Childcare worker faces 70 charges, including rape
A man who worked at 20 childcare centres has been charged with more than 70 child-sex offences connected to eight victims.
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Arrest as remains found in search for missing man
Police have made an arrest after finding human remains as they investigate the suspicious disappearance of a man who's been missing for a month.
No butts: fines and jail for illegal cigs and vapes
Lucrative profits from selling cheap cigarettes and vapes across a rampant black market could go up in smoke under a plan for $1.5 million fines and jail time.
Machetes and swords get the chop as new laws begin
South Australia will conduct a three-month period when people holding banned machetes and swords can surrender them to police.
BBC regrets not stopping Glastonbury live stream
The BBC says it should have pulled a live stream of rap group Bob Vylan's performance at Glastonbury over chants against Israeli troops.
Jury sent out to decide fate of accused mushroom killer
A Supreme Court jury has finally started its deliberations as mushroom cook Erin Patterson's triple-murder trial enters its 10th week.
Forever 17: loved ones remember free spirited Pheobe
Loved ones have come together for a private service to say goodbye to "free spirited" teen Pheobe Bishop, who was allegedly murdered six weeks earlier.
Jury prepares to decide fate of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Jurors are due to begin deliberating on whether rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs ran a sex trafficking criminal scheme or just indulged in a swingers' lifestyle.
Ambushed US firefighters ‘didn’t have a chance’
A US sniper lured firefighters to a mountain area by igniting a blaze before mowing them down in an ambush, killing two, while a third is fighting for life.
Man accused of murder after another dies in hospital
A man accused of causing head injuries that turned fatal for another man has also been charged with possessing a handgun, ammunition and drugs.
Probe called into violent arrest at pro-Palestine rally
Police have initiated an internal probe into the break-up of a pro-Palestine protest that left a former federal Greens candidate with a serious eye injury.
‘Animals treated better’ than Indigenous teen: family
An Indigenous teen who fatally self-harmed in detention was subjected to "barbarous and criminal" neglect, his mother says as an inquest into his death resumes.
Diddy jury deliberates, raises concerns about one juror
Jurors have started deliberating at Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking trial, weighing charges that could put the hip-hop mogul in prison for life.
UK police probe Bob Vylan, Kneecap over Glastonbury set
UK police say performances by Bob Vylan and Kneecap at the Glastonbury Festival are subject to a criminal investigation.
Religious speech ruling looms over ‘vile’ Jew sermons
Two Australian Jewish leaders are set to learn whether an Islamic preacher has defended a lawsuit over his allegedly racist and offensive sermons.
Mushroom jury enters first full day of deliberation
A Supreme Court jury is deciding whether mushroom cook Erin Patterson is guilty of murdering three of her lunch guests and trying to kill a fourth person.
Man shot firefighters who asked him to move his vehicle
A US sheriff says a man shot firefighters battling a blaze in northern Idaho after they asked him to move his vehicle, killing two of them and wounding a third.
Victim’s head missing as ex-TV star faces murder charge
Police are still searching for the head of a man who was allegedly murdered and dismembered by his partner, a former reality TV star.
Jury told to be careful assessing mushroom cook’s lies
A judge has offered a word of caution on mushroom cook Erin Patterson's self-confessed lies as he gives final directions to the jury in her triple murder trial.
‘Too much crime’: top cop vows to speak truth to power
In his first day on the job, a newly minted top cop insists he won't shy away from asking "hard questions" of the state government.
Diddy’s lawyer says charges ‘badly exaggerated’
A defence lawyer says in his closing argument that the US government "badly exaggerated" its evidence against music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs.
Diddy used violence to traffic women, jury told
Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs faces at least 15 years behind bars if convicted at his sex trafficking trial.
Indon police outline activities of Aust murder suspects
Indonesian police have outlined what they believe happened on the night one Australianwas shot and killed and another injured at a private villa in Bali.
Love you: daughter’s touching tribute to slain officer
Family, friends, colleagues and the broader public have farewelled a dedicated policeman who was shot dead at a rural property.
‘They’re monsters’: teen’s murderers get life in prison
The mother of a murdered Indigenous boy says her son's killers are "monsters", after the man who delivered the fatal blows was jailed for at least 22 years.
‘Nonsense’: cop’s jail fight after tasering great-gran
Lawyers for an ex-policeman who fatally tasered a 95-year-old woman have rubbished claims that jailing him would deter other officers from similar conduct.
Teen held on murder charge after businessman’s stabbing
A 15-year-old has been charged with murder after the multimillionaire co-founder of a national clothing chain was killed at a packed house party.
‘Forever’: family of murdered GP’s wish for teen killer
The heartbroken family of a doctor stabbed to death will start to move forward but will never move on after his teenage killer was found guilty of his murder.
Mushroom jury told to judge facts, not rely on experts
A judge is continuing his directions to jurors as a mushroom cook's triple murder trial winds up, explaining how to assess the evidence of expert witnesses.
Families ‘shattered’ by wait for toolbox murder justice
The loved ones of a man and a woman who were drowned in a toolbox say they have been unable to grieve properly during multiple murder trials over nine years.
Teen’s mum says heinous murder left community in fear
An Indigenous high school student's racist murder has "torn at the fabric of society" and left a community fearing for its children, the victim's mother says.