Police deployed pepper spray and arrested several people after a protest against Israel's visiting president in one major city descended into chaos.
Injured victims of the Bondi terror attack have been comforted by Israeli President Isaac Herzog as he champions solidarity amid unrest over his visit.
Police will confiscate and crush high-powered, illegal e-bikes in a crackdown after a viral video of 40 hoons speeding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Standing outside police recruitment events, armed with 'you shouldn't be a cop' flyers, Tom Raue hopes to change Australians' minds.
MPs have vowed to join a planned peaceful march through Sydney to oppose Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit despite police opposing the event.
As drug kingpin Tony Mokbel awakes to his first morning as a free man, he faces a tough battle if he seeks a compensation claim against a state government.
Police declaring the disappearance of a four-year-old boy is being treated as a major crime, with a family member a suspect, has shocked his grandparents.
Drug kingpin Tony Mokbel is excited about jetting overseas after nearly two decades in jail or on bail, after prosecutors dropped retrial plans.
A man posted the identity of a child sex offender on multiple community Facebook groups soon after a public registry site was launched, a magistrate has heard.
A family member of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont is a suspect in the boy's disappearance, as police declare his likely death a major crime.
The sister of an escort who vanished more than 30 years ago has criticised an "indifferent" police force's failures to do a proper initial investigation.
'Social cohesion' has become a common catchcry after the Bondi terror attack, but the race discrimination commissioner warns the phrase can worsen divisions.
A crime-troubled territory is introducing Australia's strongest sentencing laws for domestic violence murders, with a mandatory non-parole period of 25 years.
Neighbours of Australia's biggest gold and copper mine allege dust from its tailings dam has poisoned their land, in a "disaster" for health and agriculture.
A former Australian prime minister has been named in newly released documents on Jeffrey Epstein, but he says those diary entries can't be taken on face value.
Slogans shouted at pro-Palestine protests are under scrutiny as a state moves to outlaw them after the Bondi massacre but critics say it curbs freedoms.
Police have made another breakthrough in a murder investigation, extraditing a 33-year-old man back to the state where he has now been charged.
Investigators are treating the deaths of a man and a woman and their teenage children as a murder-suicide after their bodies were found at their home.
Police have released CCTV footage of accused triple killer Julian Ingram at a police station hours before he allegedly shot and killed three people.
Former Liberal prime minister Scott Morrison has faced backlash after suggesting accreditation should be required for Muslim preachers after the Bondi attack.
Fresh details have emerged about an explosive device thrown into a crowd of protesters as the prime minister calls for the accused to face serious consequences.
Protesters of different stripes took to the streets as the nation marked Australia Day, but police were forced to step in on a number of occasions.
Police are searching farms and homes over a vast area as they respond to a potential sighting of alleged triple murderer Julian Ingram.
A man accused of posting threats and inciting violence against minority groups on Australia Day has been charged over an "abhorrent" message.
A NSW publican has had his liquor licence revoked for breaching Responsible Service of Alcohol obligations after a man suffered severe injuries from a fall.
A prominent former Labor strategist, who died after an alleged assault outside a nightclub, has been farewelled by political leaders, friends and loved ones.
A message of defiance grounded in Jewish tenets has marked an emotional commemoration for Bondi massacre victims as political and religious leaders unite.
The streets of a country town are eerily quiet after a shooting spree that killed three people, with police and army personnel hunting for the suspected gunman.
Police have flooded a small country town to hunt for a gunman after a man and two women were shot dead.
Three people have been shot dead and another seriously injured after a gunman opened fire in a regional town, with police urging residents to stay inside.
Two veteran AFL players have asked police to withdraw criminal charges against them, claiming they were not present during a fight at a coastal town.
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