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Boy dies from methadone overdose after medical missteps

Boy dies from methadone overdose after medical missteps

Child safety will be prioritised in a review of an opioid treatment program after a six-year-old boy died when he drank his parents' methadone.

Police officer charged with child sex offences

Police officer charged with child sex offences

Police officer charged with child sex offences

Police officer charged with child sex offences

A former senior sergeant in Queensland Police Service's central district has been charged with child sex offences.

Disability provider faces $1.8m fine over burns death

Disability provider faces $1.8m fine over burns death

Disability provider faces $1.8m fine over burns death

Disability provider faces $1.8m fine over burns death

Kyah Lucas died from burns after being bathed by two LiveBetter disability support workers in 2022. The disability support provider now faces a hefty fine.

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Obeid's son looking to avoid more jail over ICAC lies

Obeid's son looking to avoid more jail over ICAC lies

Moses Obeid could leave jail soon over a coal-licence conspiracy as his barrister makes a bid to spare him further time over 12-year-old comments.

Man refused appeal over fatal strike with rifle butt

Man refused appeal over fatal strike with rifle butt

A man who fatally struck a father-of-two in the face with a rifle butt during a roadside confrontation will remain in custody until at least 2026.

Serial thug gets jail sentence reduced on appeal

Serial thug gets jail sentence reduced on appeal

A Melbourne man who joined his father to bash a stranger walking home from a night out has had more than a year shaved off his sentence on appeal.

Alleged trigger-man charged over bikie-linked murder

Alleged trigger-man charged over bikie-linked murder

Police have charged a man with carrying out the shooting murder of Marvin Oraiha during Sydney's gangland wars.

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Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire

Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire

Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire

Woman admits smoke alarm failure after fatal house fire

A woman has pleaded guilty to failing to fit legal smoke alarms at a Moreton Bay island property she owned after a house fire killed a father and his five boys.

Woman jailed over former partner's 'elaborate' killing

Woman jailed over former partner's 'elaborate' killing

Woman jailed over former partner's 'elaborate' killing

Woman jailed over former partner's 'elaborate' killing

A woman has been jailed for manslaughter after plotting an ultimately deadly attack on her ex-partner at his home north of Brisbane..

Power at heart of Craig Kelly aide's sexual offending

Power at heart of Craig Kelly aide's sexual offending

Power at heart of Craig Kelly aide's sexual offending

Power at heart of Craig Kelly aide's sexual offending

Ex-political aide Frank Zumbo used the promise of a career in politics to sexually touch and assault young women, a Sydney court has been told.

Fugitive will be free within months after evading trial

Fugitive will be free within months after evading trial

Fugitive will be free within months after evading trial

Fugitive will be free within months after evading trial

Omer Tok has been sentenced in the Victorian County Court after admitting he obtained a fake passport to flee the country on the eve of his drug trial.

Ex-Victorian Liberals boss fined $40k over unlawful ads

Ex-Victorian Liberals boss fined $40k over unlawful ads

Ex-Victorian Liberals boss fined $40k over unlawful ads

Ex-Victorian Liberals boss fined $40k over unlawful ads

Former Victorian Liberal Party director Sam McQuestin has been handed $40,000 in fines over a series of unlawful election ads.

London High Court set to rule on Assange appeal

London High Court set to rule on Assange appeal

London High Court set to rule on Assange appeal

London High Court set to rule on Assange appeal

Julian Assange is due to discover whether his final United Kingdom bid to bring an appeal over his extradition to the United States can go ahead.

Freedom beckons for prisoner after 40 years behind bars

Freedom beckons for prisoner after 40 years behind bars

Freedom beckons for prisoner after 40 years behind bars

Freedom beckons for prisoner after 40 years behind bars

Derek Bromley, who has served 40 years behind bars for a murder he says he did not commit, could walk free if a parole board rules in his favour.

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Reward offered after daughter's search for missing mum

A $500,000 reward is being offered in relation to a 44-year-old Melbourne woman's 2005 disappearance after her daughter's "relentless" search.

Payroll officer splashed stolen cash on Candy Crush

A woman who swindled more than a million dollars in an elaborate payroll scam, spending $180,000 on Candy Crush, has pleaded guilty to fraud charges.

Traffic controller didn't issue warning before crash

Victoria's chief coroner is investigating a mid-air collision between two training-flight planes, which claimed the lives of four pilots.

Ex-cop overheard talk of violence against Croatian Six

A former police officer says he overheard that one of the so-called "Croatian Six" was beaten after being arrested in a raid on a NSW property..

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A sector in crisis: community legal centres overwhelmed

Community Legal Centres Australia's latest report, A Sector in Crisis, says staff are overworked and underpaid and the community is paying the price.

Emergency inspector shifts blame for triple-zero delays

Victoria's emergency management inspector has been grilled at an inquest about its response to issues with triple-zero call response times during COVID-19.

Schoolgirl's alleged killer to face trial within weeks

The man accused of murdering nine-year-old Charlise Mutten and dumping her body in a barrel will face a murder trial in the coming weeks.

Olympian's brother refused bail over alleged drug plot

Dru Anthony Baggaley will remain in custody while waiting for a retrial over an alleged $200 million cocaine smuggling plot.

Ex-commando Heston Russell cleared of pool-party punch

Defamed special forces veteran Heston Russell has been cleared of an assault during a drunken pool party in Sydney's eastern suburbs.

'I am truly sorry': top road cop nabbed for speeding

Victoria's Road Policing Assistant Commissioner says he is "mortified" after getting caught by a speed camera going over the legal limit.

Opposition pitches laws to stop youth crime 'pipeline'

Queensland's opposition says it will introduce laws to tackle youth crime if elected in the October state election, while also focusing on early intervention.

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