‘Suffering’ on crowded asylum seeker boat
A man who escaped from the crowded SIEV-X before it sank hours after leaving Indonesia has told a court of people crying and shouting during the journey.
A man who escaped from the crowded SIEV-X before it sank hours after leaving Indonesia has told a court of people crying and shouting during the journey.
An NT policeman was warned his colleagues were snakes he shouldn't trust after he shot an Indigenous teen dead during a bungled arrest, an inquest has heard.
Former Brisbane Broncos forward Jamil Hopoate has been jailed again, this time over attempted drug running to cover his gambling addiction.
A jury will continue deliberations for a second full day in the trial of the man accused of raping his former colleague Brittany Higgins.
The shooting death of an escaping inmate by a prison officer outside a northern NSW hospital was murder, a jury has been told.
A probe into Queensland's public forensics lab has heard it couldn't get police to limit testing requests when it was facing capacity and budget pressures.
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has to pay $250,000 for defaming ex-senator Brian Burston, but he still faces her sexual discrimination case against him.
A jury in the trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins has begun its deliberations.
An inquest for the Indigenous teen shot dead by a NT policeman has heard the officer was banned from the Queensland police for 10 years over a violence fine.
Almost 50 years after repeatedly hitting Rex Kable Keen because he feared a homosexual advance, Benjamin Jansen has been jailed for manslaughter.
Maddison Hickson is on trial for murder but is claiming it was self-defence when she stabbed her violent criminal father twice in the chest, piercing his heart.
Brisbane detectives have charged a man with contravening a domestic violence order as part of a probe into a woman's suspicious death.
The prosecutor in a murder trial has adopted a line from Oscar Wilde: "To lose one friend through a woodchipper is unfortunate, to lose two is incredible".
A former Iraqi soldier's son has told of his family's escape from the SIEV-X in international waters before it sank leading to a "significant number" of deaths.
The forensics lab at the centre of a Queensland inquiry has been described as an unhappy, stressful and dysfunctional place to work.
A man has pleaded not guilty to involvement in a people-smuggling operation that led to "significant" deaths when a vessel sank on route to Australia.
Peter Koenig lied to "save his own skin" when he blamed Gregory Lee Roser for Bruce Saunders' woodchipper death, a Brisbane Supreme Court jury has heard.
The trial of the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins inside Parliament House could soon be completed as a jury is urged to consider her credibility.
Toyota is facing a class-action lawsuit in Australia over emissions from some of its most popular diesel vehicles including Hi-Lux, LandCruiser and RAV4.
Some 400 samples of DNA were missed by a Queensland forensic lab due to issues with sperm sampling, an inquiry has been told.
The second week of the trial for the man accused of raping Brittany Higgins ended with her final cross-examination following evidence from other witnesses.
Accused killer Gregory Lee Roser told his murder trial Peter Koenig boasted of killing another man with a meat grinder before Bruce Saunders' woodchipper death.
Queensland police have launched an investigation into the sudden death of a woman who was found at a Capalaba property.
Senator Linda Reynolds has denied accusations she tried to coach the cross-examination of Brittany Higgins or otherwise interfere at her rape accused's trial.
Former NSW state of origin star Brett Finch says he's ashamed at sending child abuse messages in a desperate bid to obtain cocaine, a court has heard.
An inquest into an Indigenous teen's shooting death has heard the policeman who pulled the trigger incorrectly briefed his team before the bungled arrest.
A former staffer has claimed he spoke to then prime minister Scott Morrison's office about Brittany Higgins' alleged sexual assault within two weeks.
Bruce Lehrmann told security, police and his boss different reasons for being at Parliament House the night he's accused of rape, his trial jury has heard.
A driver who caused the deaths of two young brothers returning home from the pool has been jailed by a judge who said cars are not playthings.
A successful Papua New Guinea businessman believed he had consent under a cultural marriage when he kissed a 15-year-old girl, a Brisbane court has heard.
Gregory Lee Roser has denied being the killer in a woodchipper death, pointing the finger at a "murderous" woman and a man allegedly with Mafia connections.