First date turns to stabbing tragedy and other top stories.

• First date turns to stabbing tragedy

  

  Man arrested after knife attack at Hornsby Westfield0:40Video of a man being arrested following a fatal knife attack at a Korean restaurant at Hornsby Westfield in Sydney's north. (AAP Video/Mick Short) THE man who allegedly attacked his former partner while she was on a first date with a man she met online has been charged with murder after allegedly stabbing her date.The pair, who met on an online dating site, was inside the Kang Nam BBQ restaurant in Westfield Hornsby about 9.30pm last night..

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• Man saves mate after NSW shark attack

  

  A surfer who lost a chunk of his leg in a shark attack on the NSW south coast was saved by a mate.Man saves mate after NSW shark attackWhen Joel Trist heard a terrible scream and saw his mate getting thrashed around in the water, his instincts kicked in and he began paddling hard towards him off NSW's south coast.His rapid and brave actions have led to him being hailed a hero for saving Brett Connellan, who was mauled by a shark while surfing about 100m from the shore of Kiama's popular Bombo Be..

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• Schools snoop on all pupils' online activity

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Schools snoop on all pupils' online activity School supplied computers, laptops and tablets are being watched closely for any sign of radicalisation or bullying according to Australian principals federation. PT1M21S 620 349 Private, Catholic and public schools are reducing their reliance on laptops and tablets following a damning international assessment and concerns over the impact of social media on learning."The reality is that technology is d..

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• Trump's call for women to be punished for seeking abortion offends both sides

  

  ELEANOR HALL: Now to the United States, where Republican frontrunner Donald Trump has angered even elements of the Right to Life movement with his comment that women should be punished for having illegal abortions.One of his Republican competitors in the presidential race, who is also pro-life, called Mr Trump's statement today "inappropriate".Democrats are labelling his views "horrific" and "shameful".North America correspondent Michael Vincent reports.MICHAEL VINCENT: Conservatives who don'..

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• Hip implant class action settled for $250m

  

  Hip implant class action settled for $250mHip replacement patient Wayne Otene is one of more than 1700 Australians set to benefit from a record $250 million class action settlement over an alleged defective metal implant.A conditional agreement was reached in a Sydney court after a five-year legal battle with UK-based manufacturer DePuy International Ltd and pharmaceutical distributor Johnson & Johnson, representatives from Shine Lawyers and Maurice Blackburn announced on Thursday.Mr Otene, 64, ..

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• Sleepy Victorian gunman charged

  

  Sleepy Victorian gunman chargedA man allegedly armed with a handgun who fell asleep in a Melbourne car park has been charged.Heavily armed Special Operations Group officers shut down streets in Mooroolbark on Thursday after a passer-by saw an armed man slumped at the wheel of his car at 7.40am.Police moved in to arrest him just before 10am.The 30-year-old Croydon man was charged with possessing an unregistered handgun and possessing a controlled weapon.He was bailed to appear at the Ringwood Mag..

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• Australian government upgrades Turkey travel warning in response to terror attacks

  

  Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has announced changes to travel warnings for Turkey. Picture: AAP/Eka Nickmatulhuda.KARA VICKERYNews Corp Australia NetworkAUSTRALIANS are being warned to reconsider travelling to two Turkish cities in the lead up to Anzac Day.Foreign Minister Julie Bishop announced today the travel advice for Ankara and Istanbul had been upgraded in light of a string of terror attacks.Ms Bishop said the level of concern for these two cities was now set at “reconsider your need to t..

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• Malcolm Turnbull's schools proposal slammed in government's own green paper

  

  Video will begin in 5 seconds. Malcolm Turnbull's schools proposal The PM says state education departments should be able to run their own schools, rather than the Commonwealth. Courtesy ABC News 24. PT1M16S 620 349 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's proposal for a radical school funding shakeup could create a more unfair system and "perverse" incentives for cost shifting, according to the federal government's own blueprint for federation reform. It would also undermine years o..

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• Scott murderer to face Supreme Court

  

  Scott murder accused to face court

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• Attacks on paramedics: How it feels to be assaulted on the job

  

  Paramedic Julz Raven was still waiting for doctors to confirm she didn't have HIV when the woman who bit her walked free from jail, less than six months after the assault.What started as a normal shift based out of Brisbane's Roma Street station left Ms Raven facing the prospect her life was possibly about to change forever. Paramedic Julz Raven was assaulted twice, including being bitten. Photo: Jorge Branco "The psychological stuff that goes with that is just horrendous," the 41-year-o..

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