Bianca Hall is the deputy federal politics editor for The Age and the Sydney Morning Herald
It sounds like the plot line of a cheap airport thriller: faced with authorities trying to launch stings against popular ride-sharing service Uber, the fledgling company set up fake versions of its app, populated with "phantom" cars that would never arrive.
Two environmentalists who entered a Gippsland logging coupe to document the destruction of rainforest have had charges against them dismissed.
Bail justices – who suffered a vicious public backlash in the aftermath of the Bourke Street tragedy – release a fraction of the accused criminals who come before them compared with magistrates, internal government data shows.
It began with a young man driving aggressive circles in a red car spewing smoke in front of Flinders Street station in the heart of Melbourne's CBD.
Prosecutors preparing the brief of evidence against accused Bourke Street killer Dimitrious "Jimmy" Gargasoulas have been called to front the Supreme Court to provide an update on how the complex case is progressing.
More than 100 anti-racism protesters have gathered at St Kilda Marina to confront members of the far-right, anti-Islam Q Society preparing to attend a fundraiser to be headlined by Senator Cory Bernardi and Queensland MP George Christensen.
DJ Kwenda had his planned celebration of African music and culture cancelled at the last minute by a King Street nightclub. A judge has ruled it was a case of 'direct discrimination'.
The odds of a joint action against the federal government's Centrelink debt recovery program have narrowed, with lawyers saying it's unlikely such an action would succeed.
The Australian Tax Office is all but powerless to track down a prominent Melbourne migration lawyer, whose firms were paid more than $22 million by taxpayers over a decade to help asylum seekers apply for Australian protection.
Alleged Bourke Street killer Dimitrious "Jimmy" Gargasoulas was released on bail after a police made submissions to a bail justice during his hearing, it can be revealed.
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