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Lawyer draws on time in refugee detention to give back

Lawyer draws on time in refugee detention to give back

Zainab Alsweedy escaped Iraq with her family by boat to Australia and was detained for months, spurring her years later to become a lawyer helping refugees.

Police chasing new leads after lawyer shot outside home

Police chasing new leads after lawyer shot outside home

Police chasing new leads after lawyer shot outside home

Police chasing new leads after lawyer shot outside home

Investigators have asked a lawyer shot outside his Sydney home to urgently re-examine data on his mobile phone after new information came to light in the case.

Man accused of murdering teenager appears in court

Man accused of murdering teenager appears in court

Man accused of murdering teenager appears in court

Man accused of murdering teenager appears in court

A Tasmanian man accused of murdering 14-year-old Shyanne-Lee Tatnell, whose remains were found near a bush track, has appeared in court.

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Brothers avoid jail over $6m fake stamp operation

Brothers avoid jail over $6m fake stamp operation

Shaheryer and Obaid Khan have avoided jail or conviction for acting as minions in a $6 million counterfeit stamp operation which was run by their older brother.

Trump vows to release report 'proving' election fraud

Trump vows to release report 'proving' election fraud

Despite zero evidence so far, former US president- Donald Trump says he will release a report next week that will prove there was voter fraud in Georgia.

Dad's letter to Rinehart: 'please leave me in peace'

Dad's letter to Rinehart: 'please leave me in peace'

Gina Rinehart's father, mining pioneer Lang Hancock, wrote to his daughter in a bid to sever their ties amid a bitter dispute in the years before he died.

Sister denies making up evidence for accused brother

Sister denies making up evidence for accused brother

The sister of a man accused of killing a toddler more than 18 years ago has blamed the passage of time for inconsistencies, and denied making up evidence.

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Killer may face just six years due to prison conditions

Killer may face just six years due to prison conditions

Killer may face just six years due to prison conditions

Killer may face just six years due to prison conditions

A killer could walk free in just three years because of harsh prison conditions, which led him to believe he was being poisoned by corrections staff.

Commercial mushroom growers reassure shoppers on safety

Commercial mushroom growers reassure shoppers on safety

Commercial mushroom growers reassure shoppers on safety

Commercial mushroom growers reassure shoppers on safety

The Australian Mushroom Growers Association has reminded consumers that commercially grown mushrooms are not dangerous, after the deaths of three Victorians.

Jailed pedophile ex-priest stripped of law credentials

Jailed pedophile ex-priest stripped of law credentials

Jailed pedophile ex-priest stripped of law credentials

Jailed pedophile ex-priest stripped of law credentials

Two years after being jailed for sexually exploiting boys in multiple Asian countries, Peter Andrew Hansen has been struck off the roll of lawyers.

Plane bomb threat accused 'not in right state of mind'

Plane bomb threat accused 'not in right state of mind'

Plane bomb threat accused 'not in right state of mind'

Plane bomb threat accused 'not in right state of mind'

A man whose alleged bomb threats grounded an international flight from Sydney will spend another night in custody after he refused to appear in court.

Pedophile priest may die in jail as sentence increased

Pedophile priest may die in jail as sentence increased

Pedophile priest may die in jail as sentence increased

Pedophile priest may die in jail as sentence increased

Serial pedophile priest Gerald Ridsdale, who is bed-ridden in hospital, has had his prison term increased by a year after admitting to abusing his 72nd victim.

Peeping Tom jailed for peering into family homes

Peeping Tom jailed for peering into family homes

Peeping Tom jailed for peering into family homes

Peeping Tom jailed for peering into family homes

A Sydney man has been jailed for at least 18 months after he was caught peering into family homes and breaching his community supervision order.

Student avoids conviction for Pauline Hanson threats

Student avoids conviction for Pauline Hanson threats

Student avoids conviction for Pauline Hanson threats

Student avoids conviction for Pauline Hanson threats

A Victorian student has avoided a conviction after making assassination threats against Senator Pauline Hanson in an effort to get banned from social media.

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Suspended jail term for local footy game punch

A local Aussie Rules player in Tasmania who punched an opposition player in the head, fracturing his eye socket, has received a suspended jail sentence.

Wife and son lived at home with man's body for a year

A wife and son are persons of interest over the death of a man, with police saying they lived with his remains for a year at a home before he was discovered.

Gina Rinehart defrauded her children, lawyer alleges

Billionaire Gina Rinehart committed fraud with iron ore mining tenements now worth billions of dollars, a lawyer for her two eldest children has told a court.

Wahlburgers assault accused was threatened, court told

Wahlburgers is used to headlines through links to a famous Hollywood actor, but the barrister for its local face says press coverage was used as a threat.

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Suspect pens statement to 'clear up' mushroom deaths

Erin Patterson, who cooked a meal suspected of killing three people, has claimed to police she also fell ill after eating a serving of the mushroom dish.

Husband to pay wife almost $1 million after home attack

A husband has been ordered to pay his estranged wife almost $1 million in civil damages after losing an appeal following a 2013 home invasion.

Diary bared ex-teacher's alleged underage relationships

A former English teacher's alleged child abuse of four of his students across two decades was exposed after a mother stumbled across her daughter's diary.

More time for inmate who smuggled drugs into prison

A man has been sentenced to more jail time over a scheme to conceal pure methamphetamine and another drug being on a prison visitor's body.

Cops to carry life-saving spray for overdose victims

In a national first, WA police will be equipped with a medication that can quickly reverse the effects of opioids such as heroin or fentanyl.

Shot solicitor's devices to be returned after seizure

Electronic devices seized from criminal defence lawyer Mahmoud Abbas after he was shot outside his home should be returned by police, a judge has said.

Dell fined $10m over misleading monitor marketing

Dell has been fined $10 million for enticing consumers with inflated discounts for its monitors before sometimes charging them higher prices.

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