A government and demonstrators remain at loggerheads over a central park that's earmarked to serve as the main Olympics stadium.
First Nations Elders have condemned what they say was the heavy-handed police removal of protesters at a Brisbane park slated as a 2032 Olympic venue.
A number of people have been arrested in chaotic scenes after authorities asked shocked protesters to leave the proposed site of the 2032 Olympics main stadium.
The AFP has denied leaking details of alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith's arrest to the media as it backed its prosecution of the former SAS soldier.
The outback hunt for a missing boy has been "relentless" and "demoralising" as a fresh search finds no trace of him, but police say their resolve is unwavering.
A woman linked to Islamic State who has been living in the community after returning to Australia will seek release on bail so she can care for her children.
A man has been charged with murder after allegedly beating a 78-year-old pedestrian to death during a violent rampage that injured two others.
The Bondi Beach terror attack has prompted sweeping reform of a state's firearms licensing authority after 15 innocent people were fatally shot.
Police says anger in communities will be understandable after a decision not to prosecute officers who held down an Aboriginal man who died.
A mother has been charged with murder after her young daughter was found dead in a "terribly confronting" scene west of Brisbane, devastating a local community.
The deadly Bondi terror attack has changed the face of policing, with the NSW force now carrying long arm rifles in public in response to terrorism threats.
A second group of women and children linked to Islamic State has returned to Australia after years spent in a Syrian refugee camp.
Arrests have been made as part of an investigation into Dezi Freeman as police face scrutiny over the lack of body-worn cameras at the killer's last shootout.
Five people have been charged after a man was attacked with a tomahawk and residents threatened with a knife during a crime spree, police say.
Details surrounding the negotiations between police and fugitive double killer Dezi Freeman before he was gunned down have been revealed for the first time.
A Jewish security group viewed terrorist attacks as likely in the lead-up to the Bondi massacre, but police did not carry out a threat assessment.
A man shot by police in a suburban street after officers received reports of a person armed with a knife is facing a string of charges.
A coastal community has been left shocked after a spearfisherman was killed by a shark attack, despite witnesses rushing to his aid.
Police have fatally shot a man during a domestic violence call-out after he allegedly pointed a gun at officers.
Police were called to conduct a welfare check at a home moments before a head-on car crash that killed three people.
An Australian police officer has died in Peru after falling from the Inca Trail near the ancient citadel of Machu Picchu while on holiday.
The shooting murder of an experienced community police officer on a routine job at a isolated property was akin to an execution, a court has been told.
The widow of Bondi massacre victim Peter Meagher says the recovery of her husband's camera equipment, allegedly stolen after the shootings, is "miraculous".
A 71-year-old woman has died after being hit by a marked police 4WD in far north Queensland, sparking a major crash probe and corruption watchdog oversight.
An airport has reopened after being plunged into lockdown by the discovery of a suspicious item hidden within a hot chocolate container.
A former doctor has been accused of sexually assaulting 15 women at a private health centre after being charged with almost 100 counts of rape.
A lawyer for man accused of murdering his wife and two children has said outside his first court appearance his client is "pretty distressed".
A young man who stomped on an off-duty police officer's face during a drunken altercation has avoided being thrown behind bars after a successful appeal.
A woman accused of fatally striking a police officer with a vehicle at a highway roadblock has sought to be tried for murder separately from her co-accused.
The family of a 95-year-old great-grandmother fatally tasered by police feel the officer who pulled the trigger showed no accountability for his actions.
Working with a government-backed dementia training provider could be a possibility for police after an officer fatally tasered a 95-year-old grandmother.
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