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‘Kilo Club’ Jackpot: Lone Prospector Nearly Walks Past $150,000 ‘Tibooburra Spud’ Buried In Outback NSW Dirt as Gold Fever Grips a Nation An anonymous amateur fossicker pulled a nugget weighing more than 1.2 kilograms from red outback earth near Tibooburra, and admits he almost missed it. Testing shows roughly 940 grams of pure gold inside the quartz-flecked lump, valued at $150,000 to $160,000 on spot price, and possibly $200,000 if sold to a collector. A veteran Broken Hill supplier says he has seen only one other kilo-plus find in more than two decades of trade. Soaring bullion prices are driving…

‘Surely All of Us Have a Role to Play’: Canberra Confronts a Wave of Political Hostility as AFP Logs More Than 1,000 Threats Against MPs After Helen Haines Is Left a Double Amputee The nation’s top police officer has drawn a direct line between inflammatory political rhetoric and a surge in threats, abuse and harassment aimed at federal MPs More than 1,000 reports of threatening, harassing or offensive behaviour targeting parliamentarians and high office holders were logged in 2025-26 Independent MP Helen Haines lost both legs after being struck by a car outside her Wangaratta electorate office in what is…

‘Another Little Epic Fury’: Trump’s Chilling Iran Threat Puts the ‘Marrickville Brawler’ to the Test as Labor MPs Grow Restless and Australians Face Fuel Shortages at Home Donald Trump has told a Florida rally the US “may do another little Epic Fury”, raising fears of a new escalation in a war with Iran that is now nearing its eighth month In 2003, Anthony Albanese joined 40 other Labor MPs and senators in signing a letter to George W Bush against the Iraq invasion. As Prime Minister, he backed this year’s strikes on Iran The closure of the Strait of Hormuz…

‘Incredibly Difficult’ Rescue Ends in Tragedy as Coffs Harbour Service Station Worker Dies After Being Crushed Beneath Ute While Checking Fuel Tanks, Driver on Bail Faces Court This Week A 36-year-old service station attendant has died in a Newcastle hospital, a week after he was struck and dragged under a ute while crouched on the forecourt doing routine work. Bystanders gave first aid as emergency crews worked for 30 minutes to free him from beneath the vehicle, which left him with critical crush injuries. Jessica Mae Breen, 44, has been charged with negligent driving occasioning grievous bodily harm and a…

Desert Race Tragedy: Young Driver, 20, Killed and Woman and Two Schoolgirls Fighting Injuries After Toyota Prado Rolls on Outback Track Hours After Kalgoorlie Event A 20-year-old man died at the scene after the white Toyota Prado he was driving lost control and rolled on a dirt track in WA’s Goldfields His three passengers, a woman aged 60 and two girls aged just 14 and 12, were rushed to Kalgoorlie Hospital with serious injuries The crash happened on an unsealed section of the Kalgoorlie Desert Race course after Sunday’s event had finished Major Crash detectives have launched an urgent appeal…