Attempted murder sentence paused for psychiatric test
A man who attempted a stabbing murder at random will face psychiatric assessment to determine if he presents a lifelong threat to the community if released.
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Dating site conman jailed for fleecing $180k from women
A judge has described a fraudster as callous while sentencing the 74-year-old to jail for swindling women on a dating site to the tune of more than $180,000.
Backpacker’s fatal farm crash during ‘romantic outing’
A backpacking couple had been working on an avocado farm for a few weeks before they decided to take a large ride-on mower for a "joyride" that turned fatal.
Philippine military on alert after ‘terrorist’ bombing
Four people have been killed and several others wounded in an explosion in a university gymnasium in the southern Philippine city of Marawi.
Barbs traded over push to lock up released detainees
Labor and the coalition are teaming up to expand a preventative detention model that applies to terrorists to apply to recently released immigration detainees.
Mourners to farewell slain SA cop Jason Doig
A police funeral to honour the life of South Australian cop Jason Doig, who was allegedly killed at an isolated rural property, will be held in Adelaide.
Police hit surf to arrest teen accused of armed robbery
Police have hit the surf to arrest a teen accused of robbing a Gold Coast chemist with a knife after locating the 19-year-old on the beach.
Parliamentary rape was no fabrication, says Higgins
Brittany Higgins has stood by her claim she was sexually assaulted on a federal minister's couch, calling insulting a suggestion the allegation was fabricated.
Youth block of adult prison to shut after teen’s death
A high-security youth wing at an adult prison where Indigenous teenager Cleveland Dodd recently fatally self-harmed will be closed and replaced.
Accused nursing home rapist jailed for similar crime
A NSW politician has used parliamentary privilege to claim a nursing home resident's alleged rapist was previously jailed over a similar crime.
Five people charged after crime spree on tourist strip
A string of break-ins at a number of Gold Coast businesses led to police charging five people with more than 70 offences, including three boys.
Teen admits role in attack on rugby star Kefu’s family
Wallabies star Toutai Kefu suffered critical wounds to his abdomen while trying to defend his family during a home invasion by knife-wielding offenders.
Double murderer urges judge to lock him up for life
Darren John Chalmers, 56, has urged a Victorian judge to keep him jailed for life after admitting to murdering a woman in 1992.
Double jeopardy laws to take in more offences
The test for double jeopardy in Queensland will be reformed to include another 10 offences after proposed laws were tabled to parliament.
Long wait for justice ends as singer’s killer jailed
Paul Charlton has been sentenced to jail for the 2007 murder of girlfriend Joanne Howell in what the judge described as an extreme act of domestic violence.
Govt faces class action over First Nations claims
The Queensland government faces a major class action by First Nations children and parents for their "systemic failure" to reunite families.
Charges to be upgraded after man dies following assault
Police are set to charge a man with unlawful striking causing death after a 45-year-old passed away in hospital following an alleged assault.
Brittany Higgins to be grilled over rape allegation
Lawyers for ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann will cross-examine Brittany Higgins over a claim she was raped while passed out on a federal minister's couch.
Pig hunters deny drug trafficking theory on missing man
Two pig hunters who were with a man when he disappeared while travelling through Queensland during a COVID-19 lockdown deny their group was trafficking drugs.
Armed gang terrorise couple in violent home invasion
Police are investigating after claims four men armed with a handgun and baseball bats terrorised a couple in their 70s in a violent home invasion.
Killer says he ‘lost control’ to vengeful alter-ego
A jury has heard that a young man blacked out and lost control to an alternate personality before finding himself bashing a man to death with a metal bar.
Higgins says she couldn’t scream during alleged rape
Brittany Higgins has detailed her alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann and criticised the government response while testifying at his Federal Court defamation trial.
Judges unanimous in controversial detainee ruling
A High Court ruling that led to the release of more than 140 detainees was unanimous among judges who found their indefinite detention was unlawful.
Higgins takes stand in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case
Brittany Higgins has stepped into the witness box in a Federal Court defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten.
Roberts-Smith ordered to pay publishers’ legal costs
Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered to pay the legal costs of newspapers that published allegations he committed war crimes, following a failed defamation suit.
Harmful and costly prisons ‘failing to reduce crime’
South Australia's incarceration rate jumped by almost a third in the past decade, leading advocates to call for a rethink on the role of prisons in society.
Elderly woman dies after rape in aged care home
A 90-year-old woman who was critically injured when she was attacked and raped in her nursing home has died.
‘Body in esky’ killer wins appeal over missing bones
One of the men convicted over the 'body in esky' killing can apply for parole after an appeal court found he could not comply with no body, no parole law.
Disrupt Burrup activists slam search, seizure of phones
A group of protesters have been searched by police and had their phones seized as they attempted to film a documentary outside Woodside's Burrup Hub.
Trio charged with kidnapping after man forced into car
Three people have been accused of threatening a man with weapons and forcing him into car before demanding money after they were arrested for kidnapping.
Terrorist slur on young boy amid rising Islamophobia
The use of a terrorist slur against a year six student in Sydney amid a rise in Islamophobia is a major concern, NSW Premier Chris Minns says.