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Jury finds 'psychotic' man who killed teenage girlfriend guilty of murder

A Supreme Court jury rejects a New South Wales man's defence that he was mentally impaired when he strangled his girlfriend because he believed she had turned into a "demon".

ABC News

Chris Dawson's relative saw Lynette Dawson six months after she vanished, murder trial told

Chris Dawson's murder trial hears his first wife Lynette was seen outside a Sydney hospital up to six months after she disappeared from their northern beaches home in January 1982.

ABC News

‘Incel’ who killed 11 in Toronto van murders sentenced to life in prison

Witnesses at Monday hearing describe devastation from 2018 attack in which Alek Minassian ploughed rented van into busy sidewalk

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A B&M Bargains and the place where Tommy Shelby got married - surprising places bought and sold by the Queen in Greater Manchester

Buckingham Palace is the Royal Family's traditional home, but there are many more properties owned by The Queen - and some of them are here in Greater Manchester

Manchester Evening News

Vietnam vets fear Govt crackdown on Agent Orange payouts

Government looks to block the inclusion of conditions like type-2 diabetes and prostate cancer caused by toxic jungle defoliant, as payments threaten to blow out to $44 million or more.

Newsroom.co.nz

Does the Queen own the Crown Estate? And why does that matter for independence?

The ownership of the Crown Estate is a legal minefield...

The National (Scotland)

Youpla funeral fund collapse: liquidator investigates whether founder committed crime

Indigenous funeral fund creditors told of preliminary investigations into whether payments to founder’s company were illegal

The Guardian - AU

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Tim Ferguson: Peter Dutton finds nuclear under the table as monarchists fear for democracy

Solar energy from a gigantic space-based generator has spilt onto everything above ground. Opposition Leader Peter Duttons says the solution is nuclear.

The New Daily

Alan Hall case: New Zealand begins unprecedented inquiry into ‘significant miscarriage of justice’

Solicitor general determined to find out why man who spent 19 years in jail for murder he did not commit was ‘so severely let down by the justice system’

The Guardian - UK

Retrial for jailed Qld financial adviser

A former Queensland financial adviser accused of swindling $6 million from clients to invest in a South Australian abalone farm has had his conviction quashed.

AAP

WA regulators back Blackstone's Crown bid

Western Australia's gaming regulators have signed off on the $8.9 billion takeover of Crown Resorts by US private equity giant Blackstone.

AAP

Blackstone closes in on Crown Resorts as WA government approves takeover of Perth casino

Blackstone is likely to become the new owner of Perth's casino as the WA government approves the US firm's acquisition of Crown Resorts, but Federal Court approval is still required before the takeover can proceed.

ABC News

Crown Perth clean-up remains unclear after royal commission report as Blackstone takeover looms

As corporate equity giant Blackstone moves a step closer to its takeover of Crown Resorts, the WA government is keeping its cards close to its chest about how it plans to address money laundering, criminal infiltration and problem gambling at the Perth casino.

ABC News

‘Peter was a goldfish in a shark tank’

The girl described as the “most credible” witness in the infamous Christchurch Civic Creche case speaks out for the first time.

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Benzinga

Blackstone Closes In Crown Bid After Australia Approvals: Reuters

Blackstone Inc (NYSE:BX), the investment management company, is likely to take the reigns of Australia’s Crown resorts after the country’s regulators approve the bid, Reuters reported. Crown resorts have been mired in allegations of money laundering, making its investors nervous and eager for an overhaul or ownership transition. The COVID-19 pandemic and…

ABC News

NSW gaming regulator finds Blackstone 'suitable' to hold licence for Sydney casino

Corporate equity giant Blackstone is a step closer to its takeover of Crown Resorts after gaming regulators in NSW and Victoria rule it is "suitable" to hold a casino licence.

AAP

Watchdogs approve $8.9b takeover of Crown

Victoria and NSW casino watchdogs have approved Blackstone's $8.9 billion takeover of Crown, but Western Australia still needs to sign off on deal.

Leeds Live

Asda issues warning over law change for sale of fruit and veg

Lord Rose of Monewden said putting the plans into place would also be 'costly'

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Newsroom.co.nz

Inside the closed kingdom of NZ First

The trial of two men on charges of deception in handling funds raised for the New Zealand First party hears of internal confusion over who was taking donations and who authorised payments

AAP

NZ man freed after 19 years in jail

New Zealand Supreme Court Chief Justice Helen Winklemann has quashed the murder conviction of Alan Hall, freeing the Kiwi after 19 years in prison.

Daily Record

Delighted Joan (89) awarded BEM for lifelong services to education and music in Perthshire

With decades of playing and teaching behind her, the Bankfoot resident was described by the Crown as “one of the finest Scottish fiddle pianists in recent memory”

Daily Record

Perthshire medical pioneer Barry awarded with MBE in Queen's Honours List

The 62-year-old of Wester Ballindean has been recognised by the Crown for establishing systems and procedures which have “helped to save thousands” of lives

Newsroom.co.nz

Time to unteach 'race'

From beginning to end, Te Tiriti o Waitangi is a non-racial agreement, writes Dame Anne Salmond, but it has been recast as a partnership between races, and that has provoked racist reactions

ABC News

Sydney news: Strike Force Hawk officers arrest 15 men in Firearm Prohibition Order raids

MORNING BRIEFING: NSW police put new Firearm Prohibition Orders to use in week-long raid operation targeting alleged organised crime figures.

ABC News

Eddie Mabo and Gerard Brennan overturned the terra nullius policy and changed Australia forever

As a young reporter, I saw a listing for a case at the High Court of Australia. Few Australians then knew the name Eddie Mabo but I sensed this case may change Australia, says Stan Grant in this extract from his 2022 Mabo Lecture.

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