Qld lab halted DNA tests on wrong advice
A decision by Queensland's forensics lab not to test certain DNA samples as thoroughly as possible saved less than $1 million a year, a hearing has been told.
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Tourist finds human skull near Darwin
Human skeletal remains have been found by a bushwalking tourist and his dog in Darwin's outskirts where forensic experts are processing the grim discovery.
Queensland water supplier to back-pay staff
Seqwater, who supply water to more than three million people, will back-pay staff $7 million after an investigation by the Fair Work Ombudsman.
Trump refused to call off riot, probe told
Donald Trump watched the US Capitol attack on TV while his family and advisers begged him to tell his supporters to end the riot, a hearing has been told.
Qld Police arrest 12 over girl’s murder
Queensland Police have arrested 12 people linked to a religious group after a girl, eight, died in the family home in Toowoomba in January.
Trump ‘wanted to join US Capitol riot’
Donald Trump wanted to join supporters storming the US Capitol and tried to grab the wheel of his limousine in a bid to get there, a former aide has testified.
Trump ‘detached from reality’: Barr
Donald Trump's advisers dismantled his false claims of 20202 election fraud but he became "detached from reality", the US Capitol riot probe has heard.
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Mother, son ‘bury pedestrian’ hit by car
A mother and son have appeared in court after allegedly moving the body of an Indigenous pedestrian fatally struck by a car on a Northern Territory highway.
Body found after human leg left on NT road
Two people have been arrested following the discovery of an Aboriginal woman's body near Darwin, two days after a partial leg was found on an NT highway.
Fresh assault claim in federal parliament
A woman has allegedly been indecently assaulted by a man at parliament house in Canberra, with an investigation under way.
Victorian men killed in shooting, stabbing
Two men have died in a double stabbing in Melbourne's north after a man was fatally gunned down in a separate incident earlier in the night.
Police investigating death of Gold Coast girl, 12
Queensland police are probing the sudden death of a 12-year-old girl found unresponsive at a Gold Coast home.
Tyrrell’s foster mum charged with lying
The foster mother of missing three-year-old boy William Tyrrell has been charged with giving false or misleading evidence to the NSW Crime Commission.
Qld resists public probe into Star casinos
Probes into Star's Queensland casinos will remain behind closed doors with the state government sidestepping questions about a public hearing like one in NSW.
Man charged with woman’s Qld resort murder
A Queensland man will face a domestic violence murder charge in court after allegedly killing a woman in the room of a Sunshine Coast resort.
Qld police investigate Brisbane shooting
Queensland Police are investigating after a man was allegedly shot in the leg in Brisbane's north and rushed to hospital in a critical condition.
Teen shot in legs in suburban Brisbane
A teenager has been shot in the legs in suburban Brisbane, with the perpetrators fleeing on foot.