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…
Annastacia Palaszczuk appoints taskforce of legal and domestic violence experts and victims to investigate how to legislate By Amanda Gearing The Queensland premier, Annastacia Palaszczuk, has appointed a taskforce of legal and domestic violence experts and victims to investigate how to legislate…
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…
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…
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 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…