Courts
Boyfriend proposed to mum just days before her baby died, court hears
The man charged with killing his girlfriend's six-month-old baby while she went shopping after they had used ice had proposed marriage to her two days before, a court has been told.
- by Adam Cooper
Latest
Public prosecutor appeals sentence of teen who kicked cop in head
A teenager's "manifestly inadequate" sentence for kicking a Victorian police officer in the head at a shopping centre in Melbourne's west is now being appealed.
- by Melissa Cunningham
Heke conviction could become test case
Tamate Heke was found guilty of unlawful striking causing death but it appears he could serve more jail time on that charge than he would if convicted for manslaughter.
- by Shae McDonald
Crime
Salim Mehajer found guilty of assault on journalist Laura Banks
But the magistrate said the property developer was "hunted" by a "frenzied media pack" who showed "appalling and predatory behaviour".
- by Georgina Mitchell
Disability
Inquest probes 'shocking' incident involving disabled woman
Sarah Hammoud died aged just 22. The coroner is investigating if her death could have been prevented.
- by Aisha Dow
Crime
Blood found in crash car could help police prove accused was driving
A man charged over the death of a passenger who was allegedly left to die in the backseat must provide a mouth swab to investigating police.
- by Adam Cooper
Wollongong
Wollongong man accused of stabbing mate in the head with screwdriver
The man told police he had punched his friend once in the face and the other injuries were self-inflicted.
- by Shannon Tonkin
Tasmanian bus driver found guilty over crash that killed Queensland policewoman
The driver of a Tasmanian bus which fatally struck an off-duty Queensland policewoman has been found guilty of negligent driving causing death.
Analysis
Politics
Why Neil Prakash would prefer to face court in Turkey, not Australia
The Australian terror suspect is fighting his extradition to Australia, and asking to be tried in Turkey. The court just inexplicably delayed its decision.
- by Onur Burçak Belli
Courts
Wife and lover guilty of murdering husband with cyanide-laced juice
Husband died after drinking orange juice laced with poison. A Melbourne court has found his wife and her lover guilty of the murder.
- by Tammy Mills & Adam Cooper
Gold Coast
Trio jailed for life over torture, murder of Gold Coast man
Throughout the two trials, the court heard evidence Shaun Barker had been kept in a commercial fishing esky, denied food and water and tied to a tree.
- by Shae McDonald