Driver flees after car hits boy in south Brisbane
A driver has allegedly fled the scene after running a red light and hitting a child when police attempted an intercept in Brisbane.
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Aged sex offender freed to ‘unsafe’ living
A Queensland judge says elderly sex offender Desmond Ronald Grant has made the "understandable" decision to risk health rather than stay in prison.
Murderer sentenced after father stabbed
Benjamin Suttie's only mistake was saying hello to a passing group before he was fatally stabbed in front of his son, a Brisbane court has heard.
Rape accused cricketer granted bail in NSW
Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has been granted bail with a $150,000 surety while awaiting trial on rape charges in Sydney.
Man denies intent to kill in Deception Bay shooting
A Brisbane jury has heard Justin John Meale admit to a fatal shooting on Father's Day in 2018 while insisting he meant to only wound the victim.
Hundreds at risk in Qld car fraud scheme
Hundreds of southeast Queensland drivers may have been stung by a sophisticated car fraud operation selling second-hand cars with tampered odometers.
Judges to rule in MH17 murder trial
Dutch judges are set to deliver their verdict in the trial in absentia of three Russians and a Ukrainian over their alleged roles in the 2014 downing of MH17.
Sebastian’s ex-manager jailed for fraud
Guy Sebastian's ex-manager Titus Day will spend up to four years in jail and has been ordered to repay over $624,000 fraudulently embezzled from the pop star.
Trio jailed for drug smuggling via yacht
Two men from the UK and a US citizen have been sentenced for their voyage from Mexico to Norfolk Island with one tonne of methamphetamine aboard.
‘Tainted’ child abuse jury discharged
A fractured jury room and allegations of bullying have seen jurors discharged without delivering verdicts in swim coach Paul Frost's child sex abuse trial.
‘Love obsessed’ daughter jailed for murder
A Sydney woman whose misguided romantic obsession for a greedy, violent man led them to murder her mother has been jailed until at least 2036.
Qld to keep controversial youth crime laws
Queensland lawyers are concerned children are being locked up for crimes they didn't commit or for low-level offences under the state's youth crime crackdown.
Cop refuses to answer at NT’s teen inquest
The Northern Territory policeman who shot dead Kumanjayi Walker has claimed privilege and refused to answer questions at an inquest into the teen's death.
Fatal stabbing audio played in Qld court
The moment a Queensland woman fatally stabbed her violent husband amid screams has been captured in confronting audio played in a Brisbane court.
Call for NT cop’s blood over teen shooting
A remote Indigenous community says the Northern Territory policeman who shot a teenager dead should face payback to help it finish grieving.
WA flags ‘folding-up’ youth restraint ban
Western Australia's premier has defended the treatment of children at the state's only juvenile prison and ruled out an inquiry into the troubled facility.
Folbigg gene a ‘bad variant’, inquiry told
The rare genetic variant affecting an essential building block of life was discovered nine years after Kathleen Folbigg was convicted of killing her children.
Qld locks up more children than any state
Queensland has more children behind bars than any jurisdiction with a report saying the government's youth justice policies are based on politics, not evidence.
Aust youth detention ‘a national shame’
The national children's commissioner says a taskforce is needed to fix recurring problems in youth detention, describing the system as a "national shame".
Folbigg’s DNA variant ‘exceptionally rare’
A rare genetic variant affecting the heart is the focus of a second inquiry into the conviction of Kathleen Folbigg, three years on from the first inquiry.
Man shot like ‘something from Wild West’
Justin John Meale is on trial for murder after Clinton Pollock was shot dead on Father's Day in scenes reminiscent of the Wild West, a court has heard.
South Brisbane man found guilty of stabbing murder
Harley David Wegener has been found guilty of murder after Benjamin Suttie's throat was cut in a late night altercation between two groups south of Brisbane.
Anglo Coal fights Qld workplace death case
A worker killed in a Queensland coal mine could not have known the park brake on his underground grader was defective, a Brisbane court has been told.
Coroner visits NT town where cop shot teen
The coroner in an inquest for an Indigenous teen shot dead by an NT policeman has been welcomed with song and sorrow to the remote community where he died.
Inquest told army helicopter started blaze
Two army personnel in charge of a helicopter that started Canberra's 2020 Orroral Valley bushfire have given evidence to an inquest at the ACT Coroners Court.
Umpire arrested over suss Brownlow bets
Sporting Integrity Intelligence detectives have interviewed four men, including an umpire, over suspicious betting activity linked to the AFL's Brownlow Medal.
Man charged after Brisbane hammer siege
Police say a sledgehammer-wielding man barricaded himself in a Brisbane property before he was eventually arrested and charged.
Driver arrested after Sydney pursuit
A woman faces a raft of charges after allegedly leading police on a pursuit in a stolen car in Sydney's southwest.
Son tried to help dad after park stabbing
Zac Elder took his shirt off in a desperate bid to stop blood pumping out of his father's throat after a stabbing south of Brisbane, a court has heard.
End of the road for Gatto’s legal appeal
Mick Gatto has failed in Australia's highest court to overturn losses in his defamation case against the ABC after alleging an article implied he was a hitman.
Companies fined $33.5m over NBN claims
Telstra, Optus and TPG have been fined after failing to tell customers they couldn't achieve the internet speed they were paying for.