Family demands action after teen’s death in custody
The family of an Indigenous teenager who died in hospital after trying to take his own life in prison say mental health care in WA prisons is culturally unsafe.
The family of an Indigenous teenager who died in hospital after trying to take his own life in prison say mental health care in WA prisons is culturally unsafe.
Victoria's top cop has offered an apology as an inquiry probes a lack of police accountability for Indigenous deaths in custody and racism complaints.
Jarryd Hayne is a "very different man now" compared to when he sexually assaulted a woman, who is living a "never-ending nightmare'', as he awaits a jail term.
Ex-Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has made an unexpected appearance at an inquiry examining how the justice system handled rape allegations against him.
Former Queensland police commissioner Terry Lewis fell the furthest and hardest when the lid was finally lifted on entrenched state corruption.
West Australian homicide detectives have extradited a man from Queensland over the alleged attack in Perth in 1992.
Rocks and bricks have been thrown at police after they interrupted a hoon gathering on the Gold Coast.
Bail conditions have been softened to help the parents of Tyrell Edwards accused of driving a ute at high speed into two trees, killing five school students.
A 54-year-old public servant at NSW's customer service agency remains in intensive care after being stabbed repeatedly while at work in the centre of Sydney.
Stanley Early told police he drove from Sydney to Bundaberg to visit his brother the same day in 1987 Raymond Keam was found dead in a park opposite his home.
The wording of a serious child sex abuse crime will be amended in South Australia following a campaign led by former Australian of the Year Grace Tame.
Two respected police officers were stabbed and a man shot dead in an incident in country South Australia that has rocked the state.
A Supreme Court justice will refer a juror in a Victorian murder trial to the Director of Public Prosecutions for disobeying his directions.
A WA court has dismissed Francis John Wark's appeal against his conviction and record sentence for abducting and killing missing teenager Hayley Dodd.
Victoria's justice department boss says the government knew 2018 bail reforms would mean more Aboriginal people were locked up, risking more deaths in custody.
Olympic boxing champion Harry Garside has been charged with assault after an investigation into reports of an alleged domestic violence incident.
Anti-duck shooting activists have dumped dozens of dead native birds outside Victoria's government offices as an inquiry considers whether to ban the practice.
A Perth teen who lay in wait behind a wall before throwing a concrete block that fatally injured a pregnant mother will serve five years in detention.
Margaret Hawke, 36, has formally pleaded guilty to murdering her three children before burning their bodies in a house fire in the WA town of Port Hedland.
Bruce Anthony Coss has been cleared of a 2010 murder in NSW after the discovery of skull fragments linked to Darren Willis, the man he was accused of killing.
A coroner has made a confidential finding and won't hold an inquest into the death of a woman who alleged being raped by former minister Christian Porter.
Convicted child killer Kathleen Folbigg has been compared with the wrongly jailed Lindy Chamberlain at an inquiry into her case.
Nicolaas Ockert Bester, who abused former Australian of the Year Grace Tame, has had a court case into allegations that he harassed her online delayed.
Former NSW chief justice Tom Bathurst KC will decide whether there is "reasonable doubt" that Kathleen Folbigg killed her four children.
Married couple Cedric and Noelene Jordan are on trial in Tasmania over the alleged shooting murder of their daughter's former partner in 2009.
Raising the age of criminal responsibility to 14 in Victoria will be staggered under a government plan criticised by advocates and opponents.
Diary entries used to convict Kathleen Folbigg need to be read in context and should not be considered admissions she harmed her children, a hearing has heard.
A Sydney man stopped allegedly attempting to fly to Vietnam will stay behind bars for now after being charged with murdering a man in front of his son.
Patrice Turner has taken to the stand in a class action against Bayer International over an implant contraceptive device she says caused her great pain.
A man has been charged with murder after a woman found with serious injuries at a home in the Perth suburb of Kewdale later died in hospital.
Australia's Anthony Albanese and New Zealand's Chris Hipkins will meet in Brisbane this weekend after momentous changes to citizenship rules.