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Man who ran illegal airline for MPs has minor court win

Man who ran illegal airline for MPs has minor court win

A man who operated two air charter services and flew Queensland state and federal MPs without the proper paperwork has appealed his fraud convictions.

Concerns over further delays in war crime prosecution

Concerns over further delays in war crime prosecution

Concerns over further delays in war crime prosecution

Concerns over further delays in war crime prosecution

A former SAS soldier accused of unlawfully killing a civilian while deployed in Afghanistan is still waiting for evidence almost six months after being charged.

Tabcorp cops record fine for holding up outage probe

Tabcorp cops record fine for holding up outage probe

Tabcorp cops record fine for holding up outage probe

Tabcorp cops record fine for holding up outage probe

Tabcorp has been slugged with a big fine for holding up a probe into an outage which left its system unavailable during a spring racing carnival.

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Prison for man who fatally stabbed brother in the chest

Prison for man who fatally stabbed brother in the chest

A Victorian man who fatally stabbed his brother in the chest over a $600 he claimed he was owed has been jailed for at least five years.

Cyber criminals coercing children in their own bedrooms

Cyber criminals coercing children in their own bedrooms

One in eight reports of child sexual abuse material involved perpetrators coercing children via their phone or webcam, often while they were at home.

Regulator taking Westpac to court over hardship cases

Regulator taking Westpac to court over hardship cases

The corporate regulator has alleged that between 2015 and 2022 Westpac didn't respond to financial hardship notices from 229 customers.

Man shot in head while eating fish and chips, jury told

Man shot in head while eating fish and chips, jury told

Michael Zanco was shot in the head minutes after Nathan Caulfield, Trent Dyhrberg and Kalabe Saurine arrived at his rural residence, a court has been told.

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Star surgeon's standing scarred by 'malignant' reports

Star surgeon's standing scarred by 'malignant' reports

Star surgeon's standing scarred by 'malignant' reports

Star surgeon's standing scarred by 'malignant' reports

High-profile surgeon Munjed Al Muderis has sued Nine over stories claiming he was negligent towards patients who received his prosthetic limb implants.

Murder-accused councillor must show why he can keep job

Murder-accused councillor must show why he can keep job

Murder-accused councillor must show why he can keep job

Murder-accused councillor must show why he can keep job

A Queensland councillor accused of murder has been told by the state's local government minister to prove why he should continue in his job.

Roundup blamed for cancer pain in landmark class action

Roundup blamed for cancer pain in landmark class action

Roundup blamed for cancer pain in landmark class action

Roundup blamed for cancer pain in landmark class action

A lengthy class action to determine whether a weed killer contains a human carcinogenic has begun in the Federal Court of Australia.

Tyrrell foster mother admits assaulting child

Tyrrell foster mother admits assaulting child

Tyrrell foster mother admits assaulting child

Tyrrell foster mother admits assaulting child

William Tyrrell's ex-foster mum has pleaded guilty to assaulting another child but denies any intimidation despite smacking sounds heard on covert recordings.

Man arrested after beach 'drowning attempt' on child

Man arrested after beach 'drowning attempt' on child

Man arrested after beach 'drowning attempt' on child

Man arrested after beach 'drowning attempt' on child

A child has been taken to hospital and a man arrested after locals intervened in what some claim was an attempted beach drowning.

Mum-killer's extra jail time after pulling out hair

Mum-killer's extra jail time after pulling out hair

Mum-killer's extra jail time after pulling out hair

Mum-killer's extra jail time after pulling out hair

Jessica Camilleri has another year to wait for parole after ripping hair from the scalps of prison guards while serving time for beheading her mother.

Torres Strait council's $66m maritime bills 'invalid'

Torres Strait council's $66m maritime bills 'invalid'

Torres Strait council's $66m maritime bills 'invalid'

Torres Strait council's $66m maritime bills 'invalid'

A court says $66 million in bills Australia's most northerly council sent to a shipping company were beyond the power conferred on the local authority.

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Dodgy NDIS claims continue to rise as two men accused

Two Adelaide men are the latest to be accused of trying to defraud the NDIS as the federal minister reveals the number of tip-offs and referrals is increasing.

Roberts-Smith 'knew murder claims were true as he sued'

Former SAS soldier Ben Roberts-Smith is battling newspapers that reported war crimes allegations against him over the cost of his failed defamation case.

Public help sought to crack child abuse cold cases

Federal police want the public to look at images linked to unsolved child abuse cases in the hope of securing breakthroughs in the matters.

Interim victims' commissioner appointed in Queensland

A former police officer has been appointed interim victims' commissioner to advocate on behalf of people affected by youth crime.

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Funding to boost NT domestic violence support services

Extra funding will allow domestic violence support groups in central Australia to provide more emergency accommodation and services to women and children.

Deadly fire 'a wake-up call': South African president

A deadly apartment building fire in Johannesburg has highlighted a housing crisis in the South African city, where poverty and unemployment are widespread.

Queensland man extradited to NSW to face murder charges

A Queensland man police allege helped dispose of a murdered Sydney man's body in a creek has been extradited to NSW to face charges.

Dad tells son's killer in court he'll never be forgiven

A teenager who stabbed 16-year-old Balin Stewart to death during a brawl on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has been sentenced to seven years in detention.

Lack of fatigue management had role in police death

A coroner investigating the deaths of four police officers has ruled a lack of policy around fatigue management played a role in one of them.

Ex-world boxing champ sentenced for violent car robbery

Ex-world boxing champion Damien Hooper was "actively psychotic" at the time he stole a car in a violent 2022 robbery, Brisbane District Court has been told.

Millions of illegal cigarettes, vapes seized in raids

A man faces dozens of charges after a money laundering and illegal tobacco operation netted millions of cigarettes and vapes in raids in southeast Queensland.

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