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Latest news: Crime, Law and Justice
Fresh appeal in battle over secret robodebt documents
The release of potentially explosive government documents on the illegal robodebt scheme is being sought in an appeal against a ruling to keep them under wraps.
Nov 29, 2023
Double murderer urges judge to lock him up for life
Darren John Chalmers, 56, has urged a Victorian judge to keep him jailed for life after admitting to murdering a woman in 1992.
Nov 29, 2023
Teen admits role in attack on rugby star Kefu's family
Wallabies star Toutai Kefu suffered critical wounds to his abdomen while trying to defend his family during a home invasion by knife-wielding offenders.
Nov 29, 2023
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Reward offered as family vows to keep looking for woman
On the 12-month anniversary of her disappearance, Jessica Zrinksi's family and NSW Police announced a $500,000 reward for information that helps locate her.
Nov 29, 2023
Victoria to refund invalidly collected EV tax
The Victorian government will refund drivers who were slugged the state's electric vehicle tax after the High Court declared it invalid.
Nov 29, 2023
No plea from man accused of murdering Tasmanian teen
A 37-year-old man accused of murdering a Tasmanian teenager whose remains were found in bushland in July is yet to enter a plea to the charge.
Nov 29, 2023
Police officer convicted of assaulting teenager
A NSW cop has been convicted of assaulting a teen by pressing his knee down on their head during an arrest in Sydney's west.
Nov 29, 2023
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Upgraded manslaughter charge for cop who tasered gran
Charges against a police officer accused of tasering a 95-year-old woman who later died will be upgraded to manslaughter.
Nov 28, 2023
Detainee ankle bracelets, curfews face legal challenge
Imposing ankle bracelets and curfews on recently released immigration detainees may breach the constitution, lawyers behind a fresh legal challenge say.
Nov 28, 2023
Disrupt Burrup activists slam search, seizure of phones
A group of protesters have been searched by police and had their phones seized as they attempted to film a documentary outside Woodside's Burrup Hub.
Nov 28, 2023
Killer says he 'lost control' to vengeful alter-ego
A jury has heard that a young man blacked out and lost control to an alternate personality before finding himself bashing a man to death with a metal bar.
Nov 28, 2023
Judges unanimous in controversial detainee ruling
A High Court ruling that led to the release of more than 140 detainees was unanimous among judges who found their indefinite detention was unlawful.
Nov 28, 2023
Higgins takes stand in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case
Brittany Higgins has stepped into the witness box in a Federal Court defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten.
Nov 28, 2023
Roberts-Smith ordered to pay publishers' legal costs
Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered to pay the legal costs of newspapers that published allegations he committed war crimes, following a failed defamation suit.
Nov 28, 2023
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Pig hunters deny drug trafficking theory on missing man
Two pig hunters who were with a man when he disappeared while travelling through Queensland during a COVID-19 lockdown deny their group was trafficking drugs.
Nov 28, 2023
Cop found guilty of assaulting teenager during arrest
A police officer has been found guilty of assault by using "neither necessary nor appropriate" action in using his knee to subdue a teenage suspect.
Nov 28, 2023
Harmful and costly prisons 'failing to reduce crime'
South Australia's incarceration rate jumped by almost a third in the past decade, leading advocates to call for a rethink on the role of prisons in society.
Nov 28, 2023
Psych avoids suspension over prisoner relationship
A psychologist has been reprimanded over an intimate relationship she had with a former patient she treated when he was in jail for violent crimes.
Nov 28, 2023
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'Body in esky' killer wins appeal over missing bones
One of the men convicted over the 'body in esky' killing can apply for parole after an appeal court found he could not comply with no body, no parole law.
Nov 28, 2023
Gunman to spend decades in jail for boxing match murder
A shooter has been sentenced to almost three decades in prison over the murder of a man outside a boxing match, with the judge finding he lacked remorse.
Nov 28, 2023
Mass illegal tree removal devastates harbourside suburb
A local council is considering legal action after at least 100 trees were illegally chopped down in a suburb near Sydney harbour.
Nov 28, 2023
Elderly woman dies after rape in aged care home
A 90-year-old woman who was critically injured when she was attacked and raped in her nursing home has died.
Nov 28, 2023
Woman to face trial accused of plot to kill ex-husband
The woman at the centre of an alleged murder plot that left her ex-partner a tetraplegic and her lover with a gunshot wound has been denied bail.
Nov 27, 2023
'Scapegoating' of soldiers motivation for McBride leaks
The reasons David McBride leaked information revealing alleged war crimes have been questioned, but a secret document has shone a light on his decision.
Nov 27, 2023
Man in court for dangerous driving causing death of son
A man has been committed to stand trial on a charge of dangerous driving in relation to a single-vehicle crash in which his 11-year-old son died.
Nov 27, 2023
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