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Couple tasered by police awarded more than $1m in damages
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A couple who were tasered by police in Fremantle eight years ago are awarded more than $1 million in damages after suing the state for false imprisonment and assault.
Topics: police, courts-and-trials, fremantle-6160, wa, perth-6000
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Man stabbed to death at popular Hobart hotel
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A man in his 30s dies from stab wounds after being found injured in a hallway alcove of the popular Old Woolstore Hotel in Hobart.
Topics: police, hobart-7000
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Sydney terror duo sentenced to 20 years' jail for foiled plot
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Omar Al-Kutobi and Mohammad Kiad, who were arrested last year minutes after recording a video with a home made Islamic State flag in the background, are sentenced to 20 years' jail for preparing to commit a terrorist attack.
Topics: terrorism, law-crime-and-justice, police, crime, courts-and-trials, parramatta-2150
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Corruption watchdog finds fraud squad exposed Queensland Police Service to serious risk
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Queensland's corruption watchdog finds a police fraud squad initiative that raised hundreds of thousands of dollars from the private sector exposed the state's police service to a serious fraud risk.
Topics: laws, law-crime-and-justice, corruption, fraud-and-corporate-crime, police, brisbane-4000, qld
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Perth woman allegedly drugged men before lighting house fire
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A woman is charged with attempting to kill two men in a house fire in Ballajura last month, with police alleging she tried to drug the pair first.
Topics: arson, crime, police, ballajura-6066, perth-6000
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Nick Kaldas claims small win in attempt to block bugging report
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Retired deputy police commissioner Nick Kaldas claims a minor victory in his fight to stop the publication of a report into illegal police bugging, with the New South Wales Ombudsman promising not to release the document until the matter is heard in court.
Topics: police, courts-and-trials, sydney-2000
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Suspected 'petrol bomb' found in Penrith cleared by police
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NSW police are examining a suspicious device, initially thought to be a homemade bomb, that sparked an emergency response and evacuations after being found at a power substation in Sydney.
Topics: police, electricity-energy-and-utilities, penrith-2750
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No findings over three suspected gangland murders
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A coronial investigation into three unsolved underworld killings that occurred during Melbourne's bloody gangland war comes to a close, with no charges laid.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, courts-and-trials, melbourne-3000
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19yo presents himself to police over Deeragun woman's death
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A 19-year-old man presents himself to police following the death of a 59-year-old woman at her home in Townsville, in north Queensland, which neighbours described as a "a scary sight".
Topics: death, crime, police, townsville-4810
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Melbourne counter rallies, mosque protests cost taxpayers $2.3m
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The policing of a dozen pro and anti-Islam rallies in Victoria this year is estimated to have cost taxpayers $2.3 million, but the actual figure could be higher, Victoria police say.
Topics: police, states-and-territories, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, melton-3337, bendigo-3550, vic
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Police get body cameras, more power to collect DNA
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Police in Victoria will get new powers to collect DNA samples and new equipment including body cameras as part of the State Government's law and order blitz to tackle rising crime.
Topics: state-parliament, parliament, police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, vic
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Man who broke police officer's back faces court
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A man who broke a police officer's back as he tried to avoid arrest, days after ramming two police vehicles has pleaded guilty to 35 charges in the ACT Magistrates Court.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, chisholm-2905, kambah-2902, canberra-2600, act, australia
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SA Police unveil 'biggest reform in 20 years'
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SA Police unveil a major restructure which includes merging its six local service areas in Adelaide into four districts, non-sworn officers taking triple-0 calls and a rollout of body-worn cameras and facial recognition systems.
Topics: police, crime, law-crime-and-justice, states-and-territories, adelaide-5000, sa
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Child, 4, thrown out window to escape Sydney blaze
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Four people, including a four-year-old boy, are taken to hospital after making a dramatic escape from their burning Ashfield flat, while a separate fire in Fairfield engulfs up to six businesses.
Topics: fires, industrial-fires, police, emergency-incidents, ashfield-2131, fairfield-2165
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Former top cop Kaldas tries to block police-bugging report
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Former deputy police commissioner Nick Kaldas is seeking a Supreme Court injunction to prevent the NSW ombudsman from publishing his report into the long-running police-bugging scandal.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, nsw, sydney-2000
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Police killer parole changes 'interfere with judicial independence'
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The Victorian Government's move to keep police killers behind bars for life is "dangerous", "unnecessary" and interferes with the independence of the justice system, a human rights group says.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, police, states-and-territories, vic
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Fiji gov't says Amnesty report into police torture "biased and selective" Audio
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The Fiji government has responded to an Amnesty International report alleging a culture of police brutality and torture in the country, calling it "biased and selective".
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Threat against LA rail line called in from a foreign country
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US police say a "very specific" threat has been made against Los Angeles' Red Line commuter rail system, used by 145,000 passengers a day, by a person in another country.
Topics: terrorism, police, united-states
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Bone found in Dubbo belonged to murder victim Lateesha Nolan: police
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A search resumes for the remains of Lateesha Nolan, murdered by her cousin Malcolm Naden, after DNA tests confirm a bone found at Dubbo in New South Wales last month belonged to her.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, police, dubbo-2830
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Fake news story led man to shoot inside pizza shop: police
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A man who says he was investigating a conspiracy theory about Hillary Clinton running a child sex ring out of a pizza place fires an assault rifle inside the US restaurant injuring no-one, police and news reports say.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, united-states
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'Lucky' pair survive WA light plane crash
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Two people escape serious injury after a light plane crashes north-west of Wagin, in WA's Wheatbelt.
Topics: accidents, police, air-transport, piesseville-6315
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Illegal tobacco trade may be fuelling terrorism: Border Force
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Senior border security officials warn that illegal tobacco smuggling may be fuelling drug trafficking and terrorism fundraising.
Topics: tobacco, law-crime-and-justice, terrorism, police, australia
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Breakthrough in 47yo case of missing toddler Cheryl Grimmer
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Detectives identify a new suspect in the abduction of a three-year-old girl from a beach on the New South Wales south coast almost 50 years ago.
Topics: missing-person, family, crime, police, fairy-meadow-2519
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Topics: farm-labour, police, koo-wee-rup-3981
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Illegal farm workers detained in farm raid
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Farming groups condemn illegal labour hire practices after raid uncovers foreign nationals working for Australia's largest asparagus producer.
Topics: farm-labour, agricultural-crops, police, koo-wee-rup-3981
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