A senior diplomat has told a court she was not aware of any plans to bring ISIS brides and their children back to Australia. On Tuesday, a “last resort” legal fight began in the Federal Court hoping to force the Australian Government to repatriate 12 Australian women and their 21Continue Reading
Ben Roberts-Smith’s financial supporters at the Seven Network, including billionaire Kerry Stokes, will go ahead with challenging an order to hand over thousands of documents showing their level of involvement in the soldier’s failed defamation trial. Earlier this year, Federal Court Justice Anthony Besanko ruled some of the imputations againstContinue Reading
A man accused of hurling plates at cafe staff during a temper tantrum over a holiday surcharge has sprinted away from court in bizarre scenes after his case was heard for the first time. Stacey Graham Whaanga Waitoa is facing four charges, including common assault, following an alleged meltdown atContinue Reading
A man who once murdered his childhood friend’s loving mother because he was “jealous” has returned to court after an “appalling” prison attack. Sigaragh Baea, 29, appeared before the County Court of Victoria on Monday, pleading guilty to injuring a custodial officer and assaulting another in an unprovoked attack. CCTVContinue Reading
A bodybuilding champion has complained he doesn’t think his trial was “fair” after a jury found him guilty of running a drug lab when he was supposed to be in rehab. Luke McNally, a former Mr Australia, faced the Victorian County Court on Monday for a pre-sentence hearing after aContinue Reading
The leader of a religious circle accused of killing an eight-year-old girl has bizarrely claimed in court the group didn’t believe they would get “any more justice” from a jury at their upcoming trial. Brendan Luke Stevens was told to settle down by Justice Martin Burns as he complained aboutContinue Reading
An international cricketer pursued a Tinder date “relentlessly” with the night turning out “very differently to what the woman expected or wanted”, while his lawyers have told a court the woman’s evidence is “demonstrably unreliable”. International cricket star Danushka Gunathilaka has stood trial at the Downing Centre District Court forContinue Reading
An elite private college graduate’s huge haul of illicit drugs and guns has been revealed, with a court being told some of the weapons were stashed under the floorboards of his house. Zacherie William Sharman was supported by his parents in the back of Brisbane Supreme Court on Thursday asContinue Reading
A police officer has been grilled in court after she revealed she wrote an allegation of a sexual assault by a Sri Lankan cricketer on scrap pieces of paper that she later threw in the bin. International cricket star Danushka Gunathilaka is facing a judge-alone trial at the Downing CentreContinue Reading
“Thousands” of pages worth of phone data have been reviewed by prosecutors in the case against a high profile man charged with raping a woman, a court has been told. The new development in the case involving the man, whose identity remains protected under Queensland law, follows a request byContinue Reading