Crime, courts, and justice
An Adelaide father of two has died after being struck by an alleged drunk driver while jump-starting his car on the North-South Motorway at Dry Creek. His family is furious the accused was granted bail.
Mitchell Tan 
A Melbourne family was forced to cower inside their own home after a gang of thugs targeted the wrong address in a frightening case of mistaken identity.
Mitchell Tan 
Three separate police shootings unfolded across Queensland and NSW on Tuesday, leaving two men dead and raising fresh questions about use-of-force protocols.
Rachel Thornbury 
A 21-year-old man has been shot dead by police during a welfare check at a Tingalpa property, with senior officers defending the response and an independent investigation now under way.
Tanya Birch 
A carjacked Toyota Kluger split in two after crashing into a tree in Seabrook early Tuesday. The driver fled and remains missing, with police fearing he is injured.
Samantha Blake 
A Mount Barker disturbance left a 39-year-old dead, but a postmortem has seen murder charges against the alleged offender downgraded to assault.
Nadia Souris 
A Brisbane martial arts coach has died following a spearfishing accident at the Great Barrier Reef, after rescuers spent close to three hours searching by boat and helicopter.
Jimmy O'Brien 
An inquest into the 2021 Gold Coast murder of Kelly Wilkinson has heard her domestic violence complaints were classed as 'lower priority' despite a high-risk flag on her name and home.
Tanya Birch 
A Celeber Road tobacconist in Andergrove has been hit four times since January, with CCTV showing masked figures at the scene as police investigate.
Daniel Kovac 
NSW Police shot two men in unrelated incidents within hours of each other — one in Potts Point after an alleged assault on two women, the other in Newcastle during an arrest operation.
Samantha Blake 
A 27-year-old man has been found dead on a bush track near homes in Yanchep, with WA Police homicide detectives now leading the investigation.
Sarah Cheng 
A man and woman have been found dead inside a home in Hernes Oak, about 143km east of Melbourne, with police not looking for anyone else.
Priya Narayanan 
NSW Police shot a man in the shoulder after two Taser deployments failed during an arrest at a Newcastle apartment block on Tuesday morning.
Victoria Crawford 
A 26-year-old man faces murder charges after a 33-year-old died from head injuries allegedly sustained in an axe attack at a campground near Ebor, NSW.
Rachel Thornbury 
A south-west Sydney home was hit by bullets overnight as NSW Police launched a hunt for the gunman responsible, the latest in a string of residential shootings across the city.
Rachel Thornbury 
A 23-year-old mother charged with the manslaughter of her son will stay in custody after her lawyer made no bail application in Brisbane Magistrates Court.
Sarah Cheng 
A man allegedly armed with what turned out to be a replica firearm triggered a major police response in Arndell Park, western Sydney, on Sunday afternoon.
Victoria Crawford 
A man believed to be in his 50s has died after slipping into the water near Beecroft Parade on the Beecroft Peninsula. Police say he was not wearing a life jacket.
Mitchell Tan 
A man believed to be armed locked down a Sydney brothel for six hours on Sunday, forcing a major police response that stretched into the evening.
Rachel Thornbury 
Two suspects have been arrested after 22 Bitcoin vanished from South Korean police evidence — coins that were sitting in a wallet the police never fully controlled.
Sarah Cheng