A man charged with the manslaughter of a prominent Labor figure following an alleged coward punch has returned to court, after he allegedly failed a breath test while on bail.
Emma Kirk
One of the country's most notorious serial sex offenders, involved in the rape of murdered bank teller Janine Balding, will spend at least another year in jail.
Tom Wark
Labor strategist Tim Picton's accused killer remains on bail after prosecutors withdrew a bid to revoke it over alcohol consumption.
Aaron Bunch
A 37-year-old-man from Perth has been penalised for falsifying a car’s odometer and selling vehicles without a dealer’s licence.
Liam Murphy
The champion cyclist has sparked backlash after breaking his silence with a controversial post insensitive to the death of his Perth-born wife, who died after being run over by a car he was driving.
Troy de Ruyter
A former Olympian whose wife died after being struck by his car has made a shocking faux pas in his first Instagram post since his conviction after her death.
David Hannant
A one-day coronial hearing is being held into the death in hospital of notorious outback murderer Bradley John Murdoch.
Lloyd Jones
Crime has continued to rise in the second-most populous state, but police are heartened that increases in offending are starting to show signs of stabilising.
William Ton
Young offenders are among those largely committing violent crimes such as aggravated burglaries, with youth gang members most commonly responsible.
Allanah Sciberras
Indigenous incarceration rates have soared, with First Nations people vastly over-represented compared to the broader population.
Duncan Murray
An Australian man has been arrested after allegedly assaulting a federal agent at one of the busiest airports in the US.
Blake Antrobus
An Australian pastafarian, who wears a colander on his head as part of his religious belief, has revealed he is facing jail in Indonesia over his alleged mocking of recognised religions.
Western Australia has reached an all-time high in family and domestic violence offenders, with cases soaring by 20 per cent in the past year, fresh numbers have revealed.
Jessica Evensen
The 20-year-old man charged with fatally coward-punching Tim Picton has allegedly breached his strict bail conditions, prompting prosecutors to call for his return to custody.
Rebecca Le May
The mother of the Albany man who died under mysterious circumstances after walking home from a birthday party in Walmsley in 1991, has said she has a “good feeling” about the cold case reopening.
Melissa Sheil
Police are calling for anyone that recognises the handwriting in either of the two handwritten letters and for the authors to come forward.
Occultist podcaster Tobias Marcus Nuttall has admitted the violent stabbing murder of his girlfriend.
Former political staffer Bruce Lehrmann has had his rape case - stemming from an alleged incident in October 2021 - mentioned in court.
Andrew Hedgman
Child murderer Warren Ross has claimed that he wants to appeal his conviction for brutally beating and leaving his partner’s young daughter to die.
Steve Zemek
Sir Anthony Mason, who served as Australia’s ninth High Court chief justice, has been remembered as a “master judicial craftsman” who had equal wit and intelligence.
Angie Raphael
A man who allegedly murdered his fiancee and baby daughter in Queensland has had his case mentioned in court for the first time since the shocking killings.
A man accused of fatally assaulting disgraced former Labor MP Barry Urban has pleaded not guilty to causing the ex-politician’s death.
Lawyers for a man accused of murdering a sex worker inside her brothel have questioned evidence about her cause of death, and police investigations, in court.
Emily Woods
Former High Court chief justice Anthony Mason was applauded for his adventurous approach but criticised for making - rather than interpreting - the law.
Don Woolford
