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The South Australian police commissioner makes a public statement for the first time since his son's death, paying tribute to the "force of nature".

More than 100-thousand DNA samples may need to be retested following recommendations from the commission of inquiry into a Queensland forensics lab.

Rowah Kaddour still has nightmares about the putrid smell of rotting skin emanating from her abdomen after undergoing cosmetic surgery that went horribly wrong, writes Adele Ferguson.

SA Police has upgraded charges against a man in an alleged hit-and-run crash that killed Police Commissioner Grant Stevens's son at schoolies celebrations on Friday night, as his family, school and football clubs pay tribute to him.

Bianca went to Hobart Police Station to report she'd been assaulted, assuming officers would protect her. Instead, they took out a family violence order against her — but perhaps she shouldn't have been so surprised.

SA Police say a pedestrian has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a car that allegedly didn't stop, south of Adelaide, amid schoolies celebrations.

28 people have been arrested after a year-long investigation leading to the NSW Police claiming they've struck one of the biggest blows against organised drug syndicates in Australian history.

Tasmania could become the first state to introduce minimum sentences for child sex offenders as Labor flips its position, but the controversial legislation has drawn the ire of legal groups and victim-survivor Grace Tame.

Construction of a multi-billion-dollar estate in South Australia is also the site of one of state's most significant Indigenous burial grounds.

Landlords are not legally required to check alarms in more than 40 per cent of rentals in Victoria, and both a tenants' group and a property investors' association agree this needs to change.

Shane Cuthbert admitted it was "not a good look" and said he would remove the videos after questions from the ABC.

Identified in Parliament House by their orange access passes, lobbyists are free to wander the halls, governed not by laws but by a code of conduct. But the standard of regulation in the industry has been deplored by both integrity experts and independent politicians.

A Perth man who fatally injured his 28-day old daughter had previous convictions for assaulting a former partner, a court hears. 

A coroner has recommended sweeping changes to Victorian rental laws after a man died trying to escape a fire in a property that was not fitted with a smoke alarm.

Corrective Services NSW has turned off three websites, including two news sites, as prisoners use a function on their tablets to search inmates' crimes and carry out violence.

Kathleen Folbigg was released from prison in June after being pardoned over the deaths of her four children. A final report after an inquiry into her convictions was released on Wednesday.

Stephen Gageler has become the first in his role to acknowledge First Nations people in a swearing-in ceremony.

Patrick O'Connor leads a team of lawyers helping refugees with migration law. He says downtime is not a word he knows.

The woman who served the fatal mushroom meal that killed three people in Victoria's south-east, Erin Patterson has been arrested.

Children in the ACT under the age of 14 won't be charged, convicted or incarcerated for criminal offences — except in exceptional cases — from mid-2025.

The term "landmark case" gets bandied around a lot, but the importance of GLJ v The Trustees of the Diocese of Lismore to survivors of institutional child sexual abuse cannot be overstated, writes Louise Milligan.

Paul Denyer, who murdered three women in Melbourne's south-east in 1993, would remain behind bars for the rest of his life under new laws set to be introduced by the Victorian government.

A council in the state's south-east has proposed a local law restricting grass growth to 30 centimetres, but farmers say it's "just not feasible".

Victoria’s first permanent sobering up centre will be set up in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood. However the centre won't be ready in time for changes to the decriminalisation of public drunkenness in the state.

New Zealand pledged to improve its workplace health and safety record, but 13 years later, Pike River Mine families say "we have learnt absolutely nothing".