Crime

NSW police are trying to stop planned protests in Sydney to mark a year since October 7, making a legal appeal in the Supreme Court.

South Australia MP Troy Bell found guilty of stealing from not-for-profits in his former role as a Department of Education employee.

Eric Adams has been accused of bribery, wire fraud, conspiracy, and accepting illegal campaign donations.

A new program focused on teen boys is rolling out, designed as an early intervention method to stop gender-based violence.

Under a law that came into effect in Queensland today, stealthing is now criminally classified as rape.

A defamation case between Moira Deeming and Victorian Liberal leader John Pesutto is underway in the Federal Court this week.

William Swale killed three adults and two children when his car crashed into a beer garden in Daylesford, north-west of Melbourne.

Four teens have been charged in Perth with hate crimes over Grindr attack on gay men, prompting police to warn about meetups via dating apps.

A crime syndicate is accused of supplying Sydney with $1.8 billion worth of cocaine between February and July this year.

Unsuccessful work discrimination complaints in court won’t need to be paid for by the person raising the complaint.

FBI is investigating the alleged second assassination attempt on Donald Trump after shots rang out on his golf course in Florida.

Some Australian military commanders have had their medals removed over alleged war crimes committed in Afghanistan.

The Government has introduced a bill to outlaw doxxing, with serious offences risking seven years jail time.

The bodies of the boys, aged nine and 11, were discovered by their father inside their Blue Mountains home on Tuesday.

NSW MP Alex Greenwich has won a defamation trial against ex-One Nation MP Mark Latham over homophobic comments he made.

A bus driver has been sentenced to 32 years in prison, with a non-parole period of 24 years, over a fatal crash in the Hunter Valley last year.

Hunter Biden, the son of U.S. President Joe Biden, has pleaded guilty to a raft of tax charges before a criminal trial was due to begin.

National Cabinet has agreed to a $4.7 billion plan to boost domestic violence support, including frontline legal services.

The 33-year-old mother of two died in hospital after suffering burns to at least 75% of her body.

A 14-year-old boy has been arrested over a fatal school shooting in the U.S. state of Georgia.

Annual reports of online child exploitation to the Australian Federal Police (AFP) have increased by 45%.

NSW could soon outlaw GPS tracking devices used for stalking under a proposed set of domestic violence reforms.

Brisbane teen has been charged over an alleged terror plot on a school in the city’s north, suspected of trying to buy a gun online.

Sextortion is when an offender tricks or coerces someone into sending sexual images online, before threatening to share the images unless their demands are met.

Ex-Queensland childcare worker has pleaded guilty to more than 300 child abuse charges, down from an initial 1,600 charges.

NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman called the charges “extremely serious.”

Pavel Durov has been charged in relation to Telegram as a platform, alleging it has facilitated alleged criminal activity.

Former U.S. President Donald Trump has had re-worked election interference charges brought against him.

CFMEU-allied workers and union held strikes through Australia’s biggest cities, protesting against the construction union’s administration.