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Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton says Australians must guard against compassion towards refugees as it could undo the government's success in discouraging people smugglers.

Sydney millionaire Ron Medich has been jailed for at least 30 years for directing the execution-style murder of a business enemy and the intimidation of his widow.

Enthusiasm sets the current Kiwis apart from the team who plunged ignominiously out of last year's World Cup, experienced back Peta Hiku says.

New Zealand authorities say a catastrophic eruption at a popular North Island volcano is "almost certain" in our lifetimes.

A mother has been robbed and assaulted by a man while visiting her son's grave at a Sydney cemetery.

A woman viciously assaulted in the Adelaide parklands has told her attacker in court how demeaned, degraded and humiliated she felt, saying: "You smiled at me as you raped me."

Highlanders flanker Shannon Frizell is set to cap a momentous week for his family by being included in the All Blacks team for the third test against France.

A Dreamworld ride operator says the same sort of malfunction which led to the death of four guests on the Thunder River Rapids ride occurred while he was working on the attraction a week earlier.

Apple has been slapped with a $AU9 million fine by the Federal Court for making false or misleading claims to hundreds of customers who had faulty iPhones and iPads repaired by a third party.

An ageing Dreamworld ride with a history of malfunctions lacked basic safety features which would have prevented the deaths of four people at the Gold Coast theme park in 2016.

The New Zealand Defence Force has confirmed that allegations that its soldiers provoked a deadly firefight, mistreated corpses and tied up Afghan civilians in 2004 were being investigated.

Queensland police are stunned that two men dared to take turns at driving while trying to flee from a police helicopter that was tailing them.