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A criminal lawyer who is among 10 servicing a town of more than 20,000 people says she has had to juggle up to 70 clients on her own and drive hundreds of kilometres just to see them.

With the flood-impacted remote Northern Territory community of Pigeon Hole still inaccessible by road after flooding in late February, its entire population will now move into temporary tent accommodation.

Craig Rumsby's lawyer says his client's confession to the cold-case murder of a Gulgong teenager 24 years ago was obtained deceptively by police.

Ngambri community members took the ACT government to court last year over its Indigenous protocol, which listed only the Ngunnawal people as traditional custodians of the land. The government today issued an apology for any "hurt or distress" caused, saying it would review the protocol.

Ambulances with non-urgent cases were diverted to Chinchilla hospital, about 50 minutes away

The cousins went on a crime spree in 2022 that resulted in the death of one of their older brothers, a Queensland court has heard.

A coroner has ruled out an inquest but will not reveal the findings of an investigation into the death of a woman alleged to have been raped by Christian Porter.

Descendants of Yorta Yorta man and Indigenous activist William Cooper have made a pilgrimage to his country and gravesite, echoing calls for recognition of First Nations' contribution to Australia's war efforts.

Freedom Anderson will be deported after serving her sentence, with the jury taking less than an hour to make a decision.