Furious residents of a far north Queensland town are considering action over claims a speed camera on a main road generated almost $300,000 in fines. However, the state government has hit back, saying drivers caught speeding need to learn their lesson. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Furious residents are considering action over Queensland speed camera. Watch … Read more
A teen who allegedly robbed a pharmacy has been arrested in the surf of a Gold Coast beach. The 19-year-old man is accused of trying to dump the medications he allegedly stole from the Surfers Paradise Boulevard pharmacy in the surf about 11pm on Wednesday. He held up staff of the business with a knife … Read more
Thomas Randele was dying of lung cancer and had a secret. In March of 2021, with his daughter at his bedside in suburban Boston after his first chemotherapy session, he made a stunning confession: He was a fugitive, and had been one for more than five decades. More than 50 years earlier, when he was … Read more
A sex offender released from immigration detention following a High Court ruling has been charged with two counts of indecent assault, prompting the federal opposition to call for two ministers to resign. Afghan refugee Aliyawar Yawari was deemed a “danger to the Australian community” by a South Australian judge in 2016 following attacks on three … Read more
A Sydney father who murdered his newborn son by shaking him will spend at least 12 and a half years behind bars. The man, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was found guilty by a Supreme Court jury of one count of murder earlier this year. He was sentenced in the same court on … Read more
A NSW police officer who groomed and coerced a teenager into sex after meeting her while on duty has been jailed for at least three years. Matthew Robert Townsend admitted pursuing the 15-year-old after taking a statement from her when she was physically assaulted at school. The 29-year-old former probationary constable pursued the schoolgirl using … Read more
Kathleen Folbigg — who spent two decades in prison after being convicted of killing her four children — has had her name cleared after the NSW Court of Appeal quashed her convictions. Folbigg, 55, was pardoned and released from prison in May, following the conclusion of a second inquiry into her murder and manslaughter convictions … Read more
Kathleen Folbigg has made an emotional statement outside a Sydney courthouse after she was acquitted of murder and manslaughter convictions over the deaths of her four children. Folbigg, 55, was released from prison after 20 years earlier this year after being pardoned following the conclusion of a second inquiry into her murder and manslaughter convictions … Read more
The elderly mother of a champion surfer who died after a one-punch attack on the NSW mid-north coast says he was the victim of a “human shark”. In an emotional victim impact statement read to the Newcastle District Court on Wednesday, the surfer Chris “Davo” Davidson’s sister, Carlie Maudson, said his family had been left … Read more
The father of an Australian woman found dead in Mozambique says his family has been let down after a coroner was unable to rule whether her death was a homicide. Victoria’s state coroner Judge John Cain released his findings into Elly Warren’s death on Friday, more than seven years after the 20-year-old died in the … Read more
