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Harassment charge dropped against ex-AFL player

Harassment charge dropped against ex-AFL player

Ex-North Melbourne footballer Tarryn Thomas has walked free from court on a good behaviour bond after a harassment charge against him was withdrawn.

Nazi salute convictions overturned in key test for laws

Nazi salute convictions overturned in key test for laws

Nazi salute convictions overturned in key test for laws

Nazi salute convictions overturned in key test for laws

Two men accused of displaying Nazi salutes at the 2022 Australia Cup final have been found not guilty on appeal, while a third remains convicted over the crime.

Missing teen's final hours caught on CCTV: police

Missing teen's final hours caught on CCTV: police

Missing teen's final hours caught on CCTV: police

Missing teen's final hours caught on CCTV: police

CCTV footage showing inside the apartment of missing Melbourne teen Isla Bell's alleged killer has captured her final hours, according to police.

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Opposition fails to stub out lighter tobacco fines

Opposition fails to stub out lighter tobacco fines

Moves to lighten penalties for first offences by small operators ignited a row that could have delayed a government crack down on illegal tobacco.

Tycoon Lai denies lobbying US on China and Hong Kong

Tycoon Lai denies lobbying US on China and Hong Kong

Hong Kong democrat Jimmy Lai has testified in his landmark national security trial, saying he never asked the US to intervene during the city's 2019 protests.

Discrimination case launched over child removals

Discrimination case launched over child removals

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families have launched legal action against the Western Australian and NSW governments over child removals.

Didn't see it coming: 'psychic' faces multiple charges

Didn't see it coming: 'psychic' faces multiple charges

A woman accused of being part of a group that pretended to have psychic powers to scam customers out of money and property faces a string of fraud charges.

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Jury verdict still to come for cop who tasered 95yo

Jury verdict still to come for cop who tasered 95yo

Jury verdict still to come for cop who tasered 95yo

Jury verdict still to come for cop who tasered 95yo

A jury has gone home for the day after three hours of deliberations failed to produce a verdict for a police officer who tasered an elderly woman.

Grandad 'enjoyed' seeing alligator kill beloved chicken

Grandad 'enjoyed' seeing alligator kill beloved chicken

Grandad 'enjoyed' seeing alligator kill beloved chicken

Grandad 'enjoyed' seeing alligator kill beloved chicken

There was a "degree of sadism" in a grandfather's decision to feed a chicken called Betty White to an alligator at a NSW wildlife sanctuary, a court has heard.

Domestic violence continues to ravage Indigenous women

Domestic violence continues to ravage Indigenous women

Domestic violence continues to ravage Indigenous women

Domestic violence continues to ravage Indigenous women

Indigenous women represent one-third of deaths related to domestic and family violence since June, say advocates who are calling for action.

Lawyer X Gobbo 'made the choice' to become an informer

Lawyer X Gobbo 'made the choice' to become an informer

Lawyer X Gobbo 'made the choice' to become an informer

Lawyer X Gobbo 'made the choice' to become an informer

Barrister-turned-informer Nicola Gobbo did not have to become a human source, lawyers representing Victoria have argued at her civil trial against police.

'That's my daughter': woman jailed over abduction bid

'That's my daughter': woman jailed over abduction bid

'That's my daughter': woman jailed over abduction bid

'That's my daughter': woman jailed over abduction bid

A woman who accidentally killed her baby in a scalding hot bath has been warned to turn her life around after trying to abduct another child from a bus stop.

Burnt, tortured prison guard left 'spiralling' in pain

Burnt, tortured prison guard left 'spiralling' in pain

Burnt, tortured prison guard left 'spiralling' in pain

Burnt, tortured prison guard left 'spiralling' in pain

A former prison guard who was left with chemical burns, a punctured lung and stab wounds has told a court his life trajectory has plummeted.

Car found after gran's mysterious disappearance, death

Car found after gran's mysterious disappearance, death

Car found after gran's mysterious disappearance, death

Car found after gran's mysterious disappearance, death

A car belonging to a Queensland grandmother has been found by police after she was inexplicably found dead hundreds of kilometres from her hometown.

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Man jailed over cocaine imports to pay for new business

A man who wanted to start a business but had wasted all his money on cocaine took up a cash offer to collect the drug after it had been imported into Australia.

Alleged killer in court as teen's remains found at tip

A man has fronted court charged with the murder of a Melbourne teenager after human remains were found in a waste management facility.

Jail time slashed for woman who killed abusive husband

A woman who killed her husband after a decade of "intolerable" abuse may be released from jail in about three years after appealing her murder sentence.

'Diddy' Combs in court in dispute over jail cell search

Sean "Diddy" Combs defence lawyers say the seizure of notes during a search of his jail cell are a violation of his right to a fair trial.

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Alan Jones hit with more charges as his friends respond

Prominent Australians have responded to the dramatic arrest of Alan Jones as police hit the once-powerful broadcaster with more indecent assault allegations.

Criticism as HK activists jailed in landmark trial

Almost 50 pro-democracy activists have been jailed in Hong Kong after a landmark national security trial that has drawn international condemnation.

Cop 'not the type of person' to taser 95yo unlawfully

A police officer on trial over the tasering death of an aged-care resident swore an oath to God to be truthful about why he fired his weapon, a jury has heard.

MacGill allegedly had trusted link with cocaine dealer

Ex-cricketer Stuart MacGill allegedly complained about the quality of cocaine from a regular dealer before helping them to buy "good gear", a court has heard.

Woman 'dead before tractor accident with husband'

A woman recorded a video hours before her body was found near machinery saying that if she was killed it would be because of her husband, a judge has heard.

Star Aussie music duo's case against managers grounded

Star siblings Angus and Julia Stone have suffered a loss in a NSW court, which ruled their claims should be heard in London instead.

Inquest probes failings in violent dad and baby tragedy

Systemic failings allowed a violent, mentally ill man to gain access to his infant daughter and leap to their deaths from a dam wall, an inquest has been told.

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