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Dumpling joint fined for 'calculated' plan to rob staff

Dumpling joint fined for 'calculated' plan to rob staff

Internationally renowned dumpling chain Din Tai Fung has been penalised more than $4 million for the deliberate underpayment of workers and the cover up.

Adults to face jail time for recruiting kids into crime

Adults to face jail time for recruiting kids into crime

Adults to face jail time for recruiting kids into crime

Adults to face jail time for recruiting kids into crime

South Australian adults who recruit children to commit crimes could be jailed for 15 years or more under new laws proposed by the state government.

Guilty verdict after Tinder date leads to murder

Guilty verdict after Tinder date leads to murder

Guilty verdict after Tinder date leads to murder

Guilty verdict after Tinder date leads to murder

Four individuals have been found guilty on various charges stemming from a man's fatal stabbing during a bungled home invasion.

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Swiss climate policy violated human rights, court rules

Swiss climate policy violated human rights, court rules

A top European court has sided with a group of Swiss women who says their government's failure to meet greenhouse reduction targets violates their human rights.

Chief minister rejects calls for private cops to go

Chief minister rejects calls for private cops to go

The Northern Territory government has rejected calls to stop using police auxiliary officers and private security to patrol bottle shops and help tackle crime.

Museum ordered to stop discriminating in Ladies Lounge

Museum ordered to stop discriminating in Ladies Lounge

A man was unhappy his $35 entry fee did not allow him to see all the museum's artwork, including a crown worn by a curator when she married the owner.

Senior officer when teen harmed breached lawful order

Senior officer when teen harmed breached lawful order

An officer overseeing an adult prison's youth wing the night an Indigenous teenager fatally harmed himself had breached a lawful order but remained on duty.

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Brittany Higgins defends 'unwavering' account of rape

Brittany Higgins defends 'unwavering' account of rape

Brittany Higgins defends 'unwavering' account of rape

Brittany Higgins defends 'unwavering' account of rape

Lawyers for Brittany Higgins have argued changes to her account of being raped could have been caused by trauma and cannot be used to attack her credibility.

Wealth guru misled clients with 'deceptive' programs

Wealth guru misled clients with 'deceptive' programs

Wealth guru misled clients with 'deceptive' programs

Wealth guru misled clients with 'deceptive' programs

Students undergoing wealth and property programs have been left disappointed after a businesswoman's broken promises for real estate success.

Alice Springs youth curfew extended beyond school break

Alice Springs youth curfew extended beyond school break

Alice Springs youth curfew extended beyond school break

Alice Springs youth curfew extended beyond school break

A youth curfew in Alice Springs has been extended until after school holidays amid concerns that a relaxation of restrictions could lead to more violence.

'Major error': Doctor's admission after toddler's death

'Major error': Doctor's admission after toddler's death

'Major error': Doctor's admission after toddler's death

'Major error': Doctor's admission after toddler's death

A doctor who wrongly diagnosed a 19-month-old with gastro, days before he died of meningitis, has thought about the "error" every day since, an inquest heard.

'Battlelines' drawn on sex ID in trans-rights lawsuit

'Battlelines' drawn on sex ID in trans-rights lawsuit

'Battlelines' drawn on sex ID in trans-rights lawsuit

'Battlelines' drawn on sex ID in trans-rights lawsuit

Roxanne Tickle lived as a woman for years before being banned from using a female-only app, a court has heard during a landmark trans-rights lawsuit.

Case dropped against stepdad accused over boy's death

Case dropped against stepdad accused over boy's death

Case dropped against stepdad accused over boy's death

Case dropped against stepdad accused over boy's death

Evidence suggested the death of a Brisbane toddler was an awful tragedy, a judge has said after charges were dropped against a stepfather.

Gendered violence scars community after third tragedy

Gendered violence scars community after third tragedy

Gendered violence scars community after third tragedy

Gendered violence scars community after third tragedy

As a community reels after another woman is allegedly killed by a man, the city's mayor is calling for people to call out gender-based violence.

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Soccer fans 'mimicked Hitler' at final, court told

Three Croatian men at the 2022 Australia Cup soccer final invoked hatred through "tainted" one-handed salutes synonymous with the Nazis, a court has heard.

Woman's body found after slip from waterfall edge

Police say the body of a missing woman who slipped off a ledge at a waterfall has been found after a three-day, multi-agency search.

Pay review after $700k NSW Police media merry-go-round

'Exorbitant' payouts for NSW Police media advisors totalling more than $700,000 have prompted the premier to review severance pay for senior public servants.

Woman's family cry as her accused murderer faces court

A 21-year-old man accused of killing Hannah McGuire, whose body was found in a burnt out car in bushland, has faced court in a regional Victorian city.

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Indigenous teen's death in detention avoidable: guard

The guard who found a teen with a self-inflicted injury in an adult prison's youth wing has told an inquest the death was tragic and could have been avoided.

Sick boy was 'so much worse' when let go from hospital

A coroner is investigating the circumstances that led to a 19-month-old boy's death from meningitis after he was seen by multiple health professionals.

Court probes Nazi links to soccer 'Hitler salute'

Lawyers for three men have denied that alleged salutes made at the 2022 Australia Cup soccer final had links to Nazi Germany.

Family seek answers as inquest into teen's death begins

A new inquest has begun into the death of an Indigenous teenager whose body was found on train tracks in regional NSW.

Obeid could serve ICAC deception sentence from home

Lawyers for Moses Obeid have argued his sentence for lying to a 2012 ICAC probe could take the form of community service rather than being spent behind bars.

Alice Springs youth curfew extension on the table

Senior Northern Territory bureaucrats are meeting to discuss whether to extend a youth curfew in Alice Springs.

SA union unaware of Alice Springs police deployment

South Australia Police has defended its decision to deploy 20 officers to crime hotspot Alice Springs with union officials saying they were left in the dark.

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