Law, Crime and Justice

A 34-year-old woman has been charged over the alleged murder of Springfield woman Katherine Sanowski, who was found in an Ipswich home last month.

Offenders convicted of hate crimes against the LGBTQIA+ community in New South Wales could face up to seven years behind bars under new legislation being introduced to parliament.

Former Queensland State of Origin player Chris Walker is due to face a Gold Coast court tomorrow after his arrest last night. 

In the push for gun law reform in the wake of the Bondi attack, Tasmania's police commissioner urged the state government to limit the number of firearms a person can own, citing the murder of an officer the year before in her plea — but to no avail, documents show.

In 2020, a German backpacker strangled a Tasmanian sex worker, then fled with her mobile phone and cash. His version of events was accepted by an Australian court, which jailed him for manslaughter. Now, German authorities are re-examining the case.

An image appearing to show Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and the sacked UK ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson, with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has been uncovered in the latest document dump released by the US DOJ.

There been a fresh twist in the long-running saga of child molester Charles Batham, with NSW authorities requesting his transfer from jail interstate to face new charges.

Police have named the first regional Declared Shopping Centres, which grant police additional move-on and weapon search powers. The laws already apply to several Adelaide shopping precincts and have led to multiple weapon seizures. 

A mother who admitted to criminally neglecting three of her children, including her daughter who died when she was six-years-old, has been jailed for 17 years.

NSW Minister for Families and Communities Kate Washington says the mistake is the worst she has seen in her time in the portfolio.

Digital crimes involving harassment, or distributing child abuse material, are among the most common federal crimes being sentenced in Victoria, a new report shows. 

The Federal Court orders mediation between former WA senator Linda Reynolds and the Commonwealth in her legal claim over its conduct during a financial settlement with Brittany Higgins.

Tasmania will introduce new laws to stop the use of "good character" references by serious offenders. Advocates say the state has joined a broader national shift to support victim-survivors.

In July 2007, Simon Kadwill, Tony Popic, Chantelle McDougall and her five-year-old daughter Leela vanished from an isolated WA town. Chantelle's parents have spent the better part of 20 years trying to work out how to live with what's happened, as a complex picture of deceit, coercive control and cult-like beliefs has come to light.

The Justice Department releases additional Jeffrey Epstein files involving uncorroborated accusations made by a woman against US President Donald Trump that the department said had been mistakenly withheld during an earlier review.

Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir has been listed as a prohibited hate group using new laws passed in response to the Bondi terror attack.

Sweeping new hate speech laws banning certain expressions in a way that makes a member of the public feel menaced, harassed or offended have passed in Queensland Parliament.

Police were called for a welfare check in an east Brisbane suburb on Tuesday, where a man allegedly holding a knife was shot dead.

Bill Clinton told the committee that he had ended his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein years before the financier pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution, and Hillary said she never even recalled meeting him.

A former teacher accused of sexually abusing a student has told a court he is "ashamed of my behaviour at that time" and says he was "temporarily blinded".