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Australian boy killed in choking 'game'

The death of a 13-year-old Brisbane boy in a choking "game" has sparked warnings for parents to educate their children about the dangers of the online craze.

Watch: Big snake eats smaller python

Footage of a deadly brown snake eating a carpet python in Australia has proved popular internet viewing.

Tomic meets Ferrer in first round at Brisbane

Raonic, who upset Roger Federer in the 2016 final, is top seed this week.

Mum runs over her infant son by accident

A Queensland woman who accidentally ran over her infant son at a funeral south of Brisbane is unlikely to be charged, police say.

Mum's anguish over heartbreaking pic

60 Minutes mum Sally Faulkner has posted an image of her daughter Lahela that she found on Facebook.

Gable Tostee: 'Standard procedure'

Gable Tostee has taken to Facebook to comment on the Queensland coroner reopening the investigation into Warriena Wright's death.

Australian way of life 'under threat'

Australia has been battling the invasive South American fire ants for 15 years, but have so far failed to stop the vicious and aggressive insects.

Kiwi mum pins hopes on in-utero surgery

A pregnant Auckland woman is set to become the first Kiwi to have in-utero surgery to reduce the severity of spina bifida in her child.

Boy 'hadn't seen a doctor in six years'

A senior nurse in Australia is facing a manslaughter charge amid allegations she failed to seek medical help for her nephew who died from pneumonia.

Brisbane stalker's chilling history

Brisbane man who stabbed a woman 11 times had a history of abusing women.

Tinder stalker had struck before

Before Australian Paul Lambert stabbed and tried to burn a woman he met on Tinder he had been deported from the US for stalking another woman.

'Everyone profits except Wright's family'

Rachel Smalley: A young woman loses her life in controversial circumstances, and the man who was with her at the time is paid what's believed to be at least $100k.

Boy's final heartbreaking words for Dad

Father rang to say good night to his 4-year-old son. Hours later the boy was dead.

Property empire: From $36k to $488m

The 34-year-old developer, who has become the youngest new entrant to BRW's Rich List, began with a humble gym when he was just 19.

Bus passengers 'would have died'

The taxi driver who bashed down the back door of a bus as it burst into flames has given a detailed account of what happened next.

Kiwi reporter held at Tostee trial

A "cluster of detectives grabbed my phone" after she was suspected of live tweeting details of the case from court in Brisbane.

Tostee not guilty: Instagram controversy

Gable Tostee's acquittal over the balcony fall death of Wellington woman Warriena Wright was almost scuttled by an Instagram post.

Tostee trial: jury go into fourth day

The man accused of murdering Kiwi woman Warriena Wright during a Tinder date on the Gold Coast has arrived in court to await the jury's verdict.