Man charged after 45-hour stand-off in NSW
The incident began about 3pm on Wednesday when officers attempted to speak with a 33-year-old man at a home.
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Armed men use axe to smash into Melbourne home
A 52-year-old teacher was sleeping when three men allegedly armed with machetes started trying to smash their way into his home.
Victoria
Man allegedly stabbed at Melbourne's Flinders Street Station
It's understood a fight between a group of men took place on a platform at the station about 3.30 this morning.
Melbourne
High-profile rape accused's identity remains hidden despite loss
A high-profile man accused of rape has been denied a court order to keep his name suppressed but he still cannot be identified.
queensland
'It's too late for sorry, bud': Family's anguish after killing
A 22-year-old man who choked another to death in what started as self-defence has been told by the victim's brother it's too late for apologies.
courts
Manhunt underway after stolen car crashes in Sydney's north
A man has been seen running from a crash involving multiple cars on Sydney's Northern beaches overnight.
national
Three men charged after alleged Nazi salutes outside Sydney Jewish Museum
Three men have been charged after allegedly performing a Nazi salute outside the Sydney Jewish Museum.
national
Shots fired after resident inspects 'loitering' ute on Adelaide street
It's believed the local saw a 4WD dual cab ute "loitering nearby" so he shone his torch at the vehicle.
South Australia
Man charged with burning cars used in fatal Sydney shooting
The arrest was made as part of an investigation into the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Marvin Oraiha in July.
national
'Lenient' sentences upheld for pair convicted of rape
Bloomfield and Merryfull were first found guilty in 2019 of raping the woman after a 21st birthday party in Balmoral in western Victoria.
Victoria
Urgent search for convicted killer and rapist
The convicted killer and rapist cut off his ankle monitoring device and has been on the run for more than 24 hours.
Western Australia
Vanessa Amorosi in tears as she gives evidence in court
The performer has detailed allegations against her mother, who she said warned her at the start of her career not to trust anyone.
Victoria
Man charged over alleged confrontation with teens over Israeli flag in Sydney
Four teenagers were verbally threatened by a 23-year-old man after they displayed an Israeli flag across their car, police allege.
national
Reward increase for murder of Queensland hitchhiker
Anthony "Tony" Jones was last seen in Hughenden, a small town west of Townsville, on November 12 in 1982.
queensland
Australian man ordered to stay in US ahead of court date for fatal crash
Australian man Luke Nardini who has been charged with manslaughter over a deadly crash in San Francisco has been ordered to stay in California while he awaits a further court date.
national
Teen accused of deliberate fatal hit-and-run in Perth
The body of 48-year-old Rebecca Collard was found just before 1am on October 4.
courts
Passenger injured in Melbourne shopping centre shooting identified
A man who was seriously injured in a shooting outside a Melbourne shopping centre over the weekend has been released from hospital.
Melbourne
'It is rape': New Queensland law targets stealthing and consent
Men who "stealth" and take off condoms during sex without the other person's knowledge or consent will be charged with rape if law reforms in Queensland, which also crackdown on what constitutes consent, are passed.
sexual assault
Retired doctor loses appeal over murder of Brisbane socialite
A retired US doctor has failed in his High Court appeal to overturn his conviction for murdering Brisbane socialite Maureen Boyce.
courts
Dodgy black market demerit point scheme operating through social media
The points are supposedly being exchanged for cash by drivers using social media marketplaces or groups.
road safety
Order of Australia medallist denies stealth-rape
An Order of Australia medallist has denied he intentionally removed a condom during sex with another man, saying the complainant is not a credible or reliable witness.
courts
Seven bikie associates found guilty of murdering Adelaide spray painter
The expectant father had never met the approaching men but in a moment they would murder him in cold blood.
Adelaide
Armed fugitive's final moments revealed before he was shot by police
There may be 'tactical reasons' why Stanley Turvey's final moments weren't captured on camera, a coroner has been told.
Victoria
Retired US university dean shot to death on a trail near campus
A medical examiner determined Fleming, 77, was killed by the gunshot wound, police said.
