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Service helps restore survivors' confidence after abuse

Service helps restore survivors' confidence after abuse

A landmark program is helping women who have left a violent relationship to rebuild their confidence and financial security and secure safe housing.

‘Believed in me’: actor’s dream break before Rebel row

‘Believed in me’: actor’s dream break before Rebel row

‘Believed in me’: actor’s dream break before Rebel row

‘Believed in me’: actor’s dream break before Rebel row

A rising star felt like her dreams were coming true when she was cast in Rebel Wilson’s directorial debut but they are now on opposite sides of a legal feud.

Crime fighting plan revealed as brawling teens charged

Crime fighting plan revealed as brawling teens charged

Crime fighting plan revealed as brawling teens charged

Crime fighting plan revealed as brawling teens charged

Police officers are set to be freed from their desks as a state pledges $80 million for new crime fighting measures while four brawling teens have been charged.

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Labor figure's accused killer pleads guilty to assault

Labor figure's accused killer pleads guilty to assault

Tim Picton's accused killer has pleaded guilty to assaulting another man in the days before the incident involving the Labor strategist.

Prosecutors drop breast-grab charge against actor

Prosecutors drop breast-grab charge against actor

A TV actor fined after protesting in a state parliament has maintained she never grabbed and twisted the breast of a worker, who said it broke the "girl code".

Gaming giants face big fines for exposing kids to harm

Gaming giants face big fines for exposing kids to harm

Video game platforms have been told to show how they are preventing Australian children from being groomed and radicalised or risk heavy fines.

Teen locked up charged with widower's kidnapping murder

Teen locked up charged with widower's kidnapping murder

A 19-year-old man is facing months behind bars after being accused of supplying a weapon used in kidnapping elderly grandfather Chris Baghsarian.

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Unprovoked stabbing spree leaves victims traumatised

Unprovoked stabbing spree leaves victims traumatised

Unprovoked stabbing spree leaves victims traumatised

Unprovoked stabbing spree leaves victims traumatised

A man who targeted strangers in a series of random attacks across city suburbs over a six-week period has been jailed.

Remote community demands safe housing in extreme heat

Remote community demands safe housing in extreme heat

Remote community demands safe housing in extreme heat

Remote community demands safe housing in extreme heat

A remote Aboriginal community is taking legal action against their government for failing to provide safe housing in extreme heat.

Teen terror accused has 'limited access' to lawyers

Teen terror accused has 'limited access' to lawyers

Teen terror accused has 'limited access' to lawyers

Teen terror accused has 'limited access' to lawyers

Lawyers for a teenager accused of preparing a terrorist attack against a political leader are trying for longer meetings with their client, a judge has heard.

Weinstein used clout to prey on women, prosecutor says

Weinstein used clout to prey on women, prosecutor says

Weinstein used clout to prey on women, prosecutor says

Weinstein used clout to prey on women, prosecutor says

Prosecutors have again portrayed disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein as a power player who used his sway as a tool for sexual assault.

Cops continue protest charges despite struck-down laws

Cops continue protest charges despite struck-down laws

Cops continue protest charges despite struck-down laws

Cops continue protest charges despite struck-down laws

After laws restricting protests were struck down as unconstitutional, prosecutors show no sign of dropping charges against activists arrested during clashes.

Sacked academic gets lifeline after possible judge bias

Sacked academic gets lifeline after possible judge bias

Sacked academic gets lifeline after possible judge bias

Sacked academic gets lifeline after possible judge bias

An academic who claims he was sacked from a major university for being "white" and "conservative" has been allowed to appeal after his case was thrown out.

Fired UK official describes pressure to clear Mandelson

Fired UK official describes pressure to clear Mandelson

Fired UK official describes pressure to clear Mandelson

Fired UK official describes pressure to clear Mandelson

A sacked UK official says he felt political pressure to approve Peter Mandelson’s appointment as ambassador to the US despite security concerns.

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AI-camera traffic fines withdrawn after drivers appeal

More than 2000 AI-camera traffic fines for seatbelt misuse have been cancelled in the six months since the technology went live in one state.

Rebel hired security amid fight over directorial debut

Hollywood actor Rebel Wilson hired personal security after raising concerns about a young actor’s alleged complaint of sexual harassment against a producer.

Fatal Molotov attack after mother not considered risk

A woman had been assessed as not a homicide risk to the father of her children before she killed him with a Molotov cocktail, a coroner has found.

Disgraced socialite wins bid to loosen bail

Socialite Brynne Edelsten dodged questions as she left court after successfully securing relaxed bail conditions.

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Five arrests after foiled alleged underworld kidnapping

Police have four men and a teen over the alleged kidnapping of an underworld associate held at gunpoint, beaten with a baseball bat and bundled into his car.

Woolworths denies deception, blames inflation for hikes

Inflation and supplier negotiations drove prices higher, not a desire to mislead consumers with short-term hikes, Australia's biggest supermarket says.

YouTuber investigated for filming Dezi's secret hideout

A police investigation is under way after a YouTuber filmed the campsite where double cop killer Dezi Freeman was shot dead.

'Distress': woman questioned over theft after DV claim

An upset woman was questioned over claims she had stolen money from an ex-partner moments after reporting domestic violence allegations, a coroner has heard.

Woman awarded $1.6 million over 'callous' abuse

A terminally ill woman has been awarded $1.6 million in damages by a court after suing her former schoolteacher for sexually abusing her in the early 1980s.

Man jailed for mimicking 'gut-wrenching' Bondi shooting

A man who impersonated the alleged terrorists behind the Bondi attack before launching into a drug-fuelled anti-Semitic tirade will serve months behind bars.

Teachers to plead not guilty to assaulting school boys

A group of teachers from a NSW school, including its principal, will fight charges they assaulted two primary school boys.

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