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The black box from the Australian army helicopter that crashed off the coast of Queensland during military exercises last month has been found.

A navy dive squad was able to recover the flight recorder on Monday, the Department of Defence said.

Defence also said it has been given the recovered wreckage of the chopper by the Queensland Coroner to aid the investigation into the crash.

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"The recovery remains a complicated and difficult operation," the department said in a statement on Tuesday afternoon.

"On Monday, 7 August, a Royal Australian Navy dive team recovered the voice and flight data recorder (VFDR), also known as the 'black box', from the wreckage.

"Defence appreciates the support of the public in understanding the need to withhold some details of the ongoing recovery out of respect for the families and the impacted Defence community."

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The crash during the Talisman Sabre military exercises on July 28 killed the four aircrew onboard: Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs.

Last week, the recovery mission found human remains among the wreckage of the cockpit.

The Defence Department said while the search of the crash area continues, it remains focused on supporting the victims' families.

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"Army is continuing to support the families of the aircrew – Captain Danniel Lyon, Lieutenant Maxwell Nugent, Warrant Officer Class Two Joseph Laycock and Corporal Alexander Naggs," the department said.

"Defence's priority remains the recovery of our soldiers and returning them to their families.

"Defence remains in close contact with the families and is updating them on the operation as new details become available."

If you are a current or former ADF member, or a relative, and need counselling or support, you can contact the Defence All-Hours Support Line on 1800 628 036 or Open Arms on 1800 011 046.

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Police have described extremely harrowing scenes inside a Perth home where a "severely injured" woman died in a suspected case of domestic violence.

Emergency services were called to a house in the north-eastern suburb of Bedford about 5pm yesterday, where a woman was found inside with fatal injuries.

Police arrested a man in his 30s at the property, and he was known to have lived there "off and on" over a period of time, Inspector Geoff Desanges said.

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Desanges said the woman was killed in an act of "extreme violence" and that paramedics and police had been offered counselling because of what they confronted.

"On arrival they located a severely injured and unresponsive woman," he said, but paramedics couldn't save her and she died at the scene.

"(Her) injuries were horrific," Desanges said, adding that police "don't believe a weapon was used."

Desanges described the relationship between the man and dead woman as "complex".

The woman was a mother, but police have not formally identified her yet.

Police said a man had called triple zero from the house.

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Desanges confirmed officers had visited the house before last night but he would not confirm why.

The man is in police custody and the investigation is continuing.

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Record-breaking river flooding has destroyed at least two structures in Juneau, Alaska, and prompted local evacuations after a sudden outburst from a glacier-dammed lake inundated the region, officials say.

City officials declared a local emergency on Sunday as the flooding made the banks of the Mendenhall River unstable and blocked some roads with silt and debris.

"Although river levels continue to fall, at least two structures have been lost to the river and others are at risk and/or have been evacuated," the City and Borough of Juneau said in a news release on Sunday morning.

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The torrent was caused by glacial lake outburst flooding from the Suicide Basin – an ice- and water-filled basin adjacent to Juneau's Mendenhall Glacier – and flowed into the Mendenhall Lake and river, causing the lake to crest on Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service in Juneau.

The lake crested at a record 4.56 metres – far higher than the previous record of 3.65 metres set in 2016, the weather service said.

By Sunday night, the lake had lowered to around 2.1 metres and is expected to drop below 1.8 metres by Tuesday night, weather service data shows.

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Though the Suicide Basin has been releasing outbursts of glacial water into the adjacent lake and river since 2011, the weather service warned that the current flooding is affecting areas that have not previously seen this flooding.

Due to unstable river banks, city officials strongly advised residents against going near the river.

They also warned that some fuel tanks and hazardous material containers were impacted by the flooding.

Utilities had been restored in a majority of locations as of mid-day on Sunday, the city said in its release.

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Crews were still working to clear blocked roadways on Sunday afternoon, it said.

As the lake's levels continued to recede on Sunday, the weather service announced its flood warning had expired.

"Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat, but hazards persist in and near the Mendenhall River," the weather service said.

"Heed remaining road closures, stay out of the river and away from unstable banks, and give plenty of space for resources to provide assistance," it added.

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Police have removed 13 Australian children from harm and arrested 19 men during an investigation into a "technologically sophisticated" online child abuse network sparked by the murder of two FBI agents in the US.

FBI Special Agents Daniel Alfin and Laura Schwartzenberger were shot dead by suspect David Lee Huber as they executed a search warrant on a related case in Florida in 2021.

The Australian Federal Police-led Australian Centre to Counter Child Exploitation began its investigation in 2022 after the FBI shared intelligence about Australian members of a peer-to-peer network allegedly sharing child abuse material on the dark web.

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Two Australian offenders have been sentenced, with other men who were arrested remaining before the courts.

Most of the alleged Australian offenders, some of whom are also accused of having produced their own child abuse material, were employed in occupations that required a high degree of information and communications technology knowledge.

Members used software to anonymously share files, chat on message boards and access websites within the network.

Network members were able to search for and distribute images and videos of child abuse material and allegedly used encryption and other methods.

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The alleged Australian offenders were aged between 32 and 81 years old.

It will be alleged some of the children removed had been directly abused, and that others were removed as a child safety precaution.

"Today we celebrate the rescue of 13 children," FBI legal attache Nitiana Mann said at a press conference in Brisbane this morning.

AFP Commander Helen Schneider said some of those arrested had "potentially" been committing child abuse offences for up to 10 years.

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In the ACT, five children have been removed from harm and two alleged offenders are facing 54 charges.

A public servant living in the ACT was sentenced in June to 14 years and six months' jail after pleading guilty to 24 charges in the ACT Supreme Court.

In NSW, two children have been removed from harm and five men are facing 13 charges.

A call centre operator on the NSW Central Coast was sentenced in June to five years' imprisonment after pleading guilty to possessing an estimated five terabytes of child abuse material.

In Queensland, four children have been removed from harm, and five men are facing 45 charges.

In South Australia, two children have been removed from harm and five alleged offenders are facing 16 charges.

In Tasmania, one alleged offender is facing five charges.

In Western Australia, one man is facing five charges.

The related FBI investigation has led to 79 people being arrested for their alleged involvement in the network.

Police are not ruling out further arrests.

Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).

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