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Dau Akueng should have been chasing his basketball dreams. Almost a year after the 15-year-old was allegedly slain in a machete attack, his family shares the life they imagined for him and the future they lost.

Seven children facing life sentences under a Queensland’s controversial ‘adult crime, adult time’ legislation will remain in custody after being charged with murder over an alleged assault.

A visit to one of Australia’s most celebrated lookouts has ended in tragedy after a woman in her 30s died, with police now launching an investigation.

A man allegedly hid a metal pole in park shrubbery before using it to bash his friend in the head 17 times, a jury has been told.

EXCLUSIVE: A lawyer for an ex-police officer convicted of strangling his fiancée and disguising it as a suicide has launched a bombshell bid to reopen the murder case and have the victim’s body exhumed.

A Queensland rapper has been charged with murder after his ex-partner was found dead inside his home.

Helicopter footage captured by 7NEWS shows both vehicles with extensive front-end damage.

‘We’re keeping an open mind about everything, but I don’t hold out great hope.’

The Socceroos player was allegedly driving his BMW 49km/h over the speed limit when he was subject to a roadside drug test by police.

Origin Energy has revealed details of a data breach after an alleged hacker claimed to have stolen personal details from millions of customers on Wednesday. 

Federal Labor MP Luke Gosling has denied being caught up in a physical altercation with the Northern Territory’s Administrator over the weekend and described allegations of an assault as ‘ridiculous’. 

A mother has been killed and a 12-year-old girl seriously injured in what police believe to be a family violence incident at a Perth home.

Australia’s Federal Police Commissioner will this week urge her global counterparts to adopt a ‘leaner, more sustainable’ Australian training model for officers taking part in future UN peacekeeping missions. 

Australian police have reportedly launched an investigation into whether cannibalism was involved in a four-year-old boy’s death, after his mother was charged with his murder.

The charge comes after the body of a teenage girl was found inside a suitcase, spurring global outrage.

A woman is in custody after the body of an 84-year-old woman was found inside a nursing home.

The discovery at a semi-rural property has a street value of over $800 million.

Police have raided seven properties across two states and arrested a man in their bid to find out those responsible for hiding cop killer Dezi Freeman, after he managed to hide out for seven months.