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Ex-Wallabies captain Elsom sentenced to five years jail

Ex-Wallabies captain Elsom sentenced to five years jail

Former Wallabies rugby union captain Rocky Elsom has been convicted by a French court in absentia and an international warrant has been issued for his arrest.

MP found guilty of stealing $436,000 from non-profit

MP found guilty of stealing $436,000 from non-profit

MP found guilty of stealing $436,000 from non-profit

MP found guilty of stealing $436,000 from non-profit

South Australian MP Troy Bell has been found guilty of theft and dishonesty offences for stealing more than $436,000 from an educational not-for-profit.

Gobbo seeking non-Victorian judge for police lawsuit

Gobbo seeking non-Victorian judge for police lawsuit

Gobbo seeking non-Victorian judge for police lawsuit

Gobbo seeking non-Victorian judge for police lawsuit

Lawyers for police informant Nicola Gobbo will make an application to recuse all Victorian judges from presiding over her case against Victoria Police.

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Top prosecutor made a Victorian Supreme Court judge

Top prosecutor made a Victorian Supreme Court judge

Victoria's Director of Public Prosecutions has stepped down from her role to become a justice of the state's Supreme Court.

Employer guilty of threatening juror in landmark case

Employer guilty of threatening juror in landmark case

An employer has been found guilty of "inexcusable" threats towards a worker who wanted to take weekends off while serving as a juror on a murder trial.

Judge faces cases ban after scathing watchdog report

Judge faces cases ban after scathing watchdog report

A judge has been accused of being incompetent and vilifying a sexual assault complainant but a judicial watchdog has not suggested firing him.

Murder-trial juror did not need weekends off, firm says

Murder-trial juror did not need weekends off, firm says

A clothing store accused of threatening a worker who refused to come in on weekends while on jury duty has argued there was no legal right to have two days off.

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Senator recalls Labor's 'heartless' attacks on Reynolds

Senator recalls Labor's 'heartless' attacks on Reynolds

Senator recalls Labor's 'heartless' attacks on Reynolds

Senator recalls Labor's 'heartless' attacks on Reynolds

A senator has told a court how party colleague Linda Reynolds was aggressively targeted in parliament during "heartless attacks".

No change to judges' immunity urged despite 'rare case'

No change to judges' immunity urged despite 'rare case'

No change to judges' immunity urged despite 'rare case'

No change to judges' immunity urged despite 'rare case'

The High Court is hearing arguments on judges' immunity from being sued and if a man traumatised behind bars after being wrongly jailed is entitled to damages.

Deposed Bangladeshi PM Hasina accused in murder case

Deposed Bangladeshi PM Hasina accused in murder case

Deposed Bangladeshi PM Hasina accused in murder case

Deposed Bangladeshi PM Hasina accused in murder case

Bangladesh's former prime minister, who fled the country in the wake of violence, is being investigated for murder.

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Detention centre staff suspended over abuse claims

Seventeen workers at Tasmania's troubled Ashley Youth Detention Centre have been suspended over historical child sex abuse allegations.

UK PM to hold emergency meeting as riots intensify

UK PM to hold emergency meeting as riots intensify

UK PM to hold emergency meeting as riots intensify

UK PM to hold emergency meeting as riots intensify

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer will hold an urgent meeting with senior police as he seeks to end days of violent anti-immigration protests.

Bangladesh court scraps most quotas after deadly unrest

Bangladesh court scraps most quotas after deadly unrest

Bangladesh court scraps most quotas after deadly unrest

Bangladesh court scraps most quotas after deadly unrest

A curfew has been extended in Bangladesh after at least 114 people were killed during student-led protests.

'There's no help': mother's plea to reform prisons

'There's no help': mother's plea to reform prisons

'There's no help': mother's plea to reform prisons

'There's no help': mother's plea to reform prisons

A young mother has shared how her child changed her life inside a Darwin prison as advocates call for an overhaul of the system.

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Trump seeks to set aside hush money conviction

Donald Trump’s lawyers have sent a letter to a US judge in his hush money criminal case seeking permission to file a motion to set aside the verdict.

Rudd praises PM's persistence to bring Assange home

Senior representations to America over years were crucial in bringing Julian Assange home, ambassador to the US Kevin Rudd says.

Assange lands in Australia after US guilty plea

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has returned to Australia aboard a charter jet hours after pleading guilty to obtaining and publishing US military secrets.

Assange likely to push for press freedom in Australia

Julian Assange has winged his way to Australia and is likely to play a role in pushing for transparency and whistleblower rights after his return.

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Corruption reports might be brought to light by reforms

Every recommendation of a corruption watchdog review will be adopted by the Queensland government, including the release of reports retrospectively.

Environment group loses appeal over coal, gas projects

The full bench of the Federal Court has dismissed an appeal by campaigners related to how the federal environment minister considers fossil fuel projects.

New campers murder trial to begin after jury discharged

Pilot Greg Lynn's murder trial has faced a hurdle as the first set of jurors empanelled was discharged by the judge, with a new jury to be chosen next week.

Former Fiji PM Bainimarama sentenced to year in jail

After initially being spared jail, former Fijian leader Frank Bainimarama has been handed a one-year term for perverting the course of justice.

Forestry Corp faces fresh glider negligence claims

The NSW Forestry Corporation has again been accused of incompetently searching for endangered greater gliders before logging their habitat.

At the coalface: traditional owners demand protection

Traditional owners are pursuing a legal challenge involving Adani's Carmichael mine, seeking to force the Queensland government to protect a sacred site.

Man filmed dogs 'smashing roos' in front of daughter

A man has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges after filming his hunting dogs fighting or killing a wombat, a deer, two kangaroos and two cats.

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