USA
Thieves nick $60,000 of designer goods from Melbourne home
A man and a woman are sought after allegedly slipping through a window and making off with goods from top brands.
theft
Bail denied for 'De Niro' over $40m cocaine haul at Sydney Airport
Ahmed Haouchar is one of five men arrested and charged after 100kg of cocaine was seized from a passenger plane which had arrived from South Africa on Saturday.
drugs
Dozens of tobacco stores targeted as illicit trade war escalates in Melbourne
Police believe a suspicious fire in Glenroy overnight was the latest victim of the war.
Melbourne
Man dead after 'targeted' shooting at Melbourne shops named
The man gunned down in a carpark ambush at a Melbourne shopping centre had links with the city's underworld, it has been revealed.
Melbourne
Machinery worth quarter of a million taken in the night
A Gold Coast construction business has been left reeling after heartless thieves swiped more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of vehicles and machinery from Molendinar.
Gold Coast
Adelaide man charged after woman stabbed
A man has been arrested after a woman was allegedly stabbed in Adelaide's west.
Adelaide police
Australia's worst alleged sex offender attacked in prison
An inmate threw boiling water at Ashley Paul Griffith's face at the Wolston Correctional Centre in Brisbane on Friday.
queensland
Man allegedly blows five times legal limit in Melbourne after crashing into parked cars
Police allege the driver provided a breath test reading of 0.253.
Victoria
Wild citizens arrest after teens allegedly steal Range Rover
The footage posted to Instagram and Facebook shows a man chasing the allegedly stolen car in Highland Reserve in Gold Coast.
Gold Coast
Fears of a reprisal after drive-by gangland shooting in WA
An innocent family's home has been sprayed with bullets in a drive-by gangland shooting in Baldivis in Western Australia.
crime
Woman charged with murder over Sydney crash
The woman was originally charged with intent to murder after she allegedly struck the man with her car.
New South Wales
Woman charged with murdering mother at relative's Queensland home
When paramedics arrived, they found the woman's body in the garage.
queensland
CCTV vision released after carjackings across Sydney
A 21-year-old man was carjacked while sitting in his parked blue Toyota 86 outside a home.
Sydney
Gamer jailed over brutal hammer attack on sex worker
A man who brought a torture kit to a hotel room to brutally attack a sex worker with a hammer will spend the next seven years behind bars.
national
Driver allegedly blows nearly 5 times legal limit after crashing
A man has been arrested after allegedly ploughing into two parked cars while drunk in Adelaide's northern suburbs.
Adelaide
Ex-NRL player fails to overturn stabbing conviction
Fainu was found guilty in August last year of wounding Faamanu Levi.
courts
Accused stabber refuses to leave cell to front court
A woman has been charged with wounding two strangers with intent to murder after an incident outside a bar in western Sydney.
courts
Corrupt ex-Labor minister Eddie Obeid to remain behind bars after appeal fails
The trio were found guilty in 2021 over a coal exploration licence conspiracy following a lengthy investigation by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption.
courts
Three charged with murder in toddler's fentanyl death
The toddler died last month after he and three other young children were sickened by what officials said was exposure to fentanyl at their Bronx daycare centre.
World
Men charged after axe attack at NT mine site
NT Police said up to five offenders entered a mine site on the island of Groote Eylandt and some were armed with axes.
Northern Territory
Hefty last meal for man executed over 1996 murder of dance student
It's the question everybody ponders, but nobody wants to ever have to answer: what would you eat for a last meal?
serial killer
Man, 78, extradited to New South Wales over historical child sex abuse charges
The 78-year-old is scheduled to front court in Sydney today.
child abuse
Man faces court over murder charges after body found in burnt out car
Benjamin Jack McLaughlin has been hit with serious charges.
Australia
Fresh inquiry launched into Queensland's problem-plagued forensic DNA lab
It is the second inquiry into the state-run DNA labs failings.
healthWoman charged after men stabbed at Sydney bar in 'random' attack
A woman has been arrested after two men were stabbed inside a bar in Parramatta overnight.
national
Ming Wiseman denies attack on Danny Lim
The father-of-five accused of punching and kicking activist Danny Lim has denied the allegations, claiming he never touched the 79-year-old.
Sydney
