By Joanna Menagh CCTV shows the family in the cafe, and a waitress plating up a brownie from a cake display. The owner of a popular Perth cafe has admitted making cannabis laced brownies at his home, but denied that they…
By Freya Noble • Senior Producer Watch the video here... A high-profile Sydney lawyer and his controversial Lamborghini number plates have ended up in court again.Peter Lavac claims the plates on his $500,000 bright yellow Lamborghini are meant to be…
ABC Kimberley / By Hannah Barry More than 70 people have been charged under Western Australia's new anti-strangulation laws in the first month and a half. The family violence legislation came into effect on October 1, and made it a specific offence to…
By Naomi Neilson The Lawyer X inquiry’s final report has found that former barrister Nicola Gobbo’s work with Victoria Police was “inexcusable” and the community and courts are entitled to their concerns that she has undermined the law and the administration…
By Jack Snape A proposal to merge the Family Court with the Federal Circuit Court has come under heavy criticism from parliamentarians and the legal profession. The Government has said the merger, which it aims to progress through Parliament this…
Police say 39-year-old had filled in a form stating he had a legitimate reason to leave home By Kim Willsher French police have fined a man who left his home with a written lockdown declaration stating he was out to…
By Joanna Menagh After 13 years fighting to clear his name, most of that time in custody, WA man Scott Austic has been found not guilty — after a second trial — of murdering his pregnant lover. WARNING: Aboriginal and…
By Naomi Neilson Proceedings have been launched in the Victorian Supreme Court to remove gangland criminal barrister Nicola Gobbo from the roll of practitioners. Just months before an explosive report is due that details the Lawyer X human source saga,…
By court reporter Meagan Dillon and Mahalia Carter After deliberating for five days, a South Australian Supreme Court jury has failed to reach a verdict in the murder trial of Caroline Nilsson, who was accused of faking a home invasion to cover up…
By Amy Johnston A 25-year-old Perth man has faced court charged over the alleged online sexual exploitation of 112 girls from various countries. The man allegedly pretended to be a 15-year-old social media celebrity to befriend the girls before blackmailing…