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Woman cleared of helping husband keep a slave

Woman cleared of helping husband keep a slave

A jury will no longer need to decide whether a woman helped her husband keep a vulnerable 61-year-old woman as a slave.

Funding supports healing for sexual violence survivors

Funding supports healing for sexual violence survivors

Funding supports healing for sexual violence survivors

Funding supports healing for sexual violence survivors

Grants will be handed out to help victim-survivors of sexual violence access grassroots services to support their healing and recovery.

Two charged after car plunges into weir in fatal crash

Two charged after car plunges into weir in fatal crash

Two charged after car plunges into weir in fatal crash

Two charged after car plunges into weir in fatal crash

Two men will face charges in court after a car crashed into a weir in an incident that left one person dead.

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Jewish students bullied while learning about Holocaust

Jewish students bullied while learning about Holocaust

A royal commission has heard how Jewish students were bullied while learning about the Holocaust.

Hate speech charge laid for banner at neo-Nazi rally

Hate speech charge laid for banner at neo-Nazi rally

A man has been arrested after he unveiled an anti-Semitic banner at a rally organised by prominent neo-Nazis outside a state parliament.

'Grave danger': warning for bar war's youngest soldiers

'Grave danger': warning for bar war's youngest soldiers

Young people with no criminal history are being recruited by shadowy criminal syndicates in a wave of attacks on hospitality venues, a state's top cop says.

MMA fighter 'never denied' fatal sparring assault

MMA fighter 'never denied' fatal sparring assault

A professional cage fighter gave a full-throated admission to police after accidentally killing his friend in a sparring match, his lawyer says.

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Books banned as publisher cuts ties with guilty author

Books banned as publisher cuts ties with guilty author

Books banned as publisher cuts ties with guilty author

Books banned as publisher cuts ties with guilty author

Author Craig Silvey's publisher has moved to cut ties after he admitted guilt to child exploitation charges, while WA schools have permanently banned his books.

Staff suspended over welfare fears before girl's death

Staff suspended over welfare fears before girl's death

Staff suspended over welfare fears before girl's death

Staff suspended over welfare fears before girl's death

The alleged murder of a five-year-old girl has led to three child protection workers being stood down amid concerns over how her welfare case was handled.

IVF clinic embryo mix-up prompts trauma lawsuit

IVF clinic embryo mix-up prompts trauma lawsuit

IVF clinic embryo mix-up prompts trauma lawsuit

IVF clinic embryo mix-up prompts trauma lawsuit

A couple who donated embryos that were mistakenly switched have claimed they are suffering psychiatric trauma in a lawsuit launched against a major IVF clinic.

Teens admit roles in Australia's biggest cocaine bust

Teens admit roles in Australia's biggest cocaine bust

Teens admit roles in Australia's biggest cocaine bust

Teens admit roles in Australia's biggest cocaine bust

Two teen boys were offered "life changing money" via group chat to offload what would become the biggest cocaine seizure in Australia's history, a judge heard.

Rapist re-sentenced after losing High Court appeal bid

Rapist re-sentenced after losing High Court appeal bid

Rapist re-sentenced after losing High Court appeal bid

Rapist re-sentenced after losing High Court appeal bid

A rapist whose convictions were reinstated after prosecutors took his case to the High Court has now been re-sentenced on appeal.

'Snapped': inside teacher's knife attack on principal

'Snapped': inside teacher's knife attack on principal

'Snapped': inside teacher's knife attack on principal

'Snapped': inside teacher's knife attack on principal

A combination of childhood trauma and mental ill heath has been linked to a teacher's stabbing of a school principal, as staff told of their ongoing trauma.

Bondi massacre terror accused set to face new charges

Bondi massacre terror accused set to face new charges

Bondi massacre terror accused set to face new charges

Bondi massacre terror accused set to face new charges

A man accused of killing 15 people and injuring dozens more faces being hit with fresh charges over the massacre at a Bondi Hanukkah celebration.

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Islamic State-linked cohort to face arrest on return

A group of 13 women and children are set to return to Australia after years spent in a Syrian refugee camp following the fall of Islamic State.

Austrian police brace for Eurovision protests in Vienna

The Eurovision Song Contest in the Austrian capital will likely face "blockades and disruption ‌attempts," Vienna police say.

Anti-Semitism 'interlaced' with actions of Israel

While most Jewish Australians hold a strong attachment to the state of Israel, opinions on the government and its policies vary greatly, an inquiry has heard.

Police to probe two deaths declared critical incidents

Police are investigating the deaths of two men in one state, both of which have been declared critical incidents.

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'Own demons' killed man - not mum's smoothie, jury told

A violent and troubled man died of a deliberate or accidental overdose rather than being murdered by his mother with a drug-laced smoothie, a jury has heard.

Fears Jewish lawsuit may become second royal commission

There are concerns two lawsuits launched by Jewish academics over pro-Palestine social media posts could become another royal commission into anti-Semitism.

Fatal crash leads to alleged driver's school discovery

A woman has died after a man allegedly smashed a stolen ute head-on into her vehicle before fleeing the scene.

Alan Jones attacks 'bad' sex-abuse search warrants

Former veteran radio host Alan Jones is seeking evidence police invalidly raided his home as he mulls a bid to stop his prosecution for sexual abuse.

Woman felt 'something bad' before ill-fated night hike

A mother remains haunted by a final conversation with her daughter, who died after getting lost and disorientated during a moonlit walk in dense bushland.

Author Craig Silvey admits child exploitation crimes

Australian author Craig Silvey has pleaded guilty to possessing and distributing child exploitation material, as prosecutors dropped two other charges.

Another nightclub firebombed amid escalating club wars

Police are investigating a firebombing at a popular city nightclub as the number of arson attacks grow in the so called "grog wars" plaguing a major capital.

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