DNA profiling is not infallible and can lead to innocent people being wrongly convicted
DNA profiling is not infallible and can lead to innocent people being wrongly convicted of serious crimes, scientists have warned.
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Louise Hall
Louise Hall is a Court Reporter for The Sydney Morning Herald
'I am dead inside': victims tell of abuse by notorious paedophile priest
Victims of the notorious paedophile priest Brian Joseph Spillane have told of devastating and lifelong effects suffered due to the sexual abuse experienced at a prestigious Catholic country boarding school between the 1970s and 1990s.
Prominent Chinese herbalist guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct
The Chinese herbalist who rose to prominence after helping the Prime Minister shed 14 kilograms has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct.
How Charles Waterstreet caused Rogerson, McNamara trial to be aborted
The first trial of Roger Rogerson and Glen McNamara was aborted in August last year after McNamara's then barrister Charles Waterstreet made a reference to Mr Rogerson "killing two or three people when he was in the police force".
The Packer man, the niece and lover and the $52 million estate
When the Packer family's loyal lieutenant, Peter Malcolm Reid, died last year aged 100 he left behind a $52 million estate. Since his death, an almighty legal battle has broken out between more than half a dozen people - including his much younger niece and lover Peta Roberts.
Lindt cafe siege: direct action plan to storm the building was 'sound'
The commander of the NSW Police tactical operations unit says a plan to storm the Lindt cafe was "sound" and could have been carried out by the highly-trained officers on the ground during the siege.
Sniper had 'potential shot' at Lindt cafe siege gunman: inquest
A police sniper had a "potential shot" at gunman Man Haron Monis, who was holding hostages inside the Lindt cafe, almost seven hours before the siege came to its fatal end.
Lindt cafe siege: Victims' families ask senior officers to testify at inquest
The families of Tori Johnson and Katrina Dawson have formally requested three of the state's most senior police officers to give evidence at the inquest into the Sydney siege.
Sydney storms: Narrabeen-Collaroy beach lashed by large seas
The intense storm lashing the NSW coast appears to have caused significant erosion at Narrabeen-Collaroy beach on Sydney's northern beaches.
Flood evacuation order as wild weather pummels Sydney
Sydney's Vivid lights were dimmed, and some events cancelled, as winds and rain pummeled NSW and threatened to flood at least 23 river valleys.
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