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Richmond star to be sentenced over border assault

Richmond star to be sentenced over border assault

Richmond defender Noah Balta has admitted an assault after a man was sent to hospital with a head injury just before the end of the year.

Footy legend denies drunken assault, intimidation

Footy legend denies drunken assault, intimidation

Footy legend denies drunken assault, intimidation

Footy legend denies drunken assault, intimidation

NRL and rugby great Wendell Sailor has denied drunkenly assaulting two people and refusing to leave a city-centre bar during a late-night incident.

Weinstein cries in court: 'I can’t hold on anymore!'

Weinstein cries in court: 'I can’t hold on anymore!'

Weinstein cries in court: 'I can’t hold on anymore!'

Weinstein cries in court: 'I can’t hold on anymore!'

Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has begged a court for an earlier trial date because he is struggling to "hold on" as he battles cancer.

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Equality, safety key to female staff retention: survey

Equality, safety key to female staff retention: survey

More than 80 per cent of women would consider leaving a job that didn't take sexual harassment seriously according to a survey by anti-violence group Our Watch.

Anti-Jewish plot foiled as caravan of explosives found

Anti-Jewish plot foiled as caravan of explosives found

A huge multi-agency operation is probing a potential terror act after a caravan full of explosives was found alongside a note with addresses of Jewish people.

Second getaway car twist in hunt for gangland killers

Second getaway car twist in hunt for gangland killers

An underworld figure's execution could inflame conflict between warring illicit tobacco groups, as detectives discover a suspected second getaway car.

System 'failed to protect' girl from parents, church

System 'failed to protect' girl from parents, church

The system "failed to protect" a diabetic girl killed by her parents and a small religious group who withheld her medication for days, the victim's sister says.

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'Misleading' Toyota could hit vehicle owners' wallets

'Misleading' Toyota could hit vehicle owners' wallets

'Misleading' Toyota could hit vehicle owners' wallets

'Misleading' Toyota could hit vehicle owners' wallets

Toyota's allegedly misleading statements about engine defect repairs may financially impact vehicle owners who are part of a class action against the auto firm.

Ex-Liberal spared conviction on personal tax offences

Ex-Liberal spared conviction on personal tax offences

Ex-Liberal spared conviction on personal tax offences

Ex-Liberal spared conviction on personal tax offences

Former Tasmanian MP Adam Brooks has been spared a conviction on personal tax offences, while a company he directed was fined $5000 for failing to file returns.

Private school fined $140k, apologises for boy's death

Private school fined $140k, apologises for boy's death

Private school fined $140k, apologises for boy's death

Private school fined $140k, apologises for boy's death

Melbourne's Kilvington Grammar has been sentenced in the County Court over the death of student Lachlan Cook who died on a school trip to Vietnam.

Questions as accused smuggler's escape ends 4000km away

Questions as accused smuggler's escape ends 4000km away

Questions as accused smuggler's escape ends 4000km away

Questions as accused smuggler's escape ends 4000km away

Federal police have tracked down an accused drug smuggler who was allegedly trying to sail to Indonesia after skipping out from a rehabilitation centre.

Social media influencer accused of drugging baby bailed

Social media influencer accused of drugging baby bailed

Social media influencer accused of drugging baby bailed

Social media influencer accused of drugging baby bailed

A social media influencer accused of drugging her baby to gain game online fame by manufacturing symptoms that led to surgery has been granted bail.

Alleged neo-Nazi leader remanded in custody

Alleged neo-Nazi leader remanded in custody

Alleged neo-Nazi leader remanded in custody

Alleged neo-Nazi leader remanded in custody

A group of men charged over a neo-Nazi rally has appeared in court, including two charged under anti-Nazi laws and their leader who remains in custody.

Baby's 'heart stopped' after mum gave drugs, court told

Baby's 'heart stopped' after mum gave drugs, court told

Baby's 'heart stopped' after mum gave drugs, court told

Baby's 'heart stopped' after mum gave drugs, court told

A social media influencer has applied for bail after being accused of "offensive" acts, making her infant nearly fatally ill, in order to gain fame and money.

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Revenge fears as ambush takes down underworld identity

There were no warnings a notorious underworld figure's life was at risk before he was fatally gunned down in front of his girlfriend in a daylight ambush.

Man behind bars after 'odious' attack on cop memorial

A man accused of defacing a memorial to fallen police officers has lost a bid to be detained at a mental health facility after claiming he had complex PTSD.

Jury to weigh man's 'sexsomnia' claim in rape trial

A man accused of raping a woman after a night out says he suffers from a condition called "sexsomnia" and was not awake at the time of the alleged assault.

Neighbour linked to 1980s sex attacks on grandmother

A man who grew up across the road from an elderly woman has been accused of raping her in the 1980s after a breakthrough in DNA.

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Alleged bikie boss 'distressed' by coke kingpin claims

An eight-month media campaign allegedly misled readers into thinking a reported bikie boss was the fugitive head of Australia's billion-dollar drug industry.

Psychiatric testing for cop accused of double slaying

An ex-cop facing a double murder charge will undergo psychiatric testing as prosecutors prepare an "extraordinary volume" of evidence, a court has been told.

'Tiger King' Joe Exotic pleads to Trump for pardon

Joe Exotic believes he is more deserving of a pardon than the newly-freed rioters and has called for US President Donald Trump to agree to his release.

Trump fires officials who worked for prosecutor Smith

The US Justice Department says officials who worked on the case prosecuting President Donald Trump for mishandling documents can't be trusted.

Man charged over vandalism of police tributes memorial

Police have charged a man after the words "evil" and "dogs" were scratched into a stone memorial to fallen police in another act of vandalism on monuments.

Tariffs on hold as Colombia, US reach deportations deal

US President Donald Trump's threat to impose tariffs and sanctions on Colombia is on hold after the South American nation agreed to accept deported migrants.

Hatred imported from interstate 'won't be tolerated'

Authorities have vowed to fight the bigotry and cowardice of extremists after a man was charged under new laws in South Australia that ban swastikas in public.

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