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.
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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.
Lehrmann sought cocaine after rape claim broadcast
Bruce Lehrmann says he sought hard drugs after watching a report on The Project where Brittany Higgins outlined her shock allegation of sexual assault.
Rapist and torturer cries ‘no one will help me’ in jail
A man who received seven life sentences for raping and torturing a woman for three weeks has claimed he was "forced" into pleading guilty to some offences.
Man accused of shooting at driver in road rage attack
Police have issued an arrest warrant for Saleh Atasoy, who is accused of firing a handgun at another driver in an alleged Gold Coast road rage incident.
Search for answers on man missing from pig hunting trip
The family of a man who disappeared with a group who were pig hunting while travelling through Queensland to Darwin hope to get answers during an inquest.
Man in court for dangerous driving causing death of son
A man has been committed to stand trial on a charge of dangerous driving in relation to a single-vehicle crash in which his 11-year-old son died.
No jury for religious group charged over death of girl
Fourteen members of a religious group have been charged over the death of eight-year-old girl who allegedly had her diabetes medication withheld.
‘Scapegoating’ of soldiers motivation for McBride leaks
The reasons David McBride leaked information revealing alleged war crimes have been questioned, but a secret document has shone a light on his decision.
Woman to face trial accused of plot to kill ex-husband
The woman at the centre of an alleged murder plot that left her ex-partner a tetraplegic and her lover with a gunshot wound has been denied bail.
Calls to shut down ‘scam’ sovereign citizen websites
A former NSW magistrate has called for people making money from pseudo-legal "sovereign citizen" claims to be prosecuted as frauds.
Palmer drops Qld appeal against coal mine refusal
Clive Palmer's mining company will have to pay costs after dropping its second attempt to overturn a licence refusal for a proposed $6.5 billion coal project.
Woman behind alleged love triangle murder plot arrested
Lisa Lines has been arrested after she was extradited from a Pacific Island and charged with attempting to kill her ex-partner in a bizarre love triangle plot.
Two men in custody after fatal shooting of 34-year-old
Police are confident they will find the people responsible for the fatal shooting of a 34-year-old man after arresting two men and seizing two vehicles.
Three men charged with grooming after police sting
Three men have been accused of arranging online to meet with children for sex, only to be confronted by detectives on the Gold Coast.
‘Rough and forceful’ rape did not happen, says Lehrmann
Bruce Lehrmann has again denied sexually assaulting Brittany Higgins as she was unconscious or semi-conscious on a federal minister's couch.