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'Heart goes out': PM urges inquiry into girl's death

'Heart goes out': PM urges inquiry into girl's death

A nine-year-old Australian girl was shot dead by a police officer in Pakistan in a case of mistaken identity during an armed robbery.

Smiling boys' faces transform a city's image of evil

Smiling boys' faces transform a city's image of evil

Smiling boys' faces transform a city's image of evil

Smiling boys' faces transform a city's image of evil

An international artist who entered a dangerous favela seeking joy and hope a week after one of Brazil's deadliest police operations shares his story with AAP.

Online criminals snaring the naive to do the dirty work

Online criminals snaring the naive to do the dirty work

Online criminals snaring the naive to do the dirty work

Online criminals snaring the naive to do the dirty work

Police powers have not kept pace with the slippery methods used by organised crime groups who increasingly exploit criminal services offered for sale online.

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'Estranged' son charged with murdering his missing mum

'Estranged' son charged with murdering his missing mum

A man has been charged over the alleged kidnapping and murder of his mother, whose body is yet to be found.

Body found eight years after mum allegedly murdered

Body found eight years after mum allegedly murdered

Police believe they have found the remains of a mother who went missing almost a decade ago.

Teens 'destroying their lives' through organised crime

Teens 'destroying their lives' through organised crime

Parents have been urged to speak with their children after a string of violent gang incidents involving teenage perpetrators.

Rideshare driver injured after daylight attack

Rideshare driver injured after daylight attack

Passers-by were forced to intervene after two young males set upon a rideshare driver on the side of the road after the victim was forced to cancel their trip.

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Modern slavery investigators urged to follow the money

Modern slavery investigators urged to follow the money

Modern slavery investigators urged to follow the money

Modern slavery investigators urged to follow the money

Conviction rates on modern slavery are around one per cent of reports, leading to calls for fresh thinking on how to investigate the crime.

Weapons seized after violent disturbance at town camp

Weapons seized after violent disturbance at town camp

Weapons seized after violent disturbance at town camp

Weapons seized after violent disturbance at town camp

Up to 100 people wielding a variety of weapons have been involved in a violent disturbance in a remote town camp.

Scammers fleece Aussies of almost $250m in three months

Scammers fleece Aussies of almost $250m in three months

Scammers fleece Aussies of almost $250m in three months

Scammers fleece Aussies of almost $250m in three months

Cybercriminals are continuing to target Australians online to scam them out of their savings, but efforts to foil the swindlers appear to be working.

Lifting alcohol ban will boost crimes, peak body warns

Lifting alcohol ban will boost crimes, peak body warns

Lifting alcohol ban will boost crimes, peak body warns

Lifting alcohol ban will boost crimes, peak body warns

An extension of community liquor bans in a territory is being sought ahead of a looming deadline amid fears a lapse will have devastating consequences.

Tobacco tax cut lit up as black market trade 'solution'

Tobacco tax cut lit up as black market trade 'solution'

Tobacco tax cut lit up as black market trade 'solution'

Tobacco tax cut lit up as black market trade 'solution'

A state government minister has conceded tobacco tax is fuelling rampant illegal trade as his federal Labor counterpart denies a cut would be a silver bullet.

'Not concerned': minister under fire over child report

'Not concerned': minister under fire over child report

'Not concerned': minister under fire over child report

'Not concerned': minister under fire over child report

A state minister has become embroiled in a major inquiry's report that exposed years of systemic failure in child protection, sparking urgent reforms

Man who rammed police station dies in prison days later

Man who rammed police station dies in prison days later

Man who rammed police station dies in prison days later

Man who rammed police station dies in prison days later

Just four days after being denied bail for driving his ute at police officers, a 67-year-old man has been found dead in custody.

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'Load of crap': underworld figure jokes after arrest

An underworld figure has emerged from his beachside mansion after his arrest and release, quipping he was taken into custody over a "speeding fine".

Car rammed, tyre shot out in police arrest operation

A main suburban road has been the scene of a dramatic arrest in which police rammed a car driven by a wanted man and shot out a tyre.

Ex-union boss accused of abuse faced threats: lawyer

A former union boss has faced court for the first time since being accused of sending threatening and menacing emails to an administrator.

How sextortion scammers get nude images of victims

The fear of having personal explicit photos shared with family and friends strikes panic in victims of sextortion - and that's exactly what scammers want.

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Teen charged with plotting 'acts of violence' at school

A teenage boy is facing serious charges after he allegedly planned "acts of violence" at a local school while possessing violent extremist material.

Retiring cop alleged target of police station attack

A man has been denied bail after literally crashing a 40-year veteran officer's retirement party, accused of driving at police and ramming the station.

'Horrendous': murder charge after fatal, random rampage

A man has been charged with murder after allegedly beating a 78-year-old pedestrian to death during a violent rampage that injured two others.

Knife crime shows signs of decline after machete ban

Knife crime is showing signs of decline as a state approaches one year since introducing Australia’s first ban on the sale of machetes.

More Australian firms are panicking and paying ransoms

Australian companies are among the most likely to pay online criminals to retrieve stolen data even though they have to disclose their payments.

Ex-banker and broker accused of $43m 'ghost car' fraud

A former banker and his financial broker wife have been charged over their alleged roles in a nearly $45 million fraud and money laundering operation.

Arrests follow alleged tomahawk attack, knife threat

Five people have been charged after a man was attacked with a tomahawk and residents threatened with a knife during a crime spree, police say.

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