Vic winding down COVID-19 response team
Victoria is winding down its COVID-specific bureaucracy, shifting to more localised pandemic management amid another tough winter for the health system.
Crime Law and Justice
Man admits kidnapping kids for $1m ransom
Ji Jiang, who kidnapped two Melbourne children last year and demanded a $1 million ransom, will stand trial over allegations he assaulted their mother.
False claims pork barrelling is legal:ICAC
The outgoing ICAC commissioner says "disinformation" about the legality of pork barrelling has been spread by politicians who have a poor grasp of the law.
Woman released over toddler hit-run death
An elderly woman who handed herself in to police after a three-year-old boy was fatally hit by a car in Melbourne has been released.
Brittany Higgins’ rape trial delayed
The trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has been delayed until later in June, having previously been set down to start on Monday.
NSW attorney-general urges drug law pivot
The approach to tackling drug use in NSW is "clearly not working", according to the state's attorney-general, who is pushing to reform the penalties.
‘Hey Dad!’ actor Robert Hughes gets parole
The New South Wales State Parole Authority has granted parole to disgraced Hey Dad! actor and convicted child sex offender Robert Hughes.
Last SAS witness leaves allegation open
A senior SAS soldier has told the Federal Court he was not present when two Afghan men were shot and won't speculate if Ben Roberts-Smith murdered one.
Senior SAS officer backs Ben Roberts-Smith
A senior SAS soldier is likely the final witness to be called by Ben Roberts-Smith and has backed his account that no men were found inside a secret tunnel.
NSW sexual consent laws come into effect
Reforms passed by the NSW parliament to clarify, modernise and simplify consent laws have now come into force.
COVID-19 delays Chris Dawson murder trial
The crown prosecutor in the murder trial of former teacher Chris Dawson has tested positive to COVID-19, delaying proceedings for seven days.
Lyn Dawson’s disappearance ‘not unusual’
Christopher Dawson's brother has said a wife vanishing from her home without contacting her husband and children afterward was not unusual.
Sadomasochist jailed after choking woman
Leigh James Pattinson has been jailed for at least 18 months after choking a woman during a BDSM sexual encounter until she passed out.
Sadomasochist ruined my life, says victim
The former lover of Leigh James Pattinson has told a Sydney court that her life was ruined after he choked her during a BDSM sexual encounter.
NT triple murderer was ‘on rescue mission’
Benjamin Hoffmann believed he was on a rescue mission to free his ex-girlfriend from a pimp holding her hostage when he killed four people, a psychiatrist says.
Cleaner who murdered elderly client jailed
A Sydney cleaner who murdered her 92-year-old client in a ferocious bashing and stabbing attack has been jailed for at least 15 years.
Fresh assault claim in federal parliament
A woman has allegedly been indecently assaulted by a man at parliament house in Canberra, with an investigation under way.
Jail cut for woman who faked brain cancer
A NSW woman whose partner got bail after the woman forged letters saying she had terminal brain cancer has won a cut in her jail term.
Witness says Dawson slammed wife into door
A former babysitter has said she saw Chris Dawson grab his wife and swing her into a doorframe before she disappeared in 1982.
Dawson accused of molesting schoolgirl
Chris Dawson molested the schoolgirl who he eventually married after the disappearance of his first wife, a court has been told.
Daughter found guilty of murdering mother
Isabela Carolina Camelo-Gomez has been found guilty of murdering her mother two decades ago in her Sydney home after inventing a story about a robbery.
Court told of Dawson’s poolside attack
Chris Dawson attacked his wife beside his Bayview, Sydney, home's pool and held her face in the mud, a court has been told.
Andrew O’Keefe granted bail to go to rehab
Former Seven Network television host Andrew O'Keefe has been granted bail from the NSW Supreme Court to attend rehab for up to one year.
Lyn Dawson seen bruised before vanishing
Chris Dawson's wife Lynette was spotted with a bruised throat days before her disappearance, his Sydney murder trial has been told.
Dawson babysitter’s book ‘not revenge’
Murder trial witness JC has rejected the suggestion her claims she had been Chris Dawson's sex slave were a good way to sell her unpublished life story.
Caddick’s luxury Sydney mansion to be sold
The husband of conwoman Melissa Caddick has been kicked out of the couple's Sydney mansion, which will be sold by liquidators to help compensate her victims.
Ex-student says she was Dawson’s sex slave
A former student of Chris Dawson has rejected allegations she lied about him being violent and attempting to hire a hitman in a bid to destroy him.
NSW legalises voluntary assisted dying
Go Gentle Australia founder Andrew Denton says the passage of voluntary assisted dying legislation represents a revolution for end of life care in NSW.
SAS witness denies his new evidence a lie
A former SAS soldier called on behalf of Ben Roberts-Smith has denied fabricating new evidence to create a false alibi for a key witness to an alleged murder.
Inquiry into Folbigg’s baby convictions
The NSW governor has ordered an inquiry into the convictions of Kathleen Folbigg, who has spent nearly 20 years in jail for killing four of her children.
Dawson called student ‘petal’, court hears
A court has heard how Chris Dawson called a student at his former high school "petal" and that he wooed her with secret love letters left in her schoolbag.