Researchers say Queensland’s tough-on-crime approach making issue worse
A law professor says there is no evidence that keeping children in detention or on remand decreases the crime rate. She [...]
Australian travellers on opposite sides of the world say they were needle spiked and sexually assaulted
The Department of Foreign Affairs says it's aware of Australians travelling overseas being needle spiked and then sexually assaulted or [...]
Anglicare withdraws refuge for Queensland youth offenders after community backlash
Outrage from nearby residents in opposition to a youth bail program has prompted Anglicare to abandon its Gold Coast-based support [...]
Sydney woman was last seen getting into a stranger’s car. Twelve months later he’s refusing to talk to police
CCTV footage shows the last sighting of Jessica Zrinski in a blue Holden Commodore with a man she had just met. [...]
CCTV captures arson attack on Glenroy tobacco store
A car rams the roller door of the shop before a male passenger empties two petrol cans and sets the [...]
Ten new crimes will be added to Queensland’s double jeopardy legislation. Here’s what it means
People could be retried for offences like manslaughter and rape under proposed changes to overhaul double jeopardy laws in Queensland.
Elderly Sunshine Coast couple held captive by armed men in ‘terrifying’ home invasion
Police say four armed men smashed their way into a Sunshine Coast home and held a couple in their 70s [...]
Murder of woman’s best friend inspires Change for Sam safety alarms for those vulnerable to family violence
Lija Matthews is distributing safety alarms to family violence victim survivors to help prevent more women from dying in the [...]
Shooter grins in court before being jailed for nearly three decades over Melbourne boxing event murder
A man who fatally shot one man and injured another outside a boxing event in Melbourne's inner north-west in 2019 [...]
Inquest examines 1987 deaths of Indigenous cousins
Three decades on an inquest has resumed into a road crash which killed two aboriginal teenagers in the NSW far [...]