Townsville mayor supports plan to banish child criminals to ‘intense’ outback rehabilitation camps
Katter's Australia Party is proposing to send repeat youth offenders between 10 and 17 years old to a 12-month outback [...]
Terrorised by one of its own, small town reels from gunman killing local father before turning weapon on himself
The tight-knit WA community of Kellerberrin faces a long road to recovery after a father was shot dead by another well-known local resident, [...]
Teenager arrested over alleged Melbourne abduction
Police have made what they're calling a "significant arrest" over an alleged violent abduction in Melbourne's south-east earlier this week.
Former WA high school teacher jailed for distributing ‘callous’ child exploitation videos online
A former WA high school teacher is sentenced to more than three years in prison for distributing child exploitation material online.
Scientists and fishing industry clash over Port Lincoln desalination plant research
The future water supply of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula remains contentious as scientists dispute research supporting a proposed desalination site [...]
Did Kobee’s cry for help kill him? How a knife-wielding mentally ill young man was fatally shot by police
Early one May morning in 2019, 20-year-old Kobee Huddy was desperate for help. He called a mental health service for [...]
Did the mental health system fail Kobee Huddy and lead to his death?
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No convictions for five men involved in ‘very violent’ New Year’s Day brawl
Five men have escaped conviction for their part in a 30-person brawl in Mount Gambier's main street in the early hours [...]
SA army veteran has manslaughter charge dropped
An army veteran who was charged with the manslaughter of his wife on South Australia's Yorke Peninsula almost two years [...]