A friend of Snowtown serial killer James Vlassakis has given a rare insight into his plans for his new life, after taking his first steps back out into the community. #national

South Australia’s Police Commissioner has defended a decision not to alert the public to a freighting attempted abduction in the Northern Suburbs. #national

A woman and a 10-year-old girl have been found dead inside a sunken car on Queensland’s Fraser Coast. #national

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Paramedics say five people are lucky to be alive after a car crashed into a massage shop in Canberra. #national

It is not in the interest of politicians or their parties to appeal to our better natures because stirring up division is essentially the reason for their existence. #national #nsw

Police, homicide detectives and forensics officers have been at the property on Nye Way in Orelia, south of Perth, since 2.20pm on Thursday. #national #wa

Five years on from the end of the lockdown in western Sydney, has anything changed? #national #nsw

Timothy Blamires, a Victorian teacher arrested in April, has been hit with 11 new charges after the number of alleged victims and incidents grew. #national #victoria

An estimated 4000 tonnes of construction rubble was brazenly dumped on Suji An's property by her former tenants. #national

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Queensland Premier David Crisafulli was a vocal critique of the plan, describing the now ditched proposal as an “unmitigated disaster”. #national #queensland

The Australian consulate in Vietnam is seeking access to a Melbourne anti-trafficking activist on charges his family claims are fabricated. #national

A Gold Coast man has been attacked with an angle grinder after tackling a thief trying to steal his e-bike. #national

Celebrity fitness guru Sam Wood has been transferred to the Brisbane Correctional Centre after his bail application was rejected in a Sunshine Coast Magistrates Court. #national

Strict rules have been put in place for the P-plater accused of driving into a group of Newcastle Knights fans as he was granted bail. #national

A ban on credit card use for tax bills has been delayed by the ATO after a small business revolt. #national

Accused killer Greg Lynn is launching another bid for bail as he awaits his retrial. #national

Wood’s wife Snezana told police she feared he would kill her during an argument about packing in their luxury holiday unit in Noosa. #national #queensland

The national Indigenous children’s commissioner-led review comes after a dozen children were reportedly found living unsupervised in squalor in Western Australia’s iron-ore-rich Pilbara region. #national #wa