozen parents of those on the bus,and the tradies that helped with the rescue.

Three brothers,including nine-year-old,among four killed in horror Wheatbelt crash
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Perth

Three brothers,including nine-year-old,among four killed in horror Wheatbelt crash

Three brothers,the youngest of whom was just nine years old,and their family friend have been identified as the four people killed in a horror crash south-west of Northam overnight.

  • byJesinta Burton