Police

The AFL and security services have had a significant scare as thousands of fans flooded into Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium for Saturday’s Bombers v Swans match.

Australian crime-fighting authorities have made one of the biggest drug busts in the nation’s history after a boat off the coast of NSW was intercepted and police seized over $600m worth of cocaine. 

Jurors have witnessed emotional testimony from bereaved family members in the closely watched murder trial of accused killer mushroom cook Erin Patterson.

In the wake of the shocking deaths of two young boys in a sleepy NSW country town, a grandmother has been charged with two counts of allegedly murdering the boys. 

Sixteen years after Madeleine McCann disappeared, German investigators say they have proof she was killed — but without UK intervention, her suspected killer may never face trial.

It is ‘not satisfactory’ that a terrorism suspect was able to evade tracking while on bail and kill two people before police shot him, a coroner says.

A rural community is preparing to unite in grief following the deaths of two young brothers, as police move to charge their grandmother over the tragedy.

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has confirmed her resignation from the top job after three years marred with controversy.

A child body has tragically been discovered inside a burnt out home in Queensland, as a 34-year old woman, along with two other kids, are fighting for life in hospital.

Authorities are on high alert as a ‘tidal wave’ of dangerous substances arrives in Australia under disguise, sparking fresh warnings and a major police crackdown.

The man accused of plotting the caravan terror hoax has denied links to Sydney anti-Semitic attacks, but admitted he was attempting to negotiate with the AFP.

A Melbourne man who sexually assaulted 18 women at a nightclub has walked free after a judge ruled his actions were ‘out of character’.

What first seemed like a tragic kayaking accident on a Queensland lake turned into the focus of a ‘complex and lengthy’ murder investigation, with police charging a man more than four years later.

In the second week of a coronial inquest into the deadly Bondi Junction stabbings, officers who previously interacted with the perpetrator will give evidence.

At least one motorbike was involved in the crash, which is causing major delays.