Crime
Trudeau vows to fight far-right groups after Muslim family slain
“This was a terrorist attack, motivated by hatred, in the heart of one of our communities,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said in Parliament.
- by Steve Scherer and Carlos Osorio
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Neo-Nazis leader Thomas Sewell refused bail over alleged attack on hikers
Up to 15 neo-Nazis - including self-proclaimed white supremacist Thomas Sewell - terrorised hikers at a Victorian camping spot, a court has heard.
- by Adam Cooper
No contempt charge over court rant by Tiahleigh’s killer foster dad
Deputy State Coroner Jane Bentley could deliver her findings into Tiahleigh Palmer’s death as soon as the end of next week.
- by Toby Crockford
‘He’s essentially set up his own colleagues’: Pressure on Australia’s most wanted man after raids
Australian police have publicly urged Hakan Ayik to turn himself in and protect his family after he was duped by operatives into distributing an app that was used to monitor 12,500 crime figures around the world.
- by Fergus Hunter and Laura Chung
Organised crime dealt ‘heavy blow’, says PM, after global police sting cracks open ‘encrypted’ app
Prime Minister Scott Morrison says organised crime has been dealt a heavy blow after a cross-border law enforcement operation yielded mass raids and arrests using intelligence from a compromised encrypted app.
- by Fergus Hunter
Editorial
Organised crime
Evidence criminals have infiltrated Qantas should serve as a wake-up call
The federal government must find a balance between giving enforcement agencies the ability to crack down on crime gangs and protecting civil liberties.
- The Age's View
Further organised crime breaches of aviation security ‘inevitable’
Labor and national security experts have called for swift action to plug holes at Australia’s borders following “disturbing” revelations about Qantas.
- by Fergus Hunter, Nick McKenzie and Nick Bonyhady
Key witness death will not delay Whiskey Au Go Go inquest
The death of convicted killer Garry Dubois, who was expected to appear at the new inquest into the Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub fire bombing where 15 people died, will not delay the inquest start on Monday.
- by Tony Moore
Severed head, body parts, kidnappings: Mexico’s bloody elections
The campaign for the midterm elections has been one of the bloodiest in recent history: 97 politicians had been killed and 935 attacked.
- by Lizbeth Diaz
NSW prisons boss announces retirement after four decades in corrections
Peter Severin, Commissioner of the state’s prison system since 2012, will step down at the end of July.
- by Fergus Hunter
From the Archives, 1979: Hostess overpowers TAA jet hijacker
The drama began about 8.30 when the man, about 40, pointed a shotgun at pilots on a TAA flight from Melbourne to Brisbane. It ended more than two hours later when the hostess made her move. Other crew helped pin the man to the floor of the DC-9’s cockpit.
- by Steve Ballard