Crime, courts, and justice
A police pursuit through Western Sydney's roads ended in collision, leaving two teenagers hospitalised. The incident raises questions about pursuit protocols and road safety.
Meg Hadley 
A Brisbane court has ruled that Moreton Bay City Council made 'errors of law' when it evicted homeless campers from public parks using bulldozers and excavators.
Meg Hadley 
A dramatic police confrontation on Queensland's Sunshine Coast has raised questions about officer safety and the split-second decisions officers face when confronting armed suspects.
James Callahan 
A 26-year-old man has been charged with murder after an alleged altercation at a Northern NSW campground left a 33-year-old dead from critical head injuries.
Tom Whitfield 
NSW Police launched a manhunt after a driver abandoned a stolen vehicle in Lane Cove and fled on foot following a dangerous pursuit from Longueville.
Tanya Birch 
WA Police have charged a 30-year-old man with murder after a 27-year-old was found dead on a gravel track in bushland at Yanchep, north of Perth.
Sarah Cheng 
A man is in hospital after slicing into a live 11,000-volt cable in south-east Queensland, triggering a fireball authorities say was hotter than the surface of the sun.
Meg Hadley 
State Coroner Liberty Sanger has found that Victoria Police's risk assessment framework failed to account for Toby Loughnane's extensive family violence history before he murdered Maryam Hamka in 2021.
Sarah Cheng 
SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens has confirmed two family members are no longer cooperating directly with investigators searching for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont.
Sarah Cheng 
A man has been shot by Queensland police on Nambour Connection Rd in Woombye after an altercation following a traffic crash, the state's second police shooting in as many days.
Sarah Cheng 
A Brisbane man has been arrested by Victorian detectives over the suspected foul play disappearance of Brendan Breen, brother of St Kilda premiership hero Barry Breen, who vanished in 2012.
Patrick Donnelly 
Sydney dentist and bestselling author Dr Steven Lin was fatally shot by NSW Police in Potts Point after allegedly assaulting two women and threatening officers with a knife.
Samantha Blake 
Award-winning journalist and femicide researcher Sherele Moody has turned her first home purchase into a sanctuary for domestic violence survivors in inner Melbourne.
Zara Mitchell 
More than a month after Nancy Guthrie vanished from her Tucson-area home, her daughter Savannah returned to lay flowers at a community memorial as police signal progress.
James Callahan 
Former owner of Miky's Italian Fusion in Crawley convicted on four charges after sisters aged 11 and 12 were hospitalised following the June 2024 incident.
Jake Nguyen 
Dismembered remains found on a Bali beach may belong to kidnapped Ukrainian tourist Igor Komarov, 28, as Indonesian police name seven foreign suspects.
Yuki Tamura 
A large search operation is under way off Main Beach on the Gold Coast after a man believed to be from the Philippines and aged in his 20s went missing in the water.
Aisha Khoury 
New research demolishes the teenage hacker stereotype. The typical cybercriminal getting arrested is 35-44, running operations that look more like a business than a bedroom prank.
Sarah Cheng A Florida woman has been sentenced to 22 months in prison for trafficking Microsoft software keys stripped from genuine authentication labels, paying over $5 million to suppliers across five years.
Yuki Tamura 
A family with two young children was among the victims of a violent overnight crime spree across Melbourne's south-east, with police linking the attacks to gang retaliation.
Fatima Al-Rashid