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Outspoken radio host and former teacher Alan Jones has pleaded not guilty to dozens of sexual abuse charges after several charges against him were withdrawn.

The 84-year-old had been accused of historical sex offences against 11 people — the youngest of whom was 17 at the time — over two decades when he dominated Sydney’s airwaves.

He was facing a total of 35 charges of sexual abuse before prosecutors added charges against him earlier this week.

But the landscape of the case changed again on Thursday when prosecutors withdrew more than a dozen charges and amended remaining counts in the Downing Centre Local Court.

Jones now faces 25 charges of indecent assault and two of sexual touching against nine alleged victims.

Prosecutors did not explain in court why the charges related to two victims are no longer being pursued.

- Adelaide Lang

A man was caught by police carrying a tomahawk while out and about in a popular nighlife area of Brisbane.

Police stopped and searched a man about 9.40am on Tuesday at the intersection of Brunswick St and Wickham St in Fortitude Valley.

The 27-year-old man allegedly declared he was carrying a tomahawk which police seized as well as various drugs and drug paraphernalia.

The man was charged with possession of a knife in a public place as well as multiple drug offences.

He is expected to appear before Brisbane Magistrates Court in October.

A home has been completely destroyed in a suspicious blaze in Melbourne’s west.

It’s believed the fire started at an unoccupied house on Floribunda Rd in Tarneit just after 4am on Thursday.

Thirty firefighters were required to bring the fire under control, which took about 50 minutes.

The building suffered severe damage with its roof completely collapsing.

Some written graffiti was left behind on one of the burnt walls however the meaning of the message is unclear.

Fire crews managed to stop the blaze from causing any severe damage to neighbouring homes.

Police are treating the fire as suspicious.

Anyone who witnessed the incident, has CCTV/dashcam footage or any information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night talk show is being pulled off air “indefinitely” after controversial comments by the comedian about the slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be pre-empted indefinitely,” an ABC spokesman told NBC News.

The statement came shortly after Nexstar Media Group said its company-owned and “partner television stations affiliated with the ABC Television Network will preempt ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ for the foreseeable future beginning with tonight’s show”.

“Nexstar strongly objects to recent comments made by Mr. Kimmel concerning the killing of Charlie Kirk and will replace the show with other programming in its ABC-affiliated markets,” Nextstar said.

The controversy stems from comments Kimmel made on his show on Monday night.

“We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said.

Andrew Alford, the president of Nexstar’s broadcasting division, said: “Mr. Kimmel’s comments about the death of Mr Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse, and we do not believe they reflect the spectrum of opinions, views, or values of the local communities in which we are located.”

“Continuing to give Mr. Kimmel a broadcast platform in the communities we serve is simply not in the public interest at the current time, and we have made the difficult decision to preempt his show in an effort to let cooler heads prevail as we move toward the resumption of respectful, constructive dialogue.”

Read the full story here.

- By Dan Mangan and Digital Staff

A cyclist has died after crashing into a bollard in Melbourne’s west earlier this week.

The 74-year-old man crashed on Campaspe Way in Point Cook about 10.35am on September 14.

“Officers are working to establish the exact circumstances of the crash,” Victoria Police said.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any CCTV or dashcam footage is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.

Two men have been charged with murder following the fatal shooting of another man in Melbourne’s CBD earlier this month.

​A 26-year-old man was shot​ in the vicinity of Franklin St and Elizabeth St about 3.40am on September 7.

He was taken to hospital with upper body injuries but died not long after.

On Wednesday police arrested four men in South Melbourne about 3.20pm.

They were all interviewed by police, with a 23-year-old and a 22-year-old subsequently charged with murder.

The other two men, a 23-year-old and a 22-year-old, were released without charge pending further enquiries.

Police will allege the shooting was targeted and that the people involved were known to each other.

The two men charged with murder will face Melbourne Magistrates Court on Thursday.

A woman has died in a single-vehicle crash in the Riverland region of South Australia.

The 70-year-old was behind the wheel of a Hyundai station wagon when it veered off West Rd in Waikerie and crashed into a tree about 9.35pm on Wednesday.

The woman died at the scene.

“Major Crash officers attended the scene and the road was closed for several hours but has since reopened,” SA Police said.

Two teenagers have been charged, including one with murder, over the fatal stabbing of a man walking along a road in northern NSW.

The 35-year-old victim was ​found with stab wounds on the Gwydir Hwy near Hay St in Waterview ​about 1am on Wednesday.

He was treated by paramedics but died.

Police say the attack was targeted with detectives finding a knife, a metal pole and the handle of an axe at the scene.

Following investigations detectives executed a search warrant at a home on Bent St in South Grafton about 2.40pm on Wednesday.

A 17-year-old boy was arrested at the home and charged with murder DV.

Later that day about 7pm detectives attended a home on Maxwell Ave where they arrested a second 17-year-old boy.

He was charged with affray.

Both teens were refused bail to appear before a children’s court on Thursday.

A man has died as his car veered off the road in Victoria’s Gippsland region.

The crash happened on the intersection of Flynns Creek Rd and Ingles Rd in Flynn, about 8.10pm on Wednesday.

Emergency services crews tried to help the male driver but he could not be saved.

“The exact circumstances of the crash are being investigated,” Victoria Police said.

Anyone who witnessed the incident or has any footage has been urged to contact Crime Stoppers.