Crime

Four teenagers have been charged with murder over the death of a 21-year-old man who was allegedly seriously assaulted south of Brisbane last month. 

The judge in the sexual abuse trial of the former Catholic Bishop of Broome has told the jury that he can not be found guilty of seven of the charges against him. 

A 49-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter over a fatal road incident in Darwin two years ago that allegedly involved two pedestrians and a vehicle.

One child has been flown to hospital in Melbourne with serious injuries. 

Police prosecutors have told a court they intend to push for a man's charge over a fatal Far North Queensland crash to be upgraded from manslaughter to murder.

Eleven people have been charged after a 17-year-old boy was bashed and dumped wrapped in plastic in bushland in Townsville.

An 18-year-old man shot in the chest in Sydney's south-west is being investigated as a "targeted attack", police say.

A boy was hacked with machetes by two males who stole his $10,000 e-motorcycle in an attack in Melbourne's east in June.

A crime scene remains in place in Charleville after a suspected murder-suicide, with police confirming a 23-year-old woman found dead was pregnant.

SA's police chief says the actions of officers leading up to last week's murder-suicide will be investigated as detectives continue to consider "further search opportunities" for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont.

It is the first case of its kind in more than seven years amid a rise in settler violence in the West Bank.

One of the men convicted of killing Perth teenager Cassius Turvey has failed in his appeal against his nine-year jail sentence, which he claimed was "manifestly excessive".

A Western Sydney woman allegedly threatened to kill NSW Labor minister Jihad Dib, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, independent federal MP Allegra Spender and 15 others, NSW Police say.

NSW drivers licence photos could be shared to a national database under a proposed government scheme to prevent identity fraud. 

Three people have been charged for allegedly threatening a US judge, authorities and witnesses connected to the investigation of Black teenager Nolan Wells's mysterious death. 

A paediatrician who allegedly recorded himself abusing children in his clinic is now facing a total of 72 charges relating to 18 alleged victims after an "extensive investigation" by police.

Locals say they are feeling hurt after a 100-year-old war memorial was vandalised with slogans including "death to Australia". 

Van Viet Truong, 60, was hailed as a hero after coming to the aid of a fellow retail worker after five youths tried to rob a store in Sunshine.

A man has been granted strict conditional bail, including staying off social media, over alleged threats made against New South Wales Gosford MP Liesl Tesch. 

A woman has been arrested after four people were stabbed in one of central London's busiest tourist hotspots on Wednesday.