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Maree Mavis Crabtree has been sentenced for fraud after spending six years on remand while facing allegations that she murdered her son and attempted to kill him with a drug-laced smoothie. The 59-year-old pleaded guilty in Brisbane District Court to two counts of obtaining a financial advantage by deception, after continuing to claim carer payments for her daughter Tara despite the pair no longer living together. She also admitted defrauding disability care organisation Lifestyle Solutions of almost $140,000 over four years by failing to declare that she had moved interstate. Crabtree was sentenced to one month in jail for the…

The Parti Québécois has won the Quebec election and will form the next provincial government, bringing the prospect of a third referendum on independence from Canada back to the centre of national politics. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the party’s leader, is expected to become premier after the secessionist party secured the most seats in the predominantly French-speaking province. During the campaign, Mr Plamondon promised to hold a referendum on independence during the party’s first term. He said the vote would not take place until after US President Donald Trump leaves office in January 2029. It was not immediately clear whether the…

Anthropic has told Australia it is open to laws requiring companies to report hacks involving AI agents. The position would support mandatory reporting of attacks on AI agents, although no further details of the proposed legal requirements were provided.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were seen heading out for dinner in New York City as the Kansas City Chiefs star celebrated his 37th birthday. The couple visited Torrisi restaurant in SoHo on Monday evening, with Kelce wearing a cardigan and black trousers. Swift opted for a black dress beneath a black leather jacket. The Italian restaurant on Mulberry Street was co-founded by Mario Carbone and received a Michelin star in 2023. Kelce had been in Las Vegas the previous day for the Chiefs’ game against the Las Vegas Raiders, which Kansas City won 30-27. His game-day outfit was reported…

A 20-year-old man has been charged with three counts of second-degree child abuse after allegedly causing multiple fractures to his four-week-old baby in Hazel Park, Michigan. Cody Patterson was arrested after police were called to a home on 1 October following reports that the infant had a broken arm. Officers found the child with bruising above one eye and apparent pain in the right shoulder. The baby was taken to hospital, where medical staff reportedly found fractures to the arms, legs and ribs. Hazel Park police said the injuries were at different stages of healing. Investigators allege Patterson told officers…

Police are investigating after a body was discovered partially submerged in a stock dip on a remote farm at Terragon, south of Murwillumbah in New South Wales. The discovery was made at a property on Kyogle Road at about 11.20am on Monday. Terragon is around 20km south of Murwillumbah and approximately an hour south-west of the Gold Coast. Officers from the Tweed/Byron Police District remained at the stockyard on Tuesday as investigations continued and arrangements were made for the body to be removed. Police said the sex of the deceased had not been established because the scene had been preserved…

A Sky News feature on poverty and the plight of the most disadvantaged could not be accessed, with an “Access Denied” screen replacing the content. Attached to the blocked page was an image linked to homelessness and poverty, suggesting the type of photo that would accompany the planned report. The error message was accompanied by a reference number: 18.631e1202.1791257185.61e0ea18. The blockage prevents readers from seeing the full analysis described in the intended piece, leaving the central news angle unclear in the material provided. No further details are available in the material, and the incident highlights the absence of accessible content…

Eve Markoski-Wood has reconnected with her estranged biological father following the arrest of her stepfather, Australian television personality Sam Wood, over an alleged domestic violence incident in Queensland. Wood, 46, has been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm in a domestic violence context and strangulation in a domestic setting after police were called to the La Mer luxury holiday villas in Noosa on Saturday night. A woman was taken away by ambulance, while Wood was questioned by police at about 9pm before being taken to the Maroochydore watchhouse. Eve, 21, was staying at the property with her mother, Snezana Markoski,…

Two people, including a 10th-grade Winter Haven High School student, have died after a school bus carrying 39 people was involved in a multi-vehicle crash in Florida. The collision happened at about 6.13am on Monday, October 5, on Lucerne Park Road, also known as State Road 544, near the Brookhaven Village community in Winter Haven. The road was closed in both directions while emergency crews and investigators worked at the scene. ([wp.polksheriff.org](https://wp.polksheriff.org/home?utm_source=openai)) Fatal school bus crash on Lucerne Park Road Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd said a white Chevrolet Malibu travelling west crossed the centre line and struck the rear…

Six people have been arrested after a stolen vehicle linked to an alleged aggravated burglary was intercepted on Melbourne’s Monash Freeway. Police stopped the Nissan four-wheel-drive in Chadstone shortly after midday on Tuesday, following a pursuit through eastern and south-eastern suburbs. Specialist officers surrounded the vehicle and detained its six occupants. Images from the scene showed several people lying face down on the road as armed officers, detectives and uniformed police stood nearby. The incident began shortly after 5.30am, when police were called to a property in Clonaig Street, Brighton East. An occupant had woken after hearing noises inside the…