Crime, courts, and justice
A court has frozen over 30 properties owned by former MA Services boss Micky Ahuja after he signalled plans to sell them, as authorities investigate $100 million in unpaid tax and worker entitlements.
Sarah Cheng 
A WA woman has been sentenced to 18 months in jail after hitting and abandoning a Perth father following a collision on Boundary Road.
Tanya Birch 
A 25-year-old woman was stabbed by a 16-year-old boy in a random attack at an M-City Shopping Centre in Clayton. The teenager was allegedly on bail at the time.
Victoria Crawford 
A Melbourne lawyer has been convicted and fined $1500 after pleading guilty to drug and driving offences following a crash while under the influence of cannabis.
Priya Narayanan 
A teenager stabbed a woman at a shopping centre while she walked to work, and hours later a man in his 70s was attacked in a park. Both incidents highlight Victoria's rising violence problem.
Jake Nguyen 
Police are hunting a man after a 71-year-old was stabbed three times during a morning walk in Port Melbourne. The victim fled to a nearby cafe and was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Tanya Birch 
A 48-year-old Sydney man who killed his three-year-old son in an attempted murder-suicide has been sentenced to up to 28.5 years' jail, with a non-parole period of 18.5 years.
Sarah Cheng 
A man who shot dead a veteran Tasmanian police officer will learn his sentence in May after entering a guilty plea to the murder charge in January.
Fatima Al-Rashid 
A veteran homicide detective recounts the emotional burden of investigating multiple murders that have shaped his career, from high-profile cases to institutional barriers that complicated pursuit of justice.
Rachel Thornbury 
A 15-year-old has been charged following a machete attack in Mickleham that left a teenager hospitalised. The incident is part of a broader violent crime surge affecting Victoria.
Daniel Kovac 
Western Australian police have charged a 34-year-old man with 204 offences involving child abuse following a major investigation by detectives from Karratha and Perth.
James Callahan 
A 26-year-old man from River Heads has died after his vehicle left the road and collided with a tree in Pacific Haven on the Fraser Coast.
Liam Gallagher-Walsh 
Detectives are appealing for public assistance after an unidentified man was found dead in Melbourne's Maribyrnong River in Avondale Heights. Police have released images of his distinctive tattoos.
Zara Mitchell 
A 15-year-old boy has been charged after an incident at a Sydney secondary school in which a BB gun pellet was allegedly fired at another student.
Samantha Blake 
A 13-year-old boy remains in serious condition after falling from the back of a train at Caringbah Railway Station, reigniting warnings about the dangers of 'train surfing' among teenagers.
Yuki Tamura 
Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a 42-year-old woman found unresponsive at a Banksia Grove home. A man in his 40s is assisting police with their inquiries.
Tanya Birch 
Nine people arrested after police discover tens of kilograms of cocaine, ketamine, MDMA and cannabis concealed in a Leichhardt recording studio behind a false wall lined with electric guitars. The operation reveals troubling links to international organised crime networks.
Priya Narayanan 
Victoria's car theft crisis has escalated dramatically, with 33,212 vehicles stolen in 12 months and police estimating 30 cars stolen daily using advanced technology.
Rachel Thornbury 
A 15-year-old student has been taken into custody after firing a pellet from an air gun at another student in Dover Heights. No injuries were reported.
Grace Okonkwo 
A man has been shot while walking through a park in Craigieburn on Thursday afternoon. He was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Ella Sullivan