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Crime The repeated offending of a Sydney woman accused of murdering her mother has led to calls for a review of the Mental Health Act. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

Crime A government bureaucrat has allegedly been caught fraudulently using taxpayer-funded credit cards to splash out on international travel, withdraw cash and more.

Crime Nicola Gobbo, known as ‘Lawyer X’ who defended some of Melbourne’s biggest gangsters and informed on them to police has ‘signed her own death warrant’ a new...

Crime A mother of two and teacher's aid was slammed in court after she was found in possession of a highly-addictive opioid, potentially within children's reach.

News The jury returned a unanimous verdict almost instantly.

Movies A well-known Hong Kong actor, who starred alongside Angelina Jolie in The Cradle of Life, has been attacked by a knife-wielding man at a promotional event.

Crime Two men with links to the Melbourne nightclub industry have been arrested in Bali following raids by police investigating a major drug ring.

Crime Plagued by his father's abuse a man poured petrol over his sister while she was asleep before sparking a lighter in her face.

Crime Police have revealed the cause of death of an 82-year-old woman allegedly murdered by her elderly husband at their Kingston home at the weekend.

Crime Jason Cooper is scheduled to face Hervey Bay court over the death of Shae Francis

Crime The shocking state of this house left a social worker utterly distraught. Now, the infamous 'House of Horrors' case has ended with the mother sentenced.

Crime THE 21-year-old was caught with ecstasy tablets, cocaine and cannabis inside his car at Splendour in the Grass.

Crime 'Some of the offences were nasty - taking handbags from old ladies is pretty low,' Judge slams Ipswich grandad Craig William Mundy over his six-hour crime spree

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Crime A SCHOOL teacher broke down in court as he was found not guilty of sexually assaulting three young girls during school hours.

Politics ABOUT 80 Aussie foreign fighters, trained in Syria and Iraq, could be seeking to return home. But Labor says laws to keep them out have fatal flaws.

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Crime 'I can assure you I am not misled by your facial tattoo,' says judge as he jails Damien Squizy Van Taarling over huge ice haul

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Crime It was a police officer’s worst nightmare – an armed man ignoring pleas to drop his weapon, even urging officers to shoot.

Crime PAUL Pisasale avoided questions and gave non-responsive answers to ‘suit his agenda’, a crown prosecutor has told a jury as an extortion trial nears its end.

Crime A YOUNG Sydney woman accused of cutting off her mother’s head was obsessed with a violent blood-spattered horror movie in the days before the killing.

Crime A man has died and a girl has been taken to hospital with stab wounds after a domestic-related incident at Chatswood, north of Sydney.