‘Serious human rights issues’ in Australia
Human Rights Watch has outlined human rights issues in Australia spanning refugee policy, the treatment of Indigenous people and climate change action.
Crime Law and Justice
NSW teen charged with stabbing murder
The teenager has been charged with murder after a 13-year-old boy was stabbed to death on the Central Coast.
Pair charged with NYE drugging sex assault
Two people have been charged over the alleged sexual assault of a woman who says she was drugged and detained for hours in northwest NSW on New Year's Eve.
Djokovic to avoid deportation until Monday
World No.1 tennis star Novak Djokovic will be able to stay in Australia until Monday, while he fights his visa cancellation and pending deportation in court.
Bail stays for alleged parliament arsonist
A 30-year-old man charged with arson over a fire at Canberra's Old Parliament House has had his bail upheld despite breaching conditions.
Eighty-five arrests at Sydney festival
Police have arrested and charged 85 people with drug-related offences at a New Year's Day music festival in Sydney.
Control order confirmed on SA terror woman
The Federal Court has confirmed a control order over a South Australian woman who was jailed on a terrorism-related offence.
Gangland execution likely mistaken identity: Police
Police believe a man who was gunned down after attending a boxing match in Sydney's south was murdered by mistake.
Man injured in Melbourne CBD stabbing
Two men are on the run after attacking a man in a street in central Melbourne, leaving him with serious stab wounds.
Third man charged with NSW murder
A third man has been charged over the murder of a Newcastle woman shot dead when she answered her front door earlier this year.
Triple Sydney murderers’ crimes revealed
A business student's admissions to secretly assassinating three gang rivals in Sydney can be revealed after a court lifted suppressions over a killer quartet.
War medals stolen in 1982 returned
War medals stolen from a Sydney house nearly four decades ago have been returned to relatives after police found them during the search of a Perth home.
Vic man who raped two women in 1988 jailed
A Victorian man who raped a girl, 16, and a woman, 20, in 1988 at Bendigo has been jailed for at least seven years and six months.
Teen driver jailed for killing friend
A teenage boy has been jailed for nearly a decade after killing a friend and seriously injuring another in a crash while he was drunk, on drugs and speeding.
Ex-cop used rank to get info for church
A senior Victoria Police officer used his rank to elicit information from fellow officers about historic sexual offences at two churches, IBAC has found.
Overall crime drop, family violence rises
Crime has dropped in Victoria over the past year, but stalking, harassment and family violence offences are rising.
Crime fell during NSW COVID lockdown
The number of many crimes fell sharply during the second COVID-19 lockdown in NSW this year, with the murder rate dropping to the lowest number on record.
Young man dies in illegal Vic joyride fall
A young man has been killed in regional Victoria after falling out of the tray of a moving ute, which had another two passengers outside the cabin.
‘Frenzied unprovoked’ fatal stabber jailed
Warren Anthony Scott has been jailed for at least six years for manslaughter after he stabbed his mother's friend 31 times in her Eden home.
Sydney motorcyclist ‘rammed in road rage’
A Sydney motorcyclist has described a savage fight with a car driver in which he was rammed in an alleged road rage assault, he told a Sydney court.
Corruption bans for six Moroccan players
A Moroccan tennis player has been given a life ban, and five compatriots lengthy suspensions, after being found guilty of offences related to match-fixing.