A new sobering up centre in Melbourne’s inner northeast is facing delays as the premier defends the state’s new public drunkenness laws, set to kick in next week. The new 20-bed clinic, being established at 3 Cambridge St in Collingwood, is weeks behind schedule, with the decriminalisation of public intoxicationContinue Reading
Police and neo-Nazis have clashed on the steps of Victoria’s Parliament House ahead of a planned “peaceful” anti-immigration rally in Melbourne. Footage of the conflict has emerged on Twitter, showing items being hurled during the confrontation in Melbourne about 11am. Members of Melbourne’s National Socialist Network had planned the eventContinue Reading
Two police officers who were stabbed while responding to a “high risk incident” have been placed in induced comas and their attacker has been shot dead. The incident unfolded at a house at Crystal Brook – 200km north of Adelaide – in South Australia’s mid north just after 11am onContinue Reading
Peter Dutton has been urged to condemn the actions of the neo-Nazis who attended an anti-trans rally at the weekend. About 30 people from neo-Nazi group the National Socialist Network joined demonstrators outside the Victorian parliament on Saturday, repeatedly performing the Nazi salute. Their behaviour, and the involvement of stateContinue Reading
A single photograph snapped outside a cafe in Australia has ended up causing quite a stir online. The image, which was posted to Reddit, shows four casually dressed people with guns strapped to their bodies standing directly outside the shop. The cafe-goer who posted the image online said they approachedContinue Reading
Northern Territory Police are now treating the disappearance of a 30-year-old mum more than a fortnight ago as a homicide. A 15-day long search for Angie Fuller, from Alice Springs, has been suspended after police and searchers crossed almost 400 square kilometres of difficult terrain in an attempt to locateContinue Reading
ACT Police chief Neil Gaughan is demanding a public inquiry into the trial of Bruce Lehrmann that extends to the conduct of the prosecutor, the police and “the allegation of contempt” over Brittany Higgins’ speech outside court at the conclusion of the trial. The AFP Deputy Commissioner has outlined hisContinue Reading