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Exiled foreign despot still holds Australian honour

Exiled foreign despot still holds Australian honour

A Bangladeshi leader who ordered the killing of 1400 protesters retains an honorary degree at a top Australian uni despite warnings of reputational damage.

Missing man found shot dead and buried on his farm

Missing man found shot dead and buried on his farm

Missing man found shot dead and buried on his farm

Missing man found shot dead and buried on his farm

A 65-year-old man who disappeared from his farm for two days has been found shot dead on his rural property, as police allege foul play.

Murder charge over shooting at apartment tower

Murder charge over shooting at apartment tower

Murder charge over shooting at apartment tower

Murder charge over shooting at apartment tower

A man has been charged with murder and two others have been arrested after a fatal shooting at an apartment building.

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'Barbaric': sickening moment man stomps on cop’s face

'Barbaric': sickening moment man stomps on cop’s face

Three men have been sentenced after they brutally assaulted two off-duty police officers in a violent altercation captured in a horrifying video.

'See it through': killer teen's sentence cut challenged

'See it through': killer teen's sentence cut challenged

A High Court appeal has been launched over a reduced sentence granted to a teenager jailed for fatally stabbing a mother in a brutal Boxing Day home invasion.

'Disgusting pedophile' moved schools post student abuse

'Disgusting pedophile' moved schools post student abuse

A man serving 46 years in jail for "sadistic" abuse of his daughter in NSW has faced court over offending more than 10 years earlier while teaching in Victoria.

Health workers' sexual misconduct findings made public

Health workers' sexual misconduct findings made public

More than 100 current and former health employees will have sexual misconduct decisions permanently added to their public record in landmark changes.

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'No animosity': skydiving instructor's grieving dad

'No animosity': skydiving instructor's grieving dad

'No animosity': skydiving instructor's grieving dad

'No animosity': skydiving instructor's grieving dad

The family of an experienced skydiving instructor killed in a catastrophic mid-air fall hope his death leads to safety changes across the industry.

Jealous partner not guilty of man's murder, court told

Jealous partner not guilty of man's murder, court told

Jealous partner not guilty of man's murder, court told

Jealous partner not guilty of man's murder, court told

There is not enough evidence to convict a man of murder after he fled the country within weeks of his partner's ex-husband's body being found, a jury has heard.

Melania Trump raises Epstein, denies any connection

Melania Trump raises Epstein, denies any connection

Melania Trump raises Epstein, denies any connection

Melania Trump raises Epstein, denies any connection

US first lady Melania Trump has delivered a statement denying ties to Jeffrey Epstein and calling for a congressional hearing for survivors of his abuse.

Murder charge after woman dies in 'crash with kangaroo'

Murder charge after woman dies in 'crash with kangaroo'

Murder charge after woman dies in 'crash with kangaroo'

Murder charge after woman dies in 'crash with kangaroo'

Days after a man rang emergency services and claimed his partner had been injured in a car crash with a kangaroo, the 33-year-old has been charged with murder.

Manhunt for rapist enters third day after escape

Manhunt for rapist enters third day after escape

Manhunt for rapist enters third day after escape

Manhunt for rapist enters third day after escape

Police are continuing a search after an immigration detainee previously convicted for rape escaped from a hospital where he went to get medical treatment.

Man incited racial violence with Cronulla bashing calls

Man incited racial violence with Cronulla bashing calls

Man incited racial violence with Cronulla bashing calls

Man incited racial violence with Cronulla bashing calls

A man has pleaded guilty to inciting racial violence by calling for bashings at the site of infamous race riots following the Bondi Beach massacre.

Indigenous woman makes history in chief magistrate role

Indigenous woman makes history in chief magistrate role

Indigenous woman makes history in chief magistrate role

Indigenous woman makes history in chief magistrate role

Proud Kamilaroi woman Justice Louise Taylor has been appointed chief magistrate of the ACT Magistrates Court.

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Higgins' relief as Lehrmann rape finding stands forever

A refusal by Australia's highest court to hear Bruce Lehrmann's appeal against his defamation loss brought finality to a painful chapter, Brittany Higgins says.

Love triangle led to murder, body in river, court told

A man has denied murdering a friend and throwing his body in a river more than 20 years ago after their on-again-off-again lover was asked to choose a partner.

'Blood streaming' on face after alleged slave beatings

An alleged slave spoke to a nurse about bloodied assaults, days after she escaped a home where a jury has been told she was being kept.

'Drop the knife': conflicting accounts of cop shooting

A police officer says he yelled "drop the knife" before shooting an Indigenous man while a witness claimed nothing was said ahead of an inquest into the death.

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'Smashed him with a hammer': no bail on hospital attack

A stolen set of ashes were the motive for a brutal, late-night attack on a man while he was in hospital, a court has been told.

Crime fears spark home, train station safety debate

A state government has reassured residents feeling unsafe in their homes as its political rivals unveil a plan to boost train station safety amid rising crime.

Mother begs for closure in daughter's cold-case mystery

Family members of a woman killed more than two decades ago are pleading for information, while lamenting her father died never knowing what happened.

Palestinians take News Corp to court for alleged hatred

A group of Palestinians and Arab Muslims are taking on one of the nation's biggest news companies over allegations of racial hatred and discrimination.

'Ketamine Queen' gets 15 years jail over Perry's death

A US judge has handed a sentence of 15 years in prison to a woman who pleaded guilty to selling Friends star Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him in 2023.

'Ketamine Queen' to be sentenced over Perry drug death

A woman who admitted to selling Friends star Matthew Perry the ketamine that killed him is set to be sentenced in Los Angeles.

'No fruit' in home of drug smoothie murder accused

A woman accused killing her adult son with a fruit smoothie laced with painkillers did not have fruit leftovers in her home, a jury has heard.

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