A man has been arrested in Italy over the notorious murder of two housemates in inner-city Melbourne almost half a century ago.
Four boys stand accused of gay 'hate crimes' by catfishing older men on Grindr and assaulting them
A group of four boys committed "hate crimes" when they allegedly used a gay dating app to lure men to meet and were armed with crowbars, pepper spray and knives, a Perth court is told.
Man jailed for at least 22 years over 'cruel, cold-hearted' murder of stepdaughter
Tane Desatge will be eligible for parole in 2042 after being jailed for the murder of a two-year-old girl in Chinchilla in 2017.
Photo shows A court sketch of a man sitting next to a lawyerPolice dismantle Sydney crime network they allege sold $1.8b worth of cocaine in four months
A major criminal network alleged to have sold $1.8 billion of cocaine has been dismantled in a series of police raids.
Photo shows A man is arrested by officersBefore pagers and walkie-talkies, Israel allegedly used poisonous toothpaste and muscle relaxants to deal with their enemies
While Israel's alleged involvement in the pager and hand-held radio attacks in Lebanon may never be confirmed, the country's security and intelligence agencies have been linked to a string of assassination plots over the years.
Photo shows An injured person is wheeled on a stretcherPolice minister says report into LGBT hate crimes was 'deeply difficult' reading
The NSW government supports all 19 recommendations from a landmark inquiry into historical gay hate crimes, saying victims and their families were "fundamentally failed" in the past and it can never occur again.
Photo shows A collage that shows the faces of four men, next to the scales justiceBetty Shanks was murdered walking home in Brisbane 72 years ago. Some believe her killer can still be found
The 22-year-old's battered body was found lying in a garden with a bloodstained tram ticket still clutched in her hand.
Photo shows A graphic of Betty Shanks photo with newspaper clippings following her death around it.The 'socially awkward' karaoke lover who allegedly created an app for the underworld
The AFP says Jay Je Yoon Jung seemed surprised when he was arrested in a dawn raid. For nearly a decade he had operated the Ghost app with relative anonymity.
Photo shows A man is handcuffed and walked down a street.Thieves used angle grinder to cut down life-sized bear statue from Melbourne shopping centre, police say
The artists who created a life-sized bronze bear statue say they are "shocked and heartbroken" after learning it had been stolen from a Melbourne inner-north shopping centre last week.
Photo shows A close-up of Sparkly Bear's face, which shows a bespectacled bronze bear face with pursed lips.Manslaughter charge dropped against stepfather accused of neglecting boy left quadraplegic
A Perth man accused of the manslaughter of his partner's 11-year-old son is released from custody, after the charges against him were dropped due to a lack of evidence against him.
Photo shows A man stands posing for a photo on a wooden walkway in front of trees, wearing a white shirt and dark pants.British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell denied appeal on sex trafficking conviction
A three-judge panel ruled on Thursday to uphold Ghislaine Maxwell's sex trafficking conviction for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein abuse underage girls.
Photo shows A blue board shows a photo of Epstein and Maxwell hugging, beside a series of dot-pointed text. A hand points to the photo..Syndicate 'dismantled' as AFP raids target Australian creator of app for criminals
An Australian man has been arrested and charged over allegedly running an encrypted communications network tailored specifically for the use of criminal organisations.
Photo shows A man is led out of a house in handcuffs.NT government hits back at warnings lowering age of criminal responsibility is a 'backward step'
The NT chief minister has dismissed warnings from the Productivity Commission about her government's plan to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 10, saying the party has a mandate to change youth justice policies.
Photo shows The side of a womans face.'Prolific fare evader' tackled to ground at train station in incident probed by anti-corruption agency
Video of a man being tackled by a Perth transit officer, breaking his collarbone, has been released by WA's anti-corruption body.
Woman in critical condition after alleged domestic violence-related attack in NT town
A woman has been flown to Royal Darwin Hospital in a critical condition after a man allegedly attacked her with an "edged weapon" in an alleged domestic violence-related assault outside a Katherine shopping centre.
Photo shows a photo of CCTV showing a woman sitting on pavementExtraditing the foreign national who allegedly attacked a Brisbane baby with hot coffee may prove challenging
An expert in international law says unless the alleged offender hands himself in, it's unlikely he will face a Queensland court anytime soon.
Photo shows A young boy in burns wraps in hospital walking.Man guilty for murder and torture of Chinchilla toddler hit her head with bamboo stick for not going to the toilet
A Queensland judge has found a 44-year-old man guilty of the murder of two-year-old Chinchilla toddler Kaydence Hazel Mills.
Photo shows Selfie of Chinchilla couple accused of murdering Kaydence MillsHow Operation Omega brought down former ATSIC head Geoff Clark
Over almost 20 years, Indigenous leader Geoff Clark siphoned about $1 million from his community. Here's how the police finally caught him in a story only now able to be told.
Photo shows An Indigenous man stands in front of a tree.Allegations of forced surrogacies, tied-up schoolgirls: How Amber Haigh's disappearance brought ominous rumours into the limelight
When the young woman vanished, police stumbled across what they believed to be a sinister plot to take her baby boy. But despite a lengthy murder trial, what happened to her remains one of regional Australia's enduring mysteries.
Photo shows A composite image of newspaper clippings following the disappearance of Amber Haigh.Alleged abuse victim was 'role-playing' being asleep in video recording of sexual abuse, accused rapist claims
Perth civil engineer accused of drugging and raping more than a dozen women tells police one of his alleged victims was "role-playing" being unconscious in a series of video recordings he made.
Photo shows A man taking a photo of himself through the reflection of a car side mirrorFraud case against MP has 'more holes than a Balfours crumpet', defence lawyer says
The defence lawyer for independent MP Troy Bell says the case against the politician is "misguided and misleading".
Photo shows Troy Bell walks outside a court building holding a note pad.