Police

Police scrambled after man was reported to be stabbing people with scissors.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

CBD terror as man goes on scissor stabbing rampage

Pedestrians have been terrorised by a man using a pair of scissors to stab at least three people before he was tasered by police.

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This round of action is the first time Victorian police have gone on strike in over two decades.
Victoria
Rachael Ward

Police walkout set to cripple state’s largest station

Police strike action is stepping up as hundreds of officers demanding better pay plan to walk out of a state's largest station.

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The highway has been closed in both directions.
Queensland
Matt Shrivell

Major highway closed after horror crash between truck, car

A major highway is closed on both directions after a horror crash between a wide load truck and a car. 

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Six people have been hospitalised, including one baby with critical injuries, after a head-on collision at Deer Park on Friday morning.
Australia
Max Corstorphan

Baby fighting for life after horror six person crash

A one-year-old baby is fighting for life in hospital after a horror head-on collision in Deer Park on Friday morning.

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A petition calling for an inquest into Biddy Porter's death attracted more than 20,000 signatures.
NSW
Stephanie Gardiner

Slain schoolgirl’s family seek answers after ‘horrific killing’

The family of schoolgirl killed by a teenager known to her are seeking answers around the circumstances leading up to her death.

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Police hope to uncover fresh information about the murders of three young people in northern NSW. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)
NSW
Matt Shrivell

Attempted murder charges after woman throws kids into river

Chilling details have emerged as police charged a woman with attempted murder after two children were thrown into a river. 

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Four people were arrested after the pursuit.
Victoria
Matt Shrivell

Police car repeatedly rammed during dramatic arrest

Four people have been taken into custody after a wild pursuit which saw a police car repeatedly rammed.

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A judge wants to hear about the conditions Senior Constable Kristian White would face in prison.
NSW
Miklos Bolza

Cop who killed great-grandmother to fight being jailed

The police officer who pulled the trigger on his taser and killed a 95-year-old will fight being jailed after a jury convicted him of manslaughter.

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Ashley Paul Griffith faces sentencing for hundreds of child sexual offences.
Queensland
Rex Martinich

Childcare rapist faces sentence for 300 sex offences

A former childcare worker exposed as one of Australia's worst paedophiles after sexually assaulting young girls is due to face sentencing.

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The officer allegedly assaulted six people.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

Cop bites colleague during fight inside police station

A police officer has been charged and will attend court after allegedly attacking colleagues and biting one during a fight inside a police station.

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The 34-year-old discharged his stun gun at the grandmother inside an aged care home back in May 2023.
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NSW
Matt Shrivell

Cop who tasered 95yo grandmother guilty of manslaughter

The police officer who tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother has been found guilty of manslaughter.

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A man was arrested after alleged animal cruelty offences.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

Man in court over horrific ‘torture’ of kangaroos

A man is due in court after CCTV vision emerged of horrific animal cruelty acts committed against a mob of kangaroos. 

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Video
A truck driver has captured footage of a dramatic arrest of a woman holding a machete on a highway.
NSW
Matt Shrivell

Shocking vision of woman with knife tasered on major highway

Incredible vision has emerged of police tackling a woman who was threatening drivers with a large knife in the middle of one of Australia’s busiest highways.

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Joel Russo, 28, pleaded guilty in Victoria’s County Court to rape, sexual assault and conduct endangering a person, after attacking a woman at parklands and now wants his sentence appealed.
Australia
Emily Woods

‘Danger to women’: Violent serial rapist wants freedom

Violent serial rapist Joel Russo committed vile, abhorrent crimes against women and is now seeking freedom, with lawyers claiming his sentence was ‘manifestly excessive’.

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A toddler has died after being found unresponsive in a car in a council car park.
Queensland
Sarah Keszler

Tragic details emerge after toddler dies in parked car

The two-year-old girl was found unresponsive in the vehicle as the temperature soared.

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