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Two men and a woman are charged over a suspected drug syndicate operating out of mail distribution centres, as well as supplying cocaine to Darwin.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, darwin-0800
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| UpdatedA Hobart jury takes less than two hours to find Klaus Dieter Neubert, 74, guilty of murdering his estranged wife Olga as she sat in a car on a busy Hobart road.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, new-town-7008
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A Canberra man who made a daring escape from Canberra's prison last year and got his girlfriend pregnant during the eight days on the run is sentenced to 15 months' jail.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, canberra-2600, act
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| UpdatedA Canberra father who allegedly rammed a parked car outside his children's school is charged with high-range drink driving, with police saying he blew more than three times the legal blood alcohol limit.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, police, alcohol, garran-2605, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Austrian police arrest a man described by local media as "Hitler's double" for possible violations of laws against glorifying the Nazi era.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, world-war-2, history, community-and-society, world-politics, austria
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| UpdatedCarl Williams organised for underworld figure Graham Kinniburgh to be killed 13 years ago after a failed bid to have gangland rival Lewis Moran murdered, a court hears, as Stephen Asling stands trial for murder.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, kew-3101
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Three man are arrested in south-west Sydney over their alleged involvement in a re-birthing syndicate in which vehicles are stolen and -resold.
Topics: police, crime, punchbowl-2196, wiley-park-2195, milperra-2214, greenacre-2190
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| UpdatedKlaus Dieter Neubert, who allegedly shot his wife dead on a busy Hobart road, was not in a "murderous rage" his lawyer tells court in closing statements at his trial.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, hobart-7000, tas
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Australia has rallied around a Nimbin pig injured after an alleged attack late last year.
Topics: animals, rural, crime, nimbin-2480
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| UpdatedThe brother of missing WA teenager Hayley Dodd and the son of One Nation candidate Margaret Dodd sent more than 100 threatening and abusive text messages to the mother of his three children, a court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, wa
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| UpdatedThe Victorian Government rejected a report it commissioned which recommended the introduction of compulsory mental health and drug treatment for vulnerable children in the strife-torn child protection and youth justice systems.
Topics: youth, drug-offences, crime, law-crime-and-justice, drug-use, health, drugs-and-substance-abuse, community-and-society, state-parliament, parliament, government-and-politics, vic, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe fate of $60,000 of gold stolen from a West Australian mine site by three men is set to be decided by a Kalgoorlie court, with police due to apply for it to be forfeited to the state.
Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, police, kalgoorlie-6430, coolgardie-6429
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| UpdatedThe NT Children's Commissioner says there are times when police should be able to taser young people if the situation justifies it.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, youth, community-and-society, darwin-0800
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Darwin police lacked clear objectives and resolution strategies to deal with an ice-fuelled group crime spree and subsequent car crash that killed a teenager in 2015, a coronial inquest hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, police, darwin-0800
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A man who admitted killing Daniel Hind before putting his body in a wheelie bin in Adelaide's northern suburbs tells a court the victim "took a swing" at him before he retaliated, but he "didn't mean for Daniel to die".
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedA man faces court accused of raping a backpacker and holding her against her will at a property south-east of Adelaide, as police warn more alleged victims may emerge.
Topics: courts-and-trials, crime, law-crime-and-justice, murray-bridge-5253, adelaide-5000, sa
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A man, suffering an undiagnosed mental illness at a time of a hit-and-run crash, is sentenced to four years jail.
Topics: crime, accidents, courts-and-trials, police, morisset-2264, wyong-2259
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The grandfather of a toddler killed in an alleged hit-and-run at Dover Gardens yells profanities at the man accused of being the driver as he faces Adelaide Magistrates Court.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, dover-gardens-5048
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The man accused of murdering missing WA teenager Hayley Dodd 18 years ago wants to be tried by judge alone, instead of a jury.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, wa, perth-6000, badgingarra-6521
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A man who beat another man to death after coming to the aid of two women who were being sexually assaulted is jailed for 12 years, in what the judge describes as a vicious and cruel beating.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, beaumont-5066
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| UpdatedMost of the small community of Uarbry has been wiped out by a bushfire burning near Dunedoo, residents say, with some of the destroyed homes belonging to volunteer firefighters who were out combating the blaze.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, crime, police, nsw, boggabri-2382, coffs-harbour-2450, dunedoo-2844, leadville-2844, south-kempsey-2440, mudgee-2850, dubbo-2830, beechwood-2446, tamworth-2340, gunnedah-2380, port-macquarie-2444
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Michael Gunner rejects calls to prohibit police from use tasers against children, saying officers should not be held back from carrying out their duty.
Topics: police, children, crime, courts-and-trials, youth, palmerston-0830
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A Coburg man is charged with murder following the death of a 73-year-old man in Melbourne's north.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, coburg-3058
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| UpdatedA man is charged over the death of a 69-year-old man who was the victim of an alleged one-punch attack at a hotel near Ipswich, west of Brisbane.
Topics: crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, redbank-4301, brisbane-4000, qld, ipswich-4305, australia