Lawyer wraps up Prince Harry case by grilling reporter
A former royal correspondent has rejected questions by a lawyer for Prince Harry that some of the information in her stories came from phone hacking.
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Slain mathematician’s family ‘finally has some peace’
Scott Johnson's killer may be out of jail in three years after being sentenced for his fatal punch in 1988 but Steve Johnson says his family feels vindicated.
Man critical after being stabbed, falling from balcony
A man is in critical condition after being stabbed and falling from a fire exit balcony in a building in north Queensland.
Man ‘didn’t mention killing wife to mate at first’
A friend told a jury Shaun Robert Sturgess did not mention that he had killed his wife earlier that day as they drank together but told him the next afternoon.
Harry gives evidence in court against tabloid publisher
Prince Harry has become the first senior royal to testify in court in more than a century as he began evidence in his case against Mirror Group Newspapers.
Man walks free from Qld court cleared of murder
Jason Moana Rimene has walked free from court cleared of murder after his defence had the charge thrown out in week two of his Brisbane Supreme Court trial.
Man freed from Indonesian jail after drunken rampage
Bodhi Mani Risby-Jones is set to return to Australia after spending more than a month behind bars in Indonesia following an alleged drunken rampage.
Assault charge against Olympian Harry Garside dropped
Olympic boxing medallist and reality TV contestant Harry Garside says he feels "vindicated" after a domestic violence charge against him was dropped.
Guilty verdict for 1987 murder in Sydney ‘gay beat’
Jurors have returned a guilty verdict against the man accused of killing Raymond Kean in a suspected gay bashing in Sydney more than 35 years ago.
Dylan Brown barred from pubs over alleged breast grope
Parramatta Eels five-eighth Dylan Brown has been barred from entering licensed premises in Sydney's Double Bay after allegedly groping a woman's breasts.
Husband ‘struck wife with sledgehammer, went drinking’
Shaun Robert Sturgess hit his estranged wife in the head with a sledgehammer then left her in a pool of blood to go out drinking, a court has been told.
Council fails in bid to stall drowning prosecution
A regional council has tried to stop a workplace health and safety prosecution alleging that a lack of lifeguards contributed to two Chinese tourists drowning.
Fatal attack on fisherman by two crocs may be a first
Officials believe a deadly attack on a fisherman in north Queensland might be the first time two crocodiles have been known to hunt a human.
Brisbane police bust drug lab, seize cash, firearm
A Brisbane man has been charged with a string of drug offences following a police raid on a drug lab in Brisbane's north.
Prince Harry says phone-hacking was on industrial scale
Prince Harry has faced a second day of grilling over his allegations "rock bottom" British tabloids had used unlawful means to target him since he was a child.
‘Nobody wants to be phone hacked,’ Harry tells court
Prince Harry has rejected a suggestion that a lack of evidence meant his phone was not hacked by reporters for Mirror Group Newspapers.
Third arrest over murder of Northern Territory man
Northern Territory police have arrested a third person in connection to the murder of a man who went missing more than a year ago.
Ex-Labor MP convicted over restraining order breaches
Months after being expelled by Labor, West Australian MP Ben Dawkins has been denied a spent conviction for breaching family violence restraining orders.
Rapist sues Corrective Services over sex worker ban
Queensland Corrective Services thought convicted rapist Leon Frederick Wallace was developing a sexual fixation on his disability support workers.
Girl pushed out of moving vehicle during carjacking
Brett John Jackson has been sentenced to five years in jail after a violent carjacking in which a 17-year-old girl was pushed out of a moving vehicle.
‘Terrifying’ Merri Creek rapist jailed for 20 years
Violent serial rapist Joel Russo will be locked up for at least 17 years for his horrendous sex attack on a woman he tried to drown at Melbourne's Merri Creek.
Victim’s brother has ‘no sympathy’ for cold case killer
The brother of Scott Johnson who was killed at a Sydney gay beat wants the maximum possible sentence for the man whose cliff-top punch led to the death.
Reason for bikies’ cold-blooded murder remains mystery
The family of fruiterer Paul Virgona, who was shot in cold blood by one of two bikies on a freeway in 2019, has shared the pain and anguish of losing him.
Minister taken to court over ‘mega’ coalmine approvals
Activists are taking federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek to court for not accepting the climate risk of three proposed coalmine expansions.
Kathleen Folbigg: ‘I always miss my children’
In her first public comments since being released from jail, Kathleen Folbigg has said she loves her four children and will always grieve for them.
Independent body needed to stop Folbigg repeat: lawyers
The current appeals system makes it too hard for people like Kathleen Folbigg who are wrongly convicted to have their cases investigated, advocates say.
ABC ‘actuated by malice’ in publishing Higgins speech
Ex-Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann claims the ABC maliciously broadcast a speech by Brittany Higgins about her alleged rape that prejudiced his criminal trial.
Murder accused could have ‘turned around’ before fight
The teenager accused of murdering Balin Stewart in a jealous rage over an ex-girlfriend has denied making up large parts of his testimony about a fatal brawl.
Ben Roberts-Smith had ‘motives to lie’ about murders
Ben Roberts-Smith was "not an honest and reliable witness" who had reason to lie in his failed defamation cases over war crimes reports, a judge has found.
Ex-Cricket Australia executive asks to be spared prison
The former head of communications for Cricket Australia was found guilty of sexually touching two men without their consent.
Man on trial after pub patron’s death from single punch
Bradley Peter Cooper says he acted in self-defence when he punched fellow Sunshine Coast pub patron Darren Young who died three days later from head injuries.