The girlfriend currently on trial for the high-profile murder of her police officer boyfriend in the US was slapped down by a judge for seemingly making a face during a discussion over key documents — as the jury continued to deliberate her fate in the sensational case. Karen Read, 44,Continue Reading
Australian Border Force (ABF) officers made a wild find inside the luggage of a US woman who arrived at Adelaide Airport from overseas. ABF officers selected her luggage for a check when the woman, 60, arrived on an international flight on Friday. Officers found two vacuum-sealed plastic bags of clothingContinue Reading
South Australians born after 2009 could be banned from smoking and purchasing tobacco-related products under a bold law proposed by an independent politician. Modelled after similar laws in the UK, the proposed Bill would immediately raise the legal age for buying tobacco and smoking-related products, like nicotine pouches, from 18Continue Reading
Australians are being warned to be vigilant online amid a shocking surge in criminals attempting to steal personal data by tricking users into downloading malicious software. The Australian Federal Police warn that criminals at home and abroad are using remote access trojan viruses, or RATs, to covertly survey or stealContinue Reading
The nation’s aviation authority has agreed to talks with lawyers representing Outback Wrangler star Chris Wilson’s widow, though monetary compensation remains unlikely. Mr Wilson was killed when his helicopter crashed during a crocodile egg-collection mission in remote West Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory in February 2022. In its finalContinue Reading
A 45-year-old man who allegedly tried to castrate a 3.5-month-old goat with a cable tie and dehorned him with a saw has been charged with animal cruelty. The horrific alleged acts were discovered by an RSPCA WA inspector who attended a property in Perth’s southeast on January 2 to conductContinue Reading
Disturbing footage has emerged of a dog groomer abusing a small dog at work, with the RSPCA calling it a breach of trust. The 31-year-old woman was charged with an act of cruelty against a Maltese Shih tzu named Luffy in September 2021. CCTV shows the woman slapping the dogContinue Reading
Three men who are completely unknown to each other have been charged under novel NSW laws after they allegedly displayed a Nazi salute at a football grand final. Nikola Marko Gasparovic, Dominik Sieben and Marijan Lisica separately attended the highly-charged Australia Cup final between Sydney United 58 and Macarthur onContinue Reading
Coercive control will become a criminal offence in Queensland after historic laws driven by the deaths of Hannah Clarke and her children were passed in parliament. Sue and Lloyd Clarke, who lost their daughter and grandchildren in a horrific firebombing attack at the hands of Hannah’s estranged ex-husband Rowan BaxterContinue Reading
Embattled airline Qantas has been fined a quarter of a million dollars after it was found guilty of illegally standing down an employee in the early days of the Covid pandemic. The national airline was ordered to pay $250,000 by Judge David Russell at the Downing Centre District Court onContinue Reading