Djokovic to be freed from detention
Novak Djokovic will be freed from immigration detention after an order by Federal Circuit Court Judge Anthony Kelly.
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Brisbane priest charged with sex offences
A prominent Brisbane Anglican priest appointed to investigate child abuse within the church has fronted court accused of historic sex offences.
Pair charged with NYE drugging sex assault
Two people have been charged over the alleged sexual assault of a woman who says she was drugged and detained for hours in northwest NSW on New Year's Eve.
Storm prop to fight Qld assault charge
Melbourne NRL prop Tui Kamikamica will plead not guilty to allegations he assaulted a woman outside a Brisbane hotel.
Judge: ‘What more could Djokovic do?’
Novak Djokovic had medical advice from a professor, a physician and an expert panel about his vaccination status, says the judge deciding his visa challenge.
Djokovic to avoid deportation until Monday
World No.1 tennis star Novak Djokovic will be able to stay in Australia until Monday, while he fights his visa cancellation and pending deportation in court.
Qld jail safety questioned before riot
Queensland Corrective Services has been accused of downplaying safety issues that contributed to a 16 hour riot at a jail near Rockhampton last October.
Alleged parliament arsonist gag order ends
The suppression order on alleged Old Parliament House arsonist Nicholas Reed has been lifted after he reappeared in the ACT Magistrates Court for a bail breach.
Bail stays for alleged parliament arsonist
A 30-year-old man charged with arson over a fire at Canberra's Old Parliament House has had his bail upheld despite breaching conditions.
Woman in Qld court over vaccination fraud
One of two women accused of being involved in vaccine fraud north of Brisbane has had her case mentioned in court.
Eighty-five arrests at Sydney festival
Police have arrested and charged 85 people with drug-related offences at a New Year's Day music festival in Sydney.
Qld man allegedly stabbed by home intruder
A Brisbane man has been left with stab wounds following a struggle with an alleged home intruder on New Year's Eve.
Queensland teenager dies of stab wounds
Queensland police are investigating the death of a teenager who suffered stab wounds after a New Year's Eve party disturbance in the state's far north.
NSW man dies after Gold Coast assault
A man who hit his head on the pavement after an assault in Surfers Paradise has died in hospital.
EU starts legal action against Poland
The European Commission has begun legal action against Poland, escalating a conflict that has existed since the PiS party took power in 2015.
Control order confirmed on SA terror woman
The Federal Court has confirmed a control order over a South Australian woman who was jailed on a terrorism-related offence.
Senior Qld cop charged with rape
A senior Queensland police officer has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of a woman while off-duty in 1999.
NT outbreak grows, Omicron reaches Uluru
The Northern Territory has detected 14 new COVID-19 infections as Omicron spreads from Brisbane to Yulara, 450km southwest of Alice Springs.
NSW man jailed for Tas quarantine breach
A NSW man has been sentenced to five months' jail for absconding from hotel quarantine in Hobart and sparking a three-day lockdown across southern Tasmania.
Actress and family were ‘gentle souls’
The NSW Coroner has praised the actions of onlookers who tried to save an actress and her family after a crash that claimed five lives on Boxing Day in 2017.
Man waved knife at police, inquest told
Police officers shot dead a man at a southeast Queensland train station after he had brandished a knife at them and passengers, an inquest has been told.
Court backs Qld coal mine expansion
The Land Court of Queensland has recommended the expansion of a controversial coal mine west of Brisbane, but angry farmers have vowed to fight on.
Qld man jailed over soldier stabbing death
A 42-year-old Queensland man has been sentenced to jail after pleading guilty to manslaughter over the 2018 stabbing death of a former soldier.
First man charged with COVID grant fraud
NSW detectives have charged a 21-year-old with 52 offences after he was allegedly caught submitting $350,000 worth of fraudulent applicants for pandemic relief.
Man injured in Melbourne CBD stabbing
Two men are on the run after attacking a man in a street in central Melbourne, leaving him with serious stab wounds.
Third man charged with NSW murder
A third man has been charged over the murder of a Newcastle woman shot dead when she answered her front door earlier this year.
Maxwell lawyers call false memory expert
Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers have called psychologist Elizabeth Loftus to testify at the British socialite's sex abuse trial.
All US missionaries freed in Haiti: police
A Haitian gang has released the remaining North American missionaries that it kidnapped two months ago.
Missionaries kidnapped in Haiti ‘freed’
Haitian police say all members of a US-based missionary group have been released by kidnappers.
Triple Sydney murderers’ crimes revealed
A business student's admissions to secretly assassinating three gang rivals in Sydney can be revealed after a court lifted suppressions over a killer quartet.
War medals stolen in 1982 returned
War medals stolen from a Sydney house nearly four decades ago have been returned to relatives after police found them during the search of a Perth home.