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| UpdatedPolice allege a 21-year-old male nursing student repeatedly raped, assaulted and threatened a woman in his care north of Brisbane between July and November last year.
Topics: sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, assault, brisbane-4000
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| UpdatedA "perfect storm" party of teenagers, heat, drugs and alcohol forces the closure of the Pacific Highway at Lake Macquarie in NSW overnight, police say, after hundreds of drunken partygoers spill onto the streets fighting, throwing bottles and cans.
Topics: assault, crime, charlestown-2290, newcastle-2300
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A man who threw a police officer through a glass window during an arrest was "doomed to fail" from birth, his lawyer says, as a judge sentences him to five years in prison.
Topics: courts-and-trials, police, assault, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000, qld
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| UpdatedA police officer thought her colleague was going to be killed when he was punched and thrown through a window while trying to arrest a man at Capalaba, a court hears.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, assault, police, capalaba-4157, qld
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A former West Australian police officer avoids being sent to jail over a "bizarre" and unexplained rampage in which he smashed up a taxi and assaulted six people.
Topics: police, assault, crime, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, wa, northbridge-6003
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| UpdatedA man dies in Royal Perth Hospital after he was last week found unconscious in a carpark outside a pub which had just screened the Danny Green and Anthony Mundine boxing match.
Topics: death, assault, police, ellenbrook-6069, perth-6000
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Former Fremantle Docker Shane Yarran pleads not guilty to a charge of assaulting a family member.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, assault, law-crime-and-justice, fremantle-6160, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedIn 1978, a group of Catholic schoolboys was called to make a moral decision. The night before, a Marist brother had tried to assault one of them. Those boys were better disciples than the princes of their Church. That is a triumph and a tragedy, writes Chris Uhlmann.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, catholic, royal-commissions, sexual-offences, assault, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Queensland Reds and Wallabies forward Scott Higginbotham is charged with assaulting a police officer in a late-night incident in Brisbane.
Topics: rugby-union, assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, australia
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| UpdatedA 37-year-old Perth man fights for his life after a brawl outside a pub screening the Danny Green and Anthony Mundine boxing match.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, assault, ellenbrook-6069
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| UpdatedA Perth judge is urged to jail an Army reservist and former police officer over what is described as a bizarre drunken rampage that included smashing up a taxi and assaulting strangers who tried to help him.
Topics: police, assault, crime, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, wa, northbridge-6003
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| UpdatedAlongside the impossible pain and hefty medical expenses, acid attack victims are often faced with a closed door when attempting to re-enter society and find work. But they are now asking employers to see their skills, not their scars.
Topics: women, assault, domestic-violence, india
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Angelo Gargasoulas, the brother of accused Bourke Street killer Dimitrious Gargasoulas, faces court with visible injuries from a stabbing attack allegedly inflicted by the accused murderer.
Topics: assault, crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, footscray-3011, windsor-3181
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| UpdatedA student is arrested at a nearby car park after a teacher and two other students are stabbed at Bonnyrigg High School, in Sydney's west.
Topics: crime, assault, secondary-schools, bonnyrigg-2177, sydney-2000, nsw
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A man is taken into police custody after another man was stabbed in the neck at Belair National Park in the Adelaide Hills.
Topics: crime, assault, law-crime-and-justice, belair-5052, adelaide-5000, sa
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| UpdatedSuspended Queensland policeman Chris Hurley, who was acquitted of manslaughter over the 2007 death of Cameron Doomadgee on Palm Island, is fined $500 for assaulting a female police officer at a Gold Coast shopping centre while he was off duty last year.
Topics: assault, courts-and-trials, brisbane-4000, robina-4226
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An Adelaide taxi driver who says he was pushed to the ground and robbed by AFL player Trent Dumont and another man "presumed" they took his money, a court hears.
Topics: assault, crime, australian-football-league, sport, adelaide-5000, north-melbourne-3051
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North Melbourne Football Club player Trent Dumont faces trial after being accused of pushing over a taxi driver in Adelaide, holding him to the ground and stealing $70.
Topics: assault, crime, australian-football-league, sport, adelaide-5000, north-melbourne-3051
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| UpdatedAn Adelaide couple who lured the woman's ex-boyfriend to a remote location where he and a friend were set on fire are sentenced to significant jail terms.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, assault, crime, elizabeth-north-5113, adelaide-5000, sa
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Bus drivers want assaults on them to be treated as seriously as those on health and emergency workers, with dozens of attacks recorded this year already, including two caught on camera and shared exclusively with the ABC.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, unions, government-and-politics, brisbane-4000, qld
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A teenager has been charged over the assault of a Queensland bus driver — one of dozens to occur in the first few weeks of 2017, the Rail, Tram and Bus Union says.
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A Gold Coast man is arrested over four south-east Queensland sexual assaults spanning from 2008 to 2016, with police appealing for anyone who may have been a victim to come forward.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, brisbane-4000
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A WA father is found guilty of inflicting serious head injuries on his seven-and-a-half-month-old son, after conceding he probably smacked him "a bit too hard" when the child was crying and would not take a bottle.
Topics: assault, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, merredin-6415, wa, kellerberrin-6410
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| UpdatedAFL player Michael Johnson makes a brief appearance in the Perth Magistrates Court accused of assaulting a man in a kebab shop, who was reportedly filming while the player was in the store with his pants pulled down.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, assault, leederville-6007, wa
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| UpdatedPolice release CCTV footage and more information about an attack on a Polish woman north of Brisbane as they renew their call for witnesses to come forward.
Topics: assault, crime, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, petrie-4502, qld