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Alice Springs youth curfew extended beyond school break

Alice Springs youth curfew extended beyond school break

A youth curfew in Alice Springs has been extended until after school holidays amid concerns that a relaxation of restrictions could lead to more violence.

'Major error': Doctor's admission after toddler's death

'Major error': Doctor's admission after toddler's death

'Major error': Doctor's admission after toddler's death

'Major error': Doctor's admission after toddler's death

A doctor who wrongly diagnosed a 19-month-old with gastro, days before he died of meningitis, has thought about the "error" every day since, an inquest heard.

'Battlelines' drawn on sex ID in trans-rights lawsuit

'Battlelines' drawn on sex ID in trans-rights lawsuit

'Battlelines' drawn on sex ID in trans-rights lawsuit

'Battlelines' drawn on sex ID in trans-rights lawsuit

Roxanne Tickle lived as a woman for years before being banned from using a female-only app, a court has heard during a landmark trans-rights lawsuit.

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Case dropped against stepdad accused over boy's death

Case dropped against stepdad accused over boy's death

Evidence suggested the death of a Brisbane toddler was an awful tragedy, a judge has said after charges were dropped against a stepfather.

Gendered violence scars community after third tragedy

Gendered violence scars community after third tragedy

As a community reels after another woman is allegedly killed by a man, the city's mayor is calling for people to call out gender-based violence.

Soccer fans 'mimicked Hitler' at final, court told

Soccer fans 'mimicked Hitler' at final, court told

Three Croatian men at the 2022 Australia Cup soccer final invoked hatred through "tainted" one-handed salutes synonymous with the Nazis, a court has heard.

Woman's body found after slip from waterfall edge

Woman's body found after slip from waterfall edge

Police say the body of a missing woman who slipped off a ledge at a waterfall has been found after a three-day, multi-agency search.

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Pay review after $700k NSW Police media merry-go-round

Pay review after $700k NSW Police media merry-go-round

Pay review after $700k NSW Police media merry-go-round

Pay review after $700k NSW Police media merry-go-round

'Exorbitant' payouts for NSW Police media advisors totalling more than $700,000 have prompted the premier to review severance pay for senior public servants.

Woman's family cry as her accused murderer faces court

Woman's family cry as her accused murderer faces court

Woman's family cry as her accused murderer faces court

Woman's family cry as her accused murderer faces court

A 21-year-old man accused of killing Hannah McGuire, whose body was found in a burnt out car in bushland, has faced court in a regional Victorian city.

Indigenous teen's death in detention avoidable: guard

Indigenous teen's death in detention avoidable: guard

Indigenous teen's death in detention avoidable: guard

Indigenous teen's death in detention avoidable: guard

The guard who found a teen with a self-inflicted injury in an adult prison's youth wing has told an inquest the death was tragic and could have been avoided.

Sick boy was 'so much worse' when let go from hospital

Sick boy was 'so much worse' when let go from hospital

Sick boy was 'so much worse' when let go from hospital

Sick boy was 'so much worse' when let go from hospital

A coroner is investigating the circumstances that led to a 19-month-old boy's death from meningitis after he was seen by multiple health professionals.

Court probes Nazi links to soccer 'Hitler salute'

Court probes Nazi links to soccer 'Hitler salute'

Court probes Nazi links to soccer 'Hitler salute'

Court probes Nazi links to soccer 'Hitler salute'

Lawyers for three men have denied that alleged salutes made at the 2022 Australia Cup soccer final had links to Nazi Germany.

Family seek answers as inquest into teen's death begins

Family seek answers as inquest into teen's death begins

Family seek answers as inquest into teen's death begins

Family seek answers as inquest into teen's death begins

A new inquest has begun into the death of an Indigenous teenager whose body was found on train tracks in regional NSW.

Obeid could serve ICAC deception sentence from home

Obeid could serve ICAC deception sentence from home

Obeid could serve ICAC deception sentence from home

Obeid could serve ICAC deception sentence from home

Lawyers for Moses Obeid have argued his sentence for lying to a 2012 ICAC probe could take the form of community service rather than being spent behind bars.

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Alice Springs youth curfew extension on the table

Senior Northern Territory bureaucrats are meeting to discuss whether to extend a youth curfew in Alice Springs.

SA union unaware of Alice Springs police deployment

South Australia Police has defended its decision to deploy 20 officers to crime hotspot Alice Springs with union officials saying they were left in the dark.

Lehrmann defamation decision possibly within the week

Allegations Bruce Lehrmann leaked confidential text messages to the media and was reimbursed for drugs and sex workers, could help decide his defamation claim.

'Disbelief' when teen found unresponsive in youth wing

A guard who found an Indigenous teen with self-inflicted injuries in the "unliveable" youth wing of a WA prison says he was initially confused by the discovery.

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Uni fined for threatening academics over time sheets

A university has been fined almost $75,000 after a supervisor threatened the prospects of casual academics who claimed work outside of contracted hours.

Rights groups welcome review of NSW 'anti-protest' laws

An inquiry will be held into whether laws said to have had a "chilling effect on social progress" remain fit for purpose.

Lehrmann's 'integrity' challenged in defamation stoush

Allegations levelled in court against Bruce Lehrmann by a former TV producer call into question his honesty and integrity, a lawyer for Network Ten claims.

Murder victim left in bin was 'blind to killer's evil'

A frail man brutally murdered by his housemate took him in because of the compassion that blinded him to his killer's evil, the victim's sister has told court.

Another murder sentence for notorious underworld killer

Sydney hitman Abuzar Sultani has been hit with a 30-year sentence for murder as he serves three life terms for multiple other killings.

Break pattern of mental health police killings: coroner

Police killings of people with mental health needs can no longer be addressed individually when a pattern of deaths has become so clear, a coroner has found.

Surprise twist after inquiry into Lehrmann prosecution

Corruption allegations have been made against the former chair of an inquiry tasked with investigating the prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann.

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