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Byron Bay woman Sara Connor denies wanting to destroy evidence to hide her involvement in the killing of Bali policeman Wayan Sudarsa, saying "if I did, I would have done a better job".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, courts-and-trials, indonesia, australia
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| UpdatedFormer champion swimmer Grant Hackett is in police custody on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, people, southport-4215, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA 49-year-old man is sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail for a sex attack on a young girl in public toilets at a suburban Perth oval 11 years ago.
Topics: child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa
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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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| UpdatedFor lawyers representing institutional abuse survivors, a career of being exposed to the most horrific stories can take its toll.
Topics: royal-commissions, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, community-and-society, laws, south-melbourne-3205, collingwood-3066
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| UpdatedNorth Korea expert Aidan Foster-Carter said North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's half-brother, Kim Jong-nam, did not pose a threat to the regime and his suspected assassination in Malaysia has come as a surprise to some experts.
Topics: word-or-number-games, murder-and-manslaughter, forms-of-government, law-crime-and-justice, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, malaysia
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| UpdatedThe half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is dead after being reportedly assassinated by two chemical-wielding female North Korean agents in Kuala Lumpur airport.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, forms-of-government, government-and-politics, murder-and-manslaughter, malaysia, korea-democratic-people-s-republic-of, asia
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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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| UpdatedOne of Victoria's most prestigious private schools, Geelong Grammar, says it has made changes to its policies and will learn from its failings in handling allegations of child sexual abuse.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, royal-commissions, geelong-3220
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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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NSW Police conduct raids on properties in Sydney, February 14, 2017.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000
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Videos showing workers being forced to simulate sex acts for not meeting sales targets have emerged as part of an $60 million class action against leading charity fundraiser, Appco Group Australia, February 14, 2017.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, charities, work, australia
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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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A man on parole after serving jail time for robberies he committed as one of the "overall bandits" used a fake penis in a bid to give authorities a clean urine sample, an Adelaide court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, offbeat, adelaide-5000, sa
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Topics: animals, rural, law-crime-and-justice, 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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| UpdatedA woman who is suing activewear retail company Lorna Jane began to suffer a mental health condition after being bullied in the workplace for her weight, a Brisbane court hears.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, discrimination, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedA man accused of running down a nine-year-old boy on Christmas Day while drunk is struggling to deal with the death, his lawyer says.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, springwood-4127, qld, logan-central-4114
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| UpdatedThe Trump administration decrees sanctions against Venezuelan Vice-President Tareck El Aissami, accusing him of playing a major role in international drug trafficking.
Topics: drug-offences, law-crime-and-justice, venezuela, united-states
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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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Do you need video proof to report hooning to Tasmania Police? Who has to move a dumped car? Inspector John Ward has the answers.
Topics: traffic-offences, law-crime-and-justice, police, human-interest, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedFollowing the Bourke Street tragedy, the Canberra Liberals warn the ACT should also urgently rethink its approach to granting bail.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, local-government, australia, act, canberra-2600