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.
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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.
Driver who allegedly ran down biker speaks
Glen Anthony Eaves who is accused of running down a motorcyclist has given evidence that it was an accident after the bike rider punched him in the face.
Judges raise doubt on Weinstein conviction
Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein's 2020 conviction on sexual assault charges has been called into question by judges in a New York appeals court.
Vic man who raped two women in 1988 jailed
A Victorian man who raped a girl, 16, and a woman, 20, in 1988 at Bendigo has been jailed for at least seven years and six months.
NT man jailed for attacking, killing wife
A man who bashed, strangled and stabbed his wife before dragging her unconscious body into the ocean in Darwin has been jailed for 12 years for killing her.
Teen driver jailed for killing friend
A teenage boy has been jailed for nearly a decade after killing a friend and seriously injuring another in a crash while he was drunk, on drugs and speeding.
UK man who abused bodies jailed for life
A man who sexually abused more than 100 corpses in two UK hospital mortuaries has been sentenced to life in prison.
Maxwell lawyers to focus on ‘manipulation’
Court filings indicate Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers will focus on portraying the socialite's accusers as untrustworthy and motivated by money.
Crime fell during NSW COVID lockdown
The number of many crimes fell sharply during the second COVID-19 lockdown in NSW this year, with the murder rate dropping to the lowest number on record.
UK top court rejects ‘X’ gender passport
The UK Supreme Court has rejected gender-neutral passports, saying there is a need to maintain "a coherent approach to issues of gender across the law".
‘Frenzied unprovoked’ fatal stabber jailed
Warren Anthony Scott has been jailed for at least six years for manslaughter after he stabbed his mother's friend 31 times in her Eden home.
Trump’s son urged end to Capitol riot
A US congressional committee has revealed Donald Trump's eldest son urged the White House chief of staff to tell his father to end the riot at the US Capitol.
Sydney motorcyclist ‘rammed in road rage’
A Sydney motorcyclist has described a savage fight with a car driver in which he was rammed in an alleged road rage assault, he told a Sydney court.
Ex-Trump aide Meadows on contempt charge
For the first time since the 1830s, the US House of Representatives has voted to hold a former member in contempt.
Pirates take hostages off Gulf of Guinea
The Danish military says pirates have taken six hostages during an attack on a Greek-operated container ship in the Gulf of Guinea.
OJ Simpson a ‘free man’ as parole ends
A lawyer says OJ Simpson has been granted good behaviour credits and discharged from parole.
Assange’s mother describes ‘unending pain’
Julian Assange's mother fears the WikiLeaks founder could be imprisoned "for the rest of his life".
Vietnam dissident gets nine years jail
Vietnamese writer Pham Doan Trang has been convicted of "conducting propaganda against the state" and jailed for nine years.
Man charged over stabbing death in Qld
A 33-year-old man has been charged with the murder of a 25-year-old man near a caravan park in north Queensland.