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A Schoolie who died after falling from a high-rise balcony on the Gold Coast has been identified as Charlie Scott, as his worrying final social media post is revealed.The 18-year-old, from Montmorency, northeast of Melbourne, had been…

The Australian Federal Police has been rocked after a former member of the organisation was found dead this morning.Julie Woodward’s body was discovered in a Melbourne hotel when police went to conduct a welfare check after receiving…

Jake Andre is speaking on the one-year anniversary of receiving the worst phone call of his life. “I was at work and I got a call from mum’s phone and it was the police,” recalls the 29-year-old from Sydney.“They told me to come to my…

Keith* started drinking alcohol at an early age. At 13 or 14, he started smoking dope which he says went hand-in-hand with the surfing culture on Sydney’s northern beaches in the 1990s.As he got older, he began to experiment with…

A woman who has spent over $37,000 modifying her body reveals she went blind for three weeks after getting her eyeballs tattooed with blue ink.Amber Luke, 24, from NSW underwent an excruciating and dangerous 40-minute procedure to…

There are calls for Australians to receive a new public holiday in order to address an important and increasingly urgent challenge.Being, a Mental Health Consumer Advisory group in NSW, believes a gazetted day off for workers would…

The young fiancee of a Victorian magistrate 45 years her senior, whose relationships sparked headlines and calls for an inquiry by the integrity watchdog, has died suddenly.Ashleigh Petrie, 23, a court clerk, shared news of her…

THE art of juggling is symbolic of dealing with life’s many challenges, like the devastating floods that tore through Cajam Circus’ Idalia headquarters.The performers will take the stage on Friday for the first time since their gym was…

A Perth baker accused of murdering his six-month-old daughter by shaking her and throwing her onto the floor “just snapped” because he was sleep-deprived and the teething child was restless and agitated, a trial has heard. Isabella Sully…