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Children 'sacrificial lambs' under harsher crime laws

Children 'sacrificial lambs' under harsher crime laws

Proposed legislative changes to juvenile offending laws have been heavily criticised by stakeholders at a public parliamentary hearing.

Alleged bikie boss arrested after international manhunt

Alleged bikie boss arrested after international manhunt

Alleged bikie boss arrested after international manhunt

Alleged bikie boss arrested after international manhunt

An accused Hells Angels kingpin has been deported to Australia after spending weeks in a Manila airport terminal.

Record cocaine plot dead in water as smugglers hit snag

Record cocaine plot dead in water as smugglers hit snag

Record cocaine plot dead in water as smugglers hit snag

Record cocaine plot dead in water as smugglers hit snag

An alleged plot by a notorious bikie gang to import the largest ever amount of cocaine into Australia has been foiled by police and a broken down boat.

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Man avoids jail for 'bizarre' urination on Woolies meat

Man avoids jail for 'bizarre' urination on Woolies meat

Further jail has been spared for a man who urinated on meat at an inner-city store with the 22-year-old to be treated for mental health issues in the community.

Mass deportations ruled out under immigration powers

Mass deportations ruled out under immigration powers

The immigration minister is defending a suite of powers making it easier to deport people without valid visas following criticism from human rights groups.

Man extradited and charged over alleged fatal assault

Man extradited and charged over alleged fatal assault

A man will front court charged over the death of another man found lying on the ground outside a home in the middle of the night.

Two bodies found inside shop in 'confronting scene'

Two bodies found inside shop in 'confronting scene'

Police are probing social media footage after a couple aged in their 60s was found dead inside a takeaway shop.

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FBI probes bomb threats to lawmakers, Trump nominees

FBI probes bomb threats to lawmakers, Trump nominees

FBI probes bomb threats to lawmakers, Trump nominees

FBI probes bomb threats to lawmakers, Trump nominees

The US government and FBI are looking into a series of hoax threats aimed at Democratic politicians and some of Donald Trump's cabinet picks.

Taser cop devastated by pain of elderly victim's family

Taser cop devastated by pain of elderly victim's family

Taser cop devastated by pain of elderly victim's family

Taser cop devastated by pain of elderly victim's family

A senior constable who fatally tasered a 95-year-old woman says he remains 'devastated' by her death, after learning his bail will be continued over Christmas.

Dodgy car lock blamed for theft of four Olympic medals

Dodgy car lock blamed for theft of four Olympic medals

Dodgy car lock blamed for theft of four Olympic medals

Dodgy car lock blamed for theft of four Olympic medals

A famed Olympic rower had four medals stolen from his car due to a faulty lock, a court has been told.

'Cruel, inhuman': justice laws to violate human rights

'Cruel, inhuman': justice laws to violate human rights

'Cruel, inhuman': justice laws to violate human rights

'Cruel, inhuman': justice laws to violate human rights

New youth justice laws will likely increase the number of children in detention and put pressure on packed facilities, a state government admits.

Bar staff line up for share of $19m lawsuit settlement

Bar staff line up for share of $19m lawsuit settlement

Bar staff line up for share of $19m lawsuit settlement

Bar staff line up for share of $19m lawsuit settlement

Sydney pub baron Justin Hemmes' company has agreed to pay millions to ex-employees who claimed they were underpaid, despite never admitting fault in the matter.

Childcare inquiry urged after depraved rapist jailed

Childcare inquiry urged after depraved rapist jailed

Childcare inquiry urged after depraved rapist jailed

Childcare inquiry urged after depraved rapist jailed

The parents of girls raped by Ashley Paul Griffith have called for an investigation into how he was able to keep offending in childcare centres for decades.

Indigenous leader locked up for 'calculated' $1m theft

Indigenous leader locked up for 'calculated' $1m theft

Indigenous leader locked up for 'calculated' $1m theft

Indigenous leader locked up for 'calculated' $1m theft

Indigenous leader Geoff Clark and his son Jeremy have been sentenced after they were found guilty of stealing almost $1 million from Aboriginal organisations.

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'Pack mentality': men jailed for buck's trip gang rapes

A weekend celebrating a young buck instead led three men to act like wolves, preying on young women in a series of callous and distressing sexual assaults.

'Irrevocable pain': parents confront childcare rapist

Some of the many women abused as girls by child care worker Ashley Paul Griffith over 19 years have told a judge they have scars that will never heal.

Environmental lawyers ordered to pay $9m to Santos

The Environmental Defenders Office has been ordered to pay Santos more than $9 million in legal fees after a failed case to stop an undersea gas pipeline.

Face-down restraint led to Indigenous man's death

An Indigenous man who died after being tasered, pepper sprayed and restrained by police was most likely suffering a psychotic episode, an inquest has found.

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'Undeniable': police label ex-cop a racist at inquest

The police officer who shot Kumanjayi Walker in a botched arrest has been labelled a racist by his former employer at an inquest into the death.

Body-in-bags victim allegedly had 'fiance' overseas

A woman allegedly killed and dismembered her husband with a drop-saw before disposing of the pieces of his body in neighbourhood bins.

'Rot in hell': family anger at train station killer

A Canadian with schizophrenia has faced the distraught family of a stranger he killed in an unprovoked attack after they got off a train at the same station.

Prison isolation looms for cop after fatal Taser shot

An officer who fatally tasered an aged-care resident is waiting to learn if he will be put into isolation in custody after his manslaughter verdict.

Serial rape suspect given bail after court outbursts

An alleged rapist has repeatedly yelled out in the courtroom about corrupt police as he successfully made a bid for bail ahead of his retrial.

Sex crimes detective jailed over teen complainant abuse

A police officer who sexually abused a teenager who was reporting her own alleged assault has been sentenced to jail after a jury found him guilty.

Man freed as alleged rape victim's evidence 'unlikely'

An accused rapist's convictions have been overturned after three Court of Appeal judges did not believe the evidence from his alleged 71-year-old victim.

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