Sydney man Brett Henson who allegedly stole taxi claims he did so to escape assault
A man accused of stealing a taxi after a night out has told a court he only did it because he feared for his life. Brett Henson, 44, claims he …
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Violent life of US Marine Brian Earl Johnston before his ‘pure evil’ murder of Kelly Wilkinson
Brian Earl Johnston’s life has been filled with brutality — both during his strict upbringing in a religiously conservative community of Ohio and as he served with the United States …
Cecilia Devine might have gone ‘walkabout’ before being found dead in dam, inquest told
A woman whose naked body was found in a Blue Mountains dam might have gone into the water on a “walkabout” while suffering a mental health episode, an inquest has …
Woolworths and Coles slammed over loyalty schemes in supermarket price gouging inquiry
Coles and Woolworths are being urged to scrap member-only prices for customers who have joined membership programs. A parliamentary hearing into supermarket prices will take place in Melbourne on Wednesday, …
Vindication for Qantas worker, airline cops $250k fine
A former Qantas health and safety representative says he has finally been vindicated after the airline was hit with a $250,000 fine for standing him down for raising COVID-19 concerns. …
Queensland woman jailed for cruelty after attacking five-year-old girl with wooden spoon
A Queensland woman’s prolonged cruelty towards a five-year-old girl included hitting her with a wooden spoon in a series of assaults which left the youngster with bruises, a limp and …
TV production company staffer, 71, admits stealing $1 million from company to help drug-addicted son
rewrite this content and keep HTML tags Natalie Hammond had been a trusted staffer for nearly two decades when her television production company employer uncovered fraud that had “rollercoasted” to …
Queensland passes laws criminalising coercive control, stealthing
Queensland has become only the second jurisdiction in Australia to criminalise coercive control. The landmark legislation passed in state parliament on Wednesday, more than four years after the tragic death …
Teens among six charged over alleged attempted murder ambush in Campsie, Sydney
Four teenagers are among a group of six people charged months after a man survived a terrifying shooting involving two guns, a dozen bullets and five burned-out cars in Sydney’s …
Sydney man who saved woman and child was mauled to death by dogs in ‘attack of extreme ferocity’
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died. A Staffordshire bull terrier that killed a Sydney man in an “attack …