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Police hunt after shooting near PM's electorate office

Police hunt after shooting near PM's electorate office

Police are hunting those involved in a shooting metres from the prime minister's electorate office and around the corner from a police station in Sydney.

Hair salon shooting may be revenge for underworld death

Hair salon shooting may be revenge for underworld death

Hair salon shooting may be revenge for underworld death

Hair salon shooting may be revenge for underworld death

The shooting of two men in a Sydney hair salon is being investigated for links with the recent killing of a convicted drug kingpin and underworld figure.

Top jockey charged by stewards over 'white powder' pics

Top jockey charged by stewards over 'white powder' pics

Top jockey charged by stewards over 'white powder' pics

Top jockey charged by stewards over 'white powder' pics

Racing Victoria has charged top jockey Jamie Kah over pictures that appeared to show her and two others with a white powder.

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Foreign nationals charged over heavy Perth cocaine haul

Foreign nationals charged over heavy Perth cocaine haul

A French man and Swiss woman could face life imprisonment if convicted of an alleged plot to bring almost half a tonne of cocaine into Australia.

Arrest warrant for ex-little league coach over abuse

Arrest warrant for ex-little league coach over abuse

Former primary school teacher and little league coach Ray Cosgriff has failed to appear in court to face 26 historical indecent assault charges.

Driver charged with Gold Coast sexual assaults

Driver charged with Gold Coast sexual assaults

The separate offences allegedly occurred when the man was driving for a rideshare operator in one instance and a taxi company in another.

Man pleads guilty over hotel hallway death

Man pleads guilty over hotel hallway death

Connor Godfrey has had a murder charge dropped after prosecutors accepted his guilty plea for the manslaughter of Giuseppe Pagano in a Sydney CBD hotel in 2021.

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Retrial for teens found guilty of 15-year-old's murder

Retrial for teens found guilty of 15-year-old's murder

Retrial for teens found guilty of 15-year-old's murder

Retrial for teens found guilty of 15-year-old's murder

Two boys have won an appeal against their murder convictions and face a retrial over the 2020 fatal stabbing of 15-year-old Angus Beaumont north of Brisbane.

Slave keeper jail time increased for contacting victim

Slave keeper jail time increased for contacting victim

Slave keeper jail time increased for contacting victim

Slave keeper jail time increased for contacting victim

A woman in prison for keeping a Tamil woman as a slave has had her jail term increased for trying to stop her victim giving evidence against her.

Man in custody over death of Gold Coast father

Man in custody over death of Gold Coast father

Man in custody over death of Gold Coast father

Man in custody over death of Gold Coast father

A 36-year-old man has had his case mentioned in a Gold Coast court after being charged with murder over the death of a father-of-two.

Mother-of-eight admits raping teen daughter

Mother-of-eight admits raping teen daughter

Mother-of-eight admits raping teen daughter

Mother-of-eight admits raping teen daughter

A 45-year-old woman has admitted raping her intellectually impaired teenage daughter after insisting the child live with her after leaving foster care.

Man pleads not guilty over boarding house fire deaths

Man pleads not guilty over boarding house fire deaths

Man pleads not guilty over boarding house fire deaths

Man pleads not guilty over boarding house fire deaths

Richard Hotoran has pleaded not guilty to charges including murder after allegedly causing a blaze at a boarding house in Sydney's inner west.

Top journalists to provide evidence in Lehrmann case

Top journalists to provide evidence in Lehrmann case

Top journalists to provide evidence in Lehrmann case

Top journalists to provide evidence in Lehrmann case

High-profile journalists Peter FitzSimons and Laura Tingle will provide evidence in the defamation action brought by former Liberal staffer Bruce Lehrmann.

High-powered guns surrendered, destroyed in buyback

High-powered guns surrendered, destroyed in buyback

High-powered guns surrendered, destroyed in buyback

High-powered guns surrendered, destroyed in buyback

High-powered and military-style firearms worth up to $18,000 each have been surrendered to authorities following a West Australian government buyback.

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Dance instructor cleared over citizen harm charge

Felix Lara's lawyers told the jury he could not have caused the woman harm because the sexual assault said to have done so did not happen.

Amber Haigh's alleged murderers want judge-only trial

Robert and Anne Greeves have asked for a judge-alone trial for the alleged murder of Amber Haigh 21 years ago.

Cricketer Gunathilaka seeks no jury in rape trial

Sri Lankan international cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka will seek not to be put before a jury as he faces a charge of sexual intercourse without consent.

Jury to visit Charlise Mutten's alleged murder site

Justin Stein will face trial next year over the murder of his fiancee's nine-year-old daughter, with police alleging he shot her dead at his family home.

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Colombian man jailed 10 years for killing sex worker

A judge found there were special circumstances after extradited Colombian Hector Valencia was found guilty of manslaughter rather than murder.

Hundreds of unsolved murder files 'collecting dust'

Recording unsolved homicides is "still a work in progress" top detectives have told an inquiry into NSW Police mismanagement of cold cases.

Liberal senator makes legal threat to Brittany Higgins

Brittany Higgins says she is considering her legal options after a defamation threat from Senator Linda Reynolds, who is already suing Ms Higgins' partner.

Inquest into death of 68yo man in Brisbane watch house

A coroner is set to consider the death of a 68-year-old man who died after being removed from a police van at the Brisbane Watch House in December last year.

Man bailed on DV charges as woman's death probed

A man found inside an apartment with his dead partner has been granted bail on domestic violence charges while police investigate the cause of her death.

Man faints as jury finds him guilty of murdering singer

Paul Ross Charlton has collapsed and been taken to hospital as a Victorian jury found him guilty of the murder of his singer girlfriend Joanne Howell in 2007.

Call for more evidence for inquest into missing mum

A lawyer will be asked to provide a statement about whether a man sought advice as part of a coronial investigation into the suspected death of a woman in 2012.

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