A woman whose mother was one of 45 St Basil's residents to die from COVID-19 last year has urged an inquest not to excuse its operators from giving evidence.
Gus McCubbing
It is unknown how often women prisoners in NSW are routinely strip-searched because the procedure isn't recorded, which lawyers say is a breach of human rights.
Hannah Ryan
A Victorian man who helped his father to take his own life after a long battle with bowel cancer has been described by his family as selfless and courageous.
Karen Sweeney
A Thai court has upheld a guilty verdict against tycoon Premchai Karnasuta, who will go to jail after losing his final appeal in a wildlife poaching case.
AAP
Members of Bangladesh's ruling political party have been sentenced to death for the bashing murder of a university student over a social media post
Nazrul Islam
Some terminally ill people are choosing to kill themselves alone to avoid suffering because voluntary assisted dying is not an option, a NSW inquiry has heard.
St Basil's residents appeared malnourished, dehydrated and "barely conscious" after being transferred to a hospital in July 2020, an inquest has been told.
A Brisbane man suing a federal judge who wrongfully jailed him says he now struggles to hold down a job and suffers from nightmares and suicidal thoughts.
Luke Costin
The chair of Norway's Nobel prize committee says she is concerned about what the conviction of Suu Kyi will mean for the future of democracy in Myanmar.
Gwladys Fouche
The conviction of Myanmar's Suu Kyi is unjust and an affront to democracy, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.
The imprