A car crash potentially caused by a kangaroo has claimed three lives and left another person critically injured, capping a horror weekend on one state's roads.
Allanah Sciberras and Farid Farid
An Islamist preacher could not be criminally prosecuted for anti-Semitic sermons, but new laws could allow police to pursue similar cases.
Jack Gramenz and Alex Mitchell
Police say a man claimed to have explosives during a siege that ended when he allegedly fired on officers with a homemade shotgun.
Callum Godde
The Danish government is planning to tackle the issue of AI-generated deepfakes by granting citizens property rights over their likeness and voice.
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In his first day on the job, a newly minted top cop insists he won't shy away from asking "hard questions" of the state government.
The prosecution is set to rest in the sex trafficking trial of music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs after 29 days of testimony.
Michael R Sisak and Larry Neumeister
A state's most senior ministerial staff face being dragged to an inquiry by force after their no-show to answer questions about an explosive-laden caravan.
Tom Wark
Hopes of Sean "Diddy" Combs testifying at his sex trafficking trial have faded after his lawyer estimated a defence presentation lasting up to five days.
Controversial legislation that would change who can access compensation for psychological workplace injuries is under the microscope in a parliamentary inquiry.
Alex Mitchell
A report into the mental health and wellbeing of the NSW police found an increase in psychological injury claims, compensation payouts and medical exits.
A 12-month trial allowing the public to carry pepper spray in a crime-hit territory has been slammed by critics who say it is an "admission of failure".
Lloyd Jones
Federal politicians who called for death-in-custody inquiries to be independent of a territory's police force have been blasted by a chief minister.
Getty Images is facing off against artificial intelligence company Stability AI in a London courtroom in a major copyright trial.
Russia and Ukraine have exchanged a group of young prisoners of war after Moscow accused Kyiv of stalling the process.
Aleksandar Vasovic
A man who died in hospital after police stopped him boarding a plane was a promoter of education and bilingual schooling in his remote community.
A death-in custody investigation is underway a week after after Australian Federal Police stopped an allegedly intoxicated man from boarding a flight.
Authorities are piecing together the final moments before a tragic crash that has claimed the lives of two missing tourists undertaking a road trip.
Allanah Sciberras
Hundreds of people have gathered to demand justice over the death of a young Aboriginal man in custody, marking the beginning of events planned nationwide.
Allanah Sciberras and Lloyd Jones
Hundreds of prison guards are being recruited and trained after the new government of a crime-troubled territory toughened its bail laws.
The death of a passenger who became lodged after trying to cross an inner-city tramway between light rail carriages has prompted an investigation.
Sebastian Tan
Three Maori Party MPs have been suspended from New Zealand's parliament for 21 days for their protest haka last year.
An investigation into the death of a young Aboriginal man in police custody should be taken over by federal police, an Indigenous MP says.
If a territory government fails to set up an external probe into the latest death in custody its federal funding should be cut, an Aboriginal authority says.
A chief minister has rejected calls for an external inquiry into the death in custody of a young and mentally disabled Aboriginal man.
