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AGL overcharged customers after services were stopped

AGL overcharged customers after services were stopped

A Federal Court judge has ruled against energy provider AGL, finding it contravened national rules by overcharging customers.

Ex-NBL star feels like 'nothing' after one-punch attack

Ex-NBL star feels like 'nothing' after one-punch attack

Ex-NBL star feels like 'nothing' after one-punch attack

Ex-NBL star feels like 'nothing' after one-punch attack

Former Brisbane Bullets player Harry Froling has told a court his career was ended by a single punch as his attacker was jailed for the brutal crime.

Jail for greedy fraudsters who rorted COVID scheme

Jail for greedy fraudsters who rorted COVID scheme

Jail for greedy fraudsters who rorted COVID scheme

Jail for greedy fraudsters who rorted COVID scheme

Two men have been jailed for using false identities to rort a COVID-19 small business grant scheme of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Family courts can inflame gender violence, inquiry told

Family courts can inflame gender violence, inquiry told

There are widespread fears family court proceedings can expose women and children experiencing domestic violence to further harm.

Prosecution rests in church trial over child's death

Prosecution rests in church trial over child's death

After weeks of hearings, prosecutors in the trial of 14 church group members accused of killing a girl by withholding insulin have finished presenting evidence.

Fine slashed after legal win over ferry pony deaths

Fine slashed after legal win over ferry pony deaths

The operator of the Spirit of Tasmania ferry will no longer have to pay a $75,000 fine over the deaths of 16 polo ponies after appealing to the Supreme Court.

Knife found nine years after alleged serial killing

Knife found nine years after alleged serial killing

A knife was found near a home where accused serial killer Steven Hainsworth had lived, nine years after he allegedly murdered his neighbour, a judge has heard

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Life-in-prison bid for schoolgirl's callous 'execution'

Life-in-prison bid for schoolgirl's callous 'execution'

Life-in-prison bid for schoolgirl's callous 'execution'

Life-in-prison bid for schoolgirl's callous 'execution'

Schoolgirl Charlise Mutten was killed by a man she trusted and called "Daddy", a court has been told during an emotional sentencing hearing for her murderer.

Rex sale on track, despite managers' call for more time

Rex sale on track, despite managers' call for more time

Rex sale on track, despite managers' call for more time

Rex sale on track, despite managers' call for more time

The administrators of cash-strapped carrier Rex have asked the Federal Court for an extension of time even though they hope to have a buyer in the coming month.

Court's landmark 'trans women are women' verdict lauded

Court's landmark 'trans women are women' verdict lauded

Court's landmark 'trans women are women' verdict lauded

Court's landmark 'trans women are women' verdict lauded

The founder of a women-only app has been ordered to pay compensation for unlawfully discriminating against a transgender user as a landmark case concluded.

'Beloved' mum dies 11 days after alleged hit-run crash

'Beloved' mum dies 11 days after alleged hit-run crash

'Beloved' mum dies 11 days after alleged hit-run crash

'Beloved' mum dies 11 days after alleged hit-run crash

Police have upgraded charges against a teenager after a mother struck in an alleged hit-and-run died 11 days after the crash.

Former MP's penalty doubled for election Facebook posts

Former MP's penalty doubled for election Facebook posts

Former MP's penalty doubled for election Facebook posts

Former MP's penalty doubled for election Facebook posts

Former Liberal MP Andrew Laming has had his fines doubled on appeal over three Facebook posts found to have breached the law around election campaigns.

Stacks of prison punishments 'unlawful, unjust'

Stacks of prison punishments 'unlawful, unjust'

Stacks of prison punishments 'unlawful, unjust'

Stacks of prison punishments 'unlawful, unjust'

Tina was awaiting trial when she asked for help with her drug problem. A damning report has found she was instead charged with failing a drug test.

Higgins hit with fresh lawsuit over $2.4 million trust

Higgins hit with fresh lawsuit over $2.4 million trust

Higgins hit with fresh lawsuit over $2.4 million trust

Higgins hit with fresh lawsuit over $2.4 million trust

Senator Linda Reynolds has renewed legal proceedings to dissolve the trust protecting Brittany Higgins' multimillion-dollar commonwealth payout.

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Women are terrorised but ministers avoid the T word

Youth Minister Anne Aly came the closest among federal ministers to compare treating family violence offenders like terrorism suspects.

Betting agencies roped into A-League corruption scandal

Prosecutors are awaiting evidence from three international betting agencies over alleged yellow-card fixing by Macarthur FC's ex-captain and two players.

Man faces court charged with murdering his partner

A Warumungu and Arrernte man has faced court charged with murdering his partner in Darwin.

Alleged serial killer expressed sympathy to family

Accused serial killer Steven Hainsworth told a relative of an alleged victim that he had gone into the woman's yard to retrieve a ball, a court has been told.

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Woman inflated fight into rape complaint, court hears

Lawyers for a man accused of raping and assaulting a woman at The Star casino and hotel have cast doubt on her version of events.

'I'm sorry': ex-councillor speaks after vicious attack

A disgraced lawyer elected as councillor in Sydney's wealthy east was addicted to prescription drugs when he brutally attacked a family friend in her home.

No warning, no reason behind driver's stabbing death

A former parliamentary driver was stabbed to death at his own home by a man with a propensity for violence who was on bail for an earlier alleged wounding.

Higgins' police report detailed to defamation trial

A police report detailing Brittany Higgins' night out with friends before she was allegedly raped in Parliament House have been read at a defamation trial.

Man admits he hit wife with axe after she bit his thumb

A man who killed his wife has given evidence in his own murder trial where he claimed she came at him with a knife.

Companies charged after man jailed over workplace death

WorkSafe has charged two companies over the death of a worker who was crushed under a Bobcat at a construction site.

'Great pain' not enough to require help for dying girl

A woman accused of killing a young girl by withholding her insulin told police she would not have called an ambulance even if the girl was writhing in pain.

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