Australia’s national anti-corruption watchdog has launched a probe into whether police “attempted to pervert the course of justice” by forwarding protected information about Brittany Higgins to the defence team during the aborted rape trial and pressuring her not to proceed with the matter. The prohibited material disclosed to the defence,Continue Reading
A powerful inquiry into the conduct of the police investigation and the prosecution during the trial of Bruce Lehrmann plans to hold public hearings and has issued subpoenas to the police, prosecutors and the ACT Bar Association for key documents. The inquiry was sparked by the ACT Director of PublicContinue Reading
A man has been charged with 14 offences, including grievous bodily harm and torture, after three injured children were found in a property in Brisbane’s south. Emergency services were called to a Wishart address about 9:30pm on Sunday following reports that a five-year-old boy needed medical assistance. Police say theContinue Reading
A former Richmond footballer is behind bars amid allegations he was involved in a violent car chase in Melbourne on Christmas Eve. Daniel Connors appeared in court on Friday on a string of offences, including drugs and firearms charges, and the alleged theft of a motor vehicle police say wasContinue Reading
WARNING: Confronting content Police have arrested five of a suspected seven men in connection to the alleged gang rape of two teenage women in Adelaide on the weekend. South Australia Police have alleged that between 11pm on December 3 and 12.30am on December 4, two women, aged 18 and 19,Continue Reading