By Heather McNeill, Lucy Manly and Gary Adshead Melbourne bar and restaurant owner Hayden Burbank and financial planner Mark Babbage have been arrested after allegedly entering Western Australia by falsely claiming to be Darwin residents and attending the AFL grand final. The pair were…
Stephen Cooper, 46, stole the erection-enhancing pills from Lloyds PharmacyOffence took place eight days after police executed a drugs warrant at his homeCooper admitted possession of a class B drug and theft from a shopHis lawyer said the offences were…
By Naomi Neilson An order has been made to strike out the name of the lawyer who counselled fathers of female genital mutilation victims to lie to police, an offence that the Court of Appeal said “strikes at the heart of…
By AP/ABC News Apple says it is planning to scan US iPhones for images of child abuse, an announcement that has the support of child protection groups. But the move has raised concerns among security researchers that the system could be misused by governments looking to monitor…
By ABC News A Perth man who had tradespeople visit his home when he was meant to be quarantining has been sentenced to seven months in jail for breaching COVID rules. The 53-year-old arrived at Perth Airport from Brisbane on June…
By ABC News An Adelaide man has been acquitted of trafficking drugs because police secretly replaced cocaine hidden in a hollowed-out novel with icing sugar before the accused collected the item. Nathan John Ralph was charged after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers…
By Evelyn Manfield Urgent legislation is being introduced into the WA Parliament today after police accessed QR code check-in information from the SafeWA app as part of a murder investigation. Attorney-General John Quigley said police had legally issued two notices for businesses…
By Paul Sakkal and Michael Fowler Victorians who committed minor criminal offences will no longer face barriers getting a job or renting a home under new laws passed by the Andrews government on Thursday. In passing the Spent Convictions Bill,…
Inquiry into 2012 burglary is revived after French police turn up a DNA match for unrelated crime German police say they have solved a nine-year-old burglary case after DNA found on a half-eaten piece of sausage matched that of a…
By Hugh DunnettCrime Correspondent The Suffolk man who admitted having sex with 450 tractors is in trouble with the police again after trying to get a job at an agricultural college. Ralph Bishop promised to keep away from farm machinery…