Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has been bluntly asked “why do you still have a job” in a brutal grilling over the immigration detention mess that has led to murderers, rapists and criminals re-released into the community. The furore follows last year’s NZYQ High Court ruling that the use of indefiniteContinue Reading
Homicide investigators are looking to speak with the husband of alleged murder victim Chaithanya “Swetha” Madhagani following the gruesome discovery of her body in a wheelie bin in remote Victoria. The police confirmed on Thursday afternoon they had formally identified Ms Madhagani and wanted to speak with her 38-year-old husbandContinue Reading
Publicly performing the Nazi salute and displaying or dealing in symbols like the swastika are now illegal acts, with landmark new laws now in effect. Under the counter-terrorism legislation passed by parliament last month, doing so is punishable by 12 months imprisonment. From Monday, the trade and public display ofContinue Reading
WARNING: Some images may cause offence Shocking new footage has come to light of a group of neo-Nazis storming the electoral office of the South Australian premier last month and doing a Hitler salute. The incident happened in late November, mere days before the state government banned displays of theContinue Reading
A Supreme Court judge is facing criminal offences for the first time in 200 years after the Tasmanian man was charged with assault and emotional abuse. Supreme Court Justice Gregory Geason, 62, appeared before Hobart Magistrates Court in an out-of-session sitting on Friday night after he was charged with theContinue Reading
A group of immigrants, released from detention in Australia following a landmark High Court ruling, will be fitted with electronic ankle monitors today as part of their strict visa conditions. It follows the passing of emergency laws when the High Court earlier this week ruled indefinite immigration detention was unlawful,Continue Reading
Police have warned they won’t step in to help the majority of people who get drunk on Melbourne Cup Day with a major rule change coming into place. Public drunkenness will be decriminalised in Victoria from Tuesday, meaning that Victorian officers can do little to assist those found to beContinue Reading
An Australian wellness festival has dumped Russell Brand as its headline act in the wake of sexual assault allegations made by four women. Brand, 48, was signed up as the main act at the Wanderlust Festival, which will sweep through Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane over three days in February nextContinue Reading
A former NSW school principal who had a sexual relationship with a student has been identified. Annabel Doust, had sex with 17-year-old year 12 student Dean Gray while she was principal at Narrabri High, in NSW, in 2013. Their relationship only came to light after Dean tragically died during aContinue Reading
The judge who dismissed Ben Roberts-Smith’s multimillion-dollar defamation trial won’t be overseeing an application by the Commonwealth, as the country’s war crime prosecutor continues to investigate alleged crimes which “overlap” with the former soldier’s proceedings. Earlier this year, Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko ruled some of the imputations against MrContinue Reading