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Men intercepted travelling on fishing boat off Gladstone in what federal police say is one of the state’s largest cocaine bustsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice have intercepted one of Queensland’s largest cocaine imports, seizing more than $160m worth of the illicit substance.The Australian Federal Police busted 500kg of...

Matej Radelic was charged with with three counts of common assault in circumstances of aggravation or racial aggravation after video of incident went viralGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man accused of racially aggravated assault after he allegedly restrained three young Indigenous children with cable ties has pleaded not guilty.Matej Radelic, 45, appeared in Broome magistrates court...

Emergency services called to incident at home in Boolaroo, about 20km west of NewcastleGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA 10-year-old girl has been stabbed to death in New South Wales’ Hunter region, with police arresting a 17-year-old girl over the incident.In a statement, NSW police said that at about 3.45pm on Monday, emergency services responded to reports...

Queenslander Daniel Billings was on bail for earlier charges including stalking and cruelty before arrest for alleged murder, NSW court hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man accused of murdering his ex-girlfriend in regional New South Wales while on bail for rape and stalking charges against her will remain...

New South Wales police say one person has been arrested following the incident in DoonsideFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA teenage boy has died and another is in a serious condition after multiple stabbings near a school in western Sydney.Emergency services responded to reports of the stabbings near a...

Former aide to Craig Kelly found guilty of sex crimes against four victims aged between 19 and 24 at time of offendingGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn aide to the former federal MP Craig Kelly used his position to lure powerless young women who he would go on to sexually touch and assault over a period of...

Keli Lane, convicted of murdering newborn daughter in 1996, refused parole because she has not helped police find Tegan’s bodyFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA woman convicted of killing her baby daughter in one of Australia’s most notorious criminal cases has been denied parole after more than 13 years...

Director of public prosecutions launches appeal against sentences handed down to Thomas Sewell and Jacob HersantGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastProsecutors are pushing for more jail time for two neo-Nazi leaders who attacked a group of hikers in a national park, arguing their original sentences were manifestly inadequate.Thomas Sewell, 31, and Jacob Hersant, 25, were sentenced in...

Under Operation Regional Mongoose, 153 people – including 109 children – have been charged since September, the youngest 11 years oldGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police have said they intend to keep locking up young offenders and “holding them to account” as part of their youth crime crackdown.But the Aboriginal Legal Service has called...

Emergency services called to the shopping centre car park in Hope Island found a man with life-threatening injuriesA 25-year-old man has been taken into custody in relation to a fatal assault in a Gold Coast shopping centre car park.Emergency services were called to the car park along Santa Barbara Road in the suburb of Hope Island on Monday afternoon after reports a man had...

Sako avoids life sentence for stabbing former colleague to death at her Melbourne home after stalking and harassing her Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe mother of Melbourne woman Celeste Manno, who was stalked and viciously stabbed to death while sleeping in her bed, has vowed to fight to...

NSW police commissioner Karen Webb expresses ‘heartfelt condolences’ to the families and friends of alleged murder victims Jesse Baird and Luke DaviesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastNew South Wales police are investigating whether murder-accused senior constable Beau Lamarre-Condon was lawfully in possession of the police-issue handgun which they believe was fired at a Paddington unit where two...

Police said the guard was allegedly punched by a patron who had been asked to leave the venueFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA security guard has died after he was allegedly punched in the head during an altercation at a hotel in Sydney’s south, and a man charged with...

Bodies of woman, 41, and boy, 7, discovered in Lion’s Taekwondo Martial Arts Academy in North Parramatta after 39-year-old man found dead in Baulkham Hills homeFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA young student and his mother walked into a taekwondo studio in Sydney with no warning they’d soon be...

Police said the man, found inside the chute of a bin near Westfield Tuggerah, had died at the sceneFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe largest homelessness charity on the Central Coast has said how saddened it is by the “loss of a member of our community”, after a man’s...

Man who stalked 23-year-old Melbourne woman pretended he was experiencing psychosis when he killed her, psychiatrist tells courtFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA man who stabbed a young woman to death repeatedly faked symptoms of psychosis while being assessed for a mental impairment defence, a court has heard.Luay Sako,...

Judge tells court assault was ‘violent and degrading’ as former TV host ordered to serve 18 months on community corrections orderFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe former TV host Andrew O’Keefe has avoided jail despite being found guilty of “violent and degrading” domestic attacks.The broadcaster was hit with three...

Maths teacher claims student made ‘constant calls’ to family home and says they tried to ‘put a stop to it’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA former elite Sydney high school teacher accused of unlawful sexual activity with a student didn’t start a relationship with her until the girl actively pursued the teacher after she left the school,...

Court told teacher formed close relationship with student’s mother and took student out for dinnerGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA mathematics teacher at an elite Sydney high school started grooming a teenage girl almost immediately after meeting the student, a jury has heard.The teacher, who cannot be legally identified, is on trial in the Downing Centre district...

Police arrest four men and a boy alleged to be connected to the Finks motorcycle gang and a series of arson attacks on tobacco storesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastPolice have arrested four men and a boy believed to be connected to the Finks outlaw motorcycle gang and a series of arson attacks on tobacco stores in...

Police allege the men are connected to fires at the Altona business, as well as an arson attack at a Croydon tobacco shopFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThree men allegedly linked to a bikie gang have been arrested after a twice-targeted tobacco shop was destroyed by fire and another...

Robert Farquharson’s name has been removed from the headstone of his three children, whom he murdered in 2005Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastRobert Farquharson has been stripped of his control over the gravestones of the three children he murdered when he drove a car into a dam in 2005, after a Victorian government intervention.Farquharson is the first...

Queensland premier rejects opposition’s interpretation of numbers, as the total crime rate remains below mid-2000s levelsGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe Queensland premier, Steven Miles, says crime is “not clearly worsening” after the release of new police data that showed significant spikes in assaults and domestic violence offending.The state opposition and several media reports have called the...