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53-foot tractor-trailer driver Baljeet Singh pleads guilty in deadly pileup, was playing phone game and fled to India

The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.

Air India pilot deported after allegedly carrying marijuana in luggage bag

The airline emphasised its strict compliance standards, adding it maintains a zero-tolerance policy towards any violation of the law.

Four charged after $800k seized in major Sydney tobacco and money laundering investigation

Authorities allege the group is linked to an organised crime syndicate involved in large-scale supply of illicit tobacco and laundering criminal proceeds.

Indian man who converted from Hinduism to Christianity fails asylum bid, tribunal finds no real risk of harm back home

Tribunal found that the applicant could safely relocate within India, including to major cities such as Delhi or Mumbai, where there was no evidence of ongoing threat.

Death of alleged drug lord in Fiji military custody under investigation

Reports indicate the man was among a group taken in for questioning by the military in recent days as part of ongoing operations targeting alleged gang-linked drug activity.

Ben Roberts-Smith granted bail as war crimes case heads into long court battle

He said bail was not punitive in nature and found the prosecution’s concerns could be managed through strict conditions proposed by the defence

26-year-old man fined $8,000 for flying drone near Sydney Airport airspace

Investigations began on 15 January when Australian Federal Police (AFP) officers observed an unmanned drone flying in the Port Botany area.

Sukhvinder Kaur Sangha, former Punjabi broadcaster, jailed for over five years for smuggling 108kg of meth

The court heard Sangha had previously worked for around a decade in Punjabi-language radio and television, producing news content and interviewing public figures including politicians and police.

Victoria’s Allan government blocks majority of Big Build corruption documents

Premier Jacinta Allan has consistently maintained she only became aware of the “widespread nature” of the issue when it entered the public domain.

‘ISIS-inspired’ teens plead not guilty after bomb attack near New York Mayor Mamdani’s mansion

Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, entered their pleas during a court appearance on Wednesday, facing a sweeping indictment that includes conspiracy to support a foreign terrorist organisation and the use of a weapon of mass destruction.

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Here’s why Pauline Hanson keeps losing against Australian intellectual elites despite valid arguments

The English language is not a colonial relic to be apologised for. It is the operative language of Australian civic life, of courts, parliaments, hospitals, workplaces and schools.

Indian-origin Flying Officer Nandini Rajpurohit makes history as part of Australia’s first space operations unit

With a STEM background in computer science, mathematics and statistics, Rajpurohit said space was becoming increasingly critical to operations across all military domains.

“Let’s purge New Zealand of Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims”: Police assess Brian Tamaki remarks as Indian PM Modi’s historic visit nears

In a video posted on social media on Wednesday, Tamaki accused Modi of allowing violence against Christians in India and suggested similar actions should occur in New Zealand.
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