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Charges over alleged shopping centre attack on toddler

Charges over alleged shopping centre attack on toddler

A 21-year-old woman who allegedly attacked and injured a toddler at a Perth shopping centre has been charged with aggravated assault occasioning bodily harm.

'Shrills' heard from apartment before man's body found

'Shrills' heard from apartment before man's body found

'Shrills' heard from apartment before man's body found

'Shrills' heard from apartment before man's body found

A man has been found dead inside a northeast Melbourne apartment block as police interview another man arrested nearby.

Man pleads guilty over body found buried in concrete

Man pleads guilty over body found buried in concrete

Man pleads guilty over body found buried in concrete

Man pleads guilty over body found buried in concrete

More than two years after the discovery of human remains in concrete at a transport business, a man has pleaded guilty to being an accessory after a murder.

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Off the scale: intruder crashes campaign crime pitch

Off the scale: intruder crashes campaign crime pitch

Accused of being a policy chameleon, Queensland's opposition leader has stared down a scaly interloper while talking tough on crime on the campaign trail.

Indigenous inmate dies in maximum-security prison

Indigenous inmate dies in maximum-security prison

A 46-year-old Aboriginal inmate has died in a West Australian maximum security prison.

Alleged ringleader of tobacco syndicate makes bail bid

Alleged ringleader of tobacco syndicate makes bail bid

The man accused of running an illegal tobacco syndicate across Melbourne and regional Victoria has faced court for a bail application.

Disgraced ex-deputy mayor breaks down in release bid

Disgraced ex-deputy mayor breaks down in release bid

A former Sydney deputy mayor who plans to fight his convictions for domestic violence and fraud has a history of delaying proceedings, a court has been told.

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Rape-accused UK rapper blows kiss to fans outside court

Rape-accused UK rapper blows kiss to fans outside court

Rape-accused UK rapper blows kiss to fans outside court

Rape-accused UK rapper blows kiss to fans outside court

A British YouTube star and rapper, who allegedly raped and choked a woman in a Perth hotel room blew a kiss to screaming fans as he emerged from court.

Coles, Woolies call price check on ACCC discount claim

Coles, Woolies call price check on ACCC discount claim

Coles, Woolies call price check on ACCC discount claim

Coles, Woolies call price check on ACCC discount claim

Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths will fight the consumer watchdog over accusations of dodgy "price drop" campaigns.

Murder victim's husband hopes for same court outcome

Murder victim's husband hopes for same court outcome

Murder victim's husband hopes for same court outcome

Murder victim's husband hopes for same court outcome

The husband of a woman killed during a Boxing Day home invasion says he tries not to be bitter as he awaits verdicts in an accused teen's murder trial.

Longer jail sought for driver in fatal school bus crash

Longer jail sought for driver in fatal school bus crash

Longer jail sought for driver in fatal school bus crash

Longer jail sought for driver in fatal school bus crash

Prosecutors have appealed a "manifestly inadequate" two-year jail sentence imposed on a bus driver who struck and killed a teenage boy outside a school.

Claim MP booted from Liberals over 'annoying' questions

Claim MP booted from Liberals over 'annoying' questions

Claim MP booted from Liberals over 'annoying' questions

Claim MP booted from Liberals over 'annoying' questions

Nazis gatecrashing a rally were used as a pretext to expel MP Moira Deeming from the Liberals based on her views, her lawyer has alleged in court.

'Terrifying scene': neo-Nazis target refugee rally

'Terrifying scene': neo-Nazis target refugee rally

'Terrifying scene': neo-Nazis target refugee rally

'Terrifying scene': neo-Nazis target refugee rally

Refugee advocates say they were also pepper-sprayed as police sought to separate them from a group of neo-Nazis chanting hateful slogans.

Lehrmann wins right to appeal without $200k wallop

Lehrmann wins right to appeal without $200k wallop

Lehrmann wins right to appeal without $200k wallop

Lehrmann wins right to appeal without $200k wallop

Bruce Lehrmann can pursue an "arguable" appeal of his defamation loss without stumping up a $200,000 security payment, a judge has said.

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Teen to fight charge of displaying Hezbollah flag

A 19-year-old woman plans to fight a charge that she displayed a terrorist organisation symbol by flying a Hezbollah flag at a protest.

Huge drug driving increase but no behavioural change

NSW's crime statistics bureau has found no evidence a big increase in drug driving detections has led to a change in driver behaviour.

Ex Abercrombie & Fitch CEO facing sex charges

A year after a BBC probe alleged Abercrombie & Fitch's former CEO was involved in sex trafficking, he, his partner and a third man are facing federal charges.

Teen murder accused tried to stop stabbing, judge told

A teen on trial over a woman's death during a Boxing Day home invasion tried to intervene when another youth threatened to fatally stab her, a judge has heard.

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Search power in missing persons case deemed effective

Despite being rarely used, a power allowing police to search premises to find a high-risk missing person has been deemed "a useful and valuable tool".

Mehajer jailed for staged car crash, traffic fine plot

Disgraced ex-deputy mayor Salim Mehajer has thanked a judge for a "second chance after being jailed for a staged car crash and a scheme to lower traffic fines.

Police claim raids snuff out syndicate in tobacco wars

Major players in the illegal tobacco industry have been taken down following a wave of raids and arrests, police say.

Serial killer claim in call for unsolved murders probe

Numerous horrific murders and vanishings in one patch of the country has alarmed an MP but his claims of a potential serial killer have been met with scepticism

Read null about it: privacy changes could bury news

Changes to Australian privacy laws could open an avenue for powerful people to shut down news coverage, a group has told a Senate inquiry.

Reward offered as mystery of woman's bush death remains

Police are offering $500,000 for details about a singer whose body was found in a remote Sydney dam after a coroner did not rule out misadventure or foul play.

'Enemy of the state': tattoo hoped to link to drug plot

The alleged getaway driver in a shooting which claimed the life of an innocent man and badly injured two others, is also facing serious drug charges.

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