Law, Crime and Justice

Troy Smith, who was arrested in April after police found methamphetamine in his hotel room in Bali, is sentenced to six-month drug rehabilitation by an Indonesian court.

Anthony Bray, 48, from Nuneaton, east of Birmingham, says he bought the 20 centimetre replica sword online as a fidget toy.

The Canberra couple were awarded $1,500 in non-economic damages after a real estate agent entered their bedroom while the wife was in bed asleep with her infant son.

A Darwin barrister has raised the alarm on the NT's community legal sector, saying it is 'collapsing', and will only get worse if a nation-wide funding shortfall for community legal centres isn't filled.

A teenage boy who allegedly wielded a machete during a brawl that sent the Westfield Marion shopping centre into lockdown last month has been granted home detention bail.

A senior Tasmanian police officer was a paedophile who groomed more than 50 boys and young men over three decades before his death by suicide in 2018.

A 68-year-old tourist from New Zealand has been killed during a botched robbery attempt at an upscale mall in Southern California.

The incident has prompted fresh questions about the state's justice system, with one Labor minister asking the courts to explain its actions.

A trial is underway in North Queensland for a Sydney man charged over the death of his bride from a golf buggy rollover.

The worst sewage spill in Queensland history was caused by corrosion and a local government’s over-reliance on the public and another council to detect leaks, an independent investigation has found.

Former Liberal party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has been committed to stand trial on two counts of rape in Toowoomba.

Jie Shao was jailed six years after the death of 35-year-old Jean Huang, who underwent a banned breast augmentation procedure in Sydney.

Despite anecdotal information suggesting spiking is reasonably common, only seven people went to court charged with unlawful drink spiking in Queensland between July 2021 and May 2024.

The 29-year-old faces two counts of rape, alleged to have occurred in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, in October 2021.

A 14-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed a student in the neck at the University of Sydney had charges against him dropped last year.

A coronial inquiry has heard police internal affairs found an officer failed four times to follow the WA Police use of force policy when shooting an armed Indigenous woman in the Mid West city of Geraldton in 2019.

An Adelaide man who has spent four decades in jail for a murder he maintains he never committed has been released on parole.

Look back at the advice from our team of experts about your legal rights when it comes to neighbourly disputes.

An Australian resident of more than four decades is deported to the United Kingdom after his visa was cancelled due to a drug conviction, with a last-minute appeal rejected by the Federal Court.

A New York judge delays Donald Trump's sentencing for criminal conduct until September in the wake of a landmark court ruling on presidential immunity.

The man who stole international tennis star Nick Kyrgios's green Tesla at gunpoint has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail.

A landmark ruling from America’s highest court has granted Donald Trump broad immunity from criminal prosecution for acts conducted while president.

The Florida investigations uncovered Epstein's close ties to former president Bill Clinton and Britain's Prince Andrew, and his once-friendly relationship with former president Donald Trump.

The first study tracking the murder of children by parents in domestic violence situations is released.

What started as after-work drinks on a Friday evening quickly turned into a nightmare when Jessica* arrived at a popular bar in central Brisbane.