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The brother of a man allegedly murdered by a former immigration detainee said his family's been let down by a system that fails to protect the community.
Police have been forced to step up their patrols as illegal dirt bike riders - some as young as 12 years old - have left locals living in fear in Melbourne's south.
A man accused of murdering his partner's daughter feared he would go back to prison if the girl did not return to Queensland, shortly before she went missing, a jury has heard.
9News can confirm Emmanuel Saki was released from immigration detention in April after the Australian Appeals Tribunal (AAT) decided he was "now a low risk of reoffending".
Russell Hill's wife believed Carol Clay was her husband's cousin for years before it was revealed the pair were having an affair, a jury has been told.
Prison phone calls between accused child-killer Justin Stein and his mother captured the moment she said police had likely found items he dumped in the bush.
An inquest into the Wieambilla shootings that claimed six lives including two police officers could be kept from examining "extremely sensitive" material.
It issued a detailed legal report on Monday, which said the panel found "reasonable grounds to believe" that the individuals named in the arrest warrants have committed war crimes or crimes against humanity.
Former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen admitted on Monday to jurors in the Republican's hush money trial that he stole tens of thousands of dollars from Trump's company as defence lawyers seized on the star witness' misdeeds to attack his credibility.
A pink handbag and wallets with missing cards were found at a fire-blackened campsite a day after Russell Hill and Carol Clay were allegedly murdered, a jury has been told.