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• Former teacher jailed for grooming teenage boy

  A woman who groomed and sexually abused a teenage boy while she was working as a high school teacher near Newcastle has been sentenced to at least two years in prison. 2026-05-01 07:46:39

• Mother haunted by letters after two-year-old son killed in murder-suicide

  A coronial inquest hears letters that arrived three days after an apparent murder-suicide in Lismore outlined a father's deadly plans. 2026-05-01 07:02:13

• Actor on Rebel Wilson film accused of breaching NDA, court hears

  Rebel Wilson's defamation trial hears from another producer on her directorial debut, who claims The Deb's lead actor was "fudging" her version of events about an alleged incident during production. 2026-05-01 06:57:54

• Live: Storm out to avoid historic loss, Cowboys stun Bulldogs in Sydney

  Jason Taumalolo joins legend Johnathan Thurston in playing a record 294th match for the Cowboys before the Melbourne Storm look to avoid a seventh consecutive defeat against the Dolphins. Follow live. 2026-05-01 06:57:19

• Beaches evacuated as sharks swarm towards 25-tonne whale carcass

  The sperm whale carcass was towed from Era Beach in the Royal National Park to Bellambi Boat Ramp in Wollongong this afternoon. 2026-05-01 06:50:17