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Guns for hire: police bust accused 'freelance' gang

Guns for hire: police bust accused 'freelance' gang

Three men allegedly carrying out criminal offences such as shootings and kidnappings for organised crime networks have been arrested.

Man charged with lighting up, destroying tobacco stores

Man charged with lighting up, destroying tobacco stores

Man charged with lighting up, destroying tobacco stores

Man charged with lighting up, destroying tobacco stores

A 20-year-old is accused of lighting up two tobacco shops and ram raiding a third with a stolen car in Victoria's ongoing gangland war.

O'Keefe flags mental-health defence for latest charges

O'Keefe flags mental-health defence for latest charges

O'Keefe flags mental-health defence for latest charges

O'Keefe flags mental-health defence for latest charges

Former TV star Andrew O'Keefe will fight charges of stalking or intimidation and breaching an AVO after an incident in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

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Ex-Lib ordered to fly in for Pesutto's defamation trial

Ex-Lib ordered to fly in for Pesutto's defamation trial

A former Victorian Liberal MP-turned-educator in the UK must return to Australia to give evidence in a defamation trial brought against his former boss.

'Put up and shut up' attitude in remote housing tested

'Put up and shut up' attitude in remote housing tested

Aboriginal people in remote communities have been expected to "put up and shut up" about poor housing for too long, say lawyers behind a major class action.

Another woman killed from suspected domestic violence

Another woman killed from suspected domestic violence

Police have arrested a man after a woman was killed in a suspected domestic violence incident.

Deepfake porn laws to target sharing of sexual images

Deepfake porn laws to target sharing of sexual images

Federal parliament is cracking down on the sharing of fake or digitally altered pornographic images without consent.

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Findings of mum, four kids' fatal crash 'waste of time'

Findings of mum, four kids' fatal crash 'waste of time'

Findings of mum, four kids' fatal crash 'waste of time'

Findings of mum, four kids' fatal crash 'waste of time'

The findings of an inquest into a crash that claimed the lives of a mother and her four children on a major highway have been dismissed as a "waste of time".

Legal loss welcomed as mass brumby shooting continues

Legal loss welcomed as mass brumby shooting continues

Legal loss welcomed as mass brumby shooting continues

Legal loss welcomed as mass brumby shooting continues

A group of bush users are the latest to fail in a legal bid to stop the NSW government shooting brumbies from helicopters in Kosciuszko National Park.

Calls for family violence funding to be election issue

Calls for family violence funding to be election issue

Calls for family violence funding to be election issue

Calls for family violence funding to be election issue

A report card on Australia's progress in ending gender-based violence concludes more funding is needed, especially in crisis areas.

Review gun laws 'so no one else has to go through it'

Review gun laws 'so no one else has to go through it'

Review gun laws 'so no one else has to go through it'

Review gun laws 'so no one else has to go through it'

An urgent review of correctional officers' use of firearms has been recommended by an inquiry into the death of an Indigenous man shot while fleeing custody.

Mother jailed for fatal cult discipline of daughter

Mother jailed for fatal cult discipline of daughter

Mother jailed for fatal cult discipline of daughter

Mother jailed for fatal cult discipline of daughter

A woman has been jailed for nine years for fatally beating her two-year-old daughter after becoming upset at her chores on a property owned by cult The Family.

Killer family 'fixated' on police before shootings

Killer family 'fixated' on police before shootings

Killer family 'fixated' on police before shootings

Killer family 'fixated' on police before shootings

A senior police officer would have sought specialist advice about a family of killers if he had access to information from an interstate force, a coroner heard.

Magistrate barred after courtroom bust-up with lawyer

Magistrate barred after courtroom bust-up with lawyer

Magistrate barred after courtroom bust-up with lawyer

Magistrate barred after courtroom bust-up with lawyer

The former head of a major university who allegedly wiped her saliva on a schoolgirl's face has won a legal bid after her lawyer clashed with a magistrate.

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'Particular interest' in van after sex assault on teen

A man is behind bars accused of raping a teenager at knifepoint, as police appeal for information amid concerns he may have targeted other children.

'I was toxic', Higgins said about Reynolds relationship

A journalist who broke the story about Brittany Higgins' alleged rape has testified in a defamation trial pitting Senator Linda Reynolds against her ex-staffer.

Murder-trial juror did not need weekends off, firm says

A clothing store accused of threatening a worker who refused to come in on weekends while on jury duty has argued there was no legal right to have two days off.

Governments urged to 'be honest' on youth justice

Indigenous children's organisations are urging governments to 'be honest' about Australia's youth justice system, and invest in community-led solutions.

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Would-be clown googled laws before packing gold gun

A woman has admitted importing an illegal weapon when she flew in to Australia from the US with a gold-plated firearm in her luggage.

Redress 'got it wrong' for people who experienced abuse

Australians seeking compensation over institutional childhood abuse have found the national redress process re-traumatising, patronising and 'incredibly awful'.

Dress pulled up, alleged serial killer's trial told

The body of a woman allegedly killed by a man accused of three SA cold case murders was discovered by her 11-year-old grandson, a court has been told.

'Enraged' shooter targeted wife and family before death

Investigators are trying to unpick what led a man from Victoria, with scant police history, to target his family in a shooting in suburban Sydney.

Class action over Jetstar's pandemic travel vouchers

A class action against Jetstar is seeking full refunds for flights cancelled during the pandemic, alleging the airline shouldn't have issued travel credits.

Vigil for Chinese student killed at unit block

Police are appealing for information about the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two young international students at a Sydney unit complex.

Regional trial date set for accused triple murderer

Accused triple murderer Erin Patterson will stand trial in regional Victoria almost two years after three relatives died from suspected mushroom poisoning.

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