Malka Leifer abuse jury push on for verdicts
Jurors considering the sexual abuse case against Jewish ultra-Orthodox former school principal Malka Leifer have been urged to push following a deadlock.
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Ex-SAS soldier bailed due to Taliban threat
A former SAS soldier charged over alleged war crimes in Afghanistan has been granted bail due to danger posed by extremist Islamic inmates.
Reward offered to solve suspected murder of Qld teen
Queensland police are offering a $500,000 reward for information about the suspected murder of Linden Malayta who's been missing since 2019.
Former student shoots six dead at Tennessee school
Police in Nashville, Tennessee have killed a 28-year-old shooter after six people were shot dead at a private Christian school.
Woman intruder dies after fight with people in home
An alleged intruder is dead after she entered a home in southeast Queensland and got into a fight with the occupants.
Woman jailed for torching car after alleged shooting
Isabella Mary Beatrice McLeod has been jailed for helping set a stolen car alight to destroy evidence after an alleged shooting in Brisbane's south.
Taliban threat to ex SAS soldier in jail, court told
A former SAS soldier charged with unlawfully killing a man in an Afghanistan wheat field has sought bail citing threats to his safety if he remains in jail.
Jury retires as third Jarryd Hayne rape trial closes
A jury considering whether Jarryd Hayne is guilty of sexual assault has been told they're not in court to judge if the ex-NRL player was nice or polite.
Men charged with seeking children for sex online
Two men have been charged with multiple child sex offences following a joint investigation into an online classified platform in southeast Queensland.
Indigenous advocates plead to ‘save sorry business’
The Save Sorry Business coalition is holding a "day of action" to call for help for the thousands of Indigenous people targeted by a failed funeral insurer.
Man shot dead by police in far north Queensland
Ethical Standards Command is investigating after a man allegedly armed with a knife was shot dead by police in far north Queensland.
Man charged with murder over mystery death
Queensland police have charged a man with murder after a 44-year-old man died following an altercation in the state's southeast.
Paltrow insists Utah ski collision wasn’t her fault
Gwyneth Paltrow has entered the witness box to defend herself in a lawsuit over a 2016 ski collision, and repeatedly said she wasn't to blame for the crash.
Ex-NSW minister given second jail term for corruption
Former NSW Labor minister Ian Macdonald has been jailed again over corrupt conduct in office, this time over his granting of the Doyles Creek mining licence.
Masked intruder jailed after shooting man in face
Cameron Peter Canniford has been jailed after shooting a man in the face with a shotgun loaded with rock salt shells in a violent home invasion in Brisbane.
Victorian dad admits shaking, killing newborn son
A Victorian father has admitted shaking his newborn son, pleading guilty to causing his fatal injuries at just eight weeks old.
Four arrests over $1.7m cybercrime laundering operation
The accused face charges relating to laundering proceeds from more than 15 sophisticated cybercrime attacks targeting businesses and Facebook Marketplace users.
Melissa Caddick’s paper shredder goes under the hammer
Household items confiscated from the estate of fraudster Melissa Caddick are being auctioned online as efforts to recover funds for duped investors continue.
Former bikie became ‘raging’ addict after leaving gang
Bowie Sheng Papa struggled after suffering threats and violence when he left an outlaw motorcycle gang and became a "raging" drug addict, a court has heard.
Refusal to unlock phone was religious, court told
A Queensland man has testified that unlocking his phone for police would have violated his Islamic religious beliefs.
‘It never leaves you’: New hunt for 1982 sex attackers
Three rapists are being hunted more than 40 years after a woman was abducted and assaulted in Melbourne, with police making a fresh call to turn themselves in.
Bruce Lehrmann fights to keep defamation actions alive
Former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann unreasonably waited to file his defamation cases over reports on rape claims by Brittany Higgins, a judge has heard.
Plane loaded with drugs ‘tried to fly under the radar’
A plane allegedly loaded with $15 million worth of meth has been intercepted in rural Queensland while trying to fly undetected from Papua New Guinea to NSW.
Woman accused of taking children extradited to NSW
A woman accused of executing a pre-meditated and calculated plan to remove three children and flee to Queensland has been extradited to NSW.
Filling up NT jails not the answer to crime: legal body
Legal services have cautioned against hasty bail reforms in the wake of a fatal stabbing of a bottle shop worker.
Lawyers critical of NT government’s bail review
The Australian Lawyers Alliance has come out criticising the NT government's planned changes to bail, along with other measures to curb crime.
Man jailed for ‘serious’ drug dealing in hotel rooms
Queensland man Trinidy Clifford Smith used names of associates to hire cars and book hotel rooms across Brisbane to use for his drug trafficking operation.
Three teens charged with beating and torturing girl
Police have charged three teenagers after a girl was held against her will, beaten and tortured north of Brisbane.
Victorian bail laws must honour Nelson’s story: family
The family of Indigenous woman Veronica Nelson, who died in custody in 2020, says Victoria's bail law reforms should be named in her honour.
Jurors retire to consider Malka Leifer abuse verdict
Jurors have retired to consider their verdicts on 27 sexual abuse charges against former ultra-Orthodox Jewish principal Malka Leifer.
Rugby star’s assault case to return to court in April
Kurtley Beale's rugby career remains in limbo after his sexual assault case was mentioned in a Sydney court ahead of a new court date next month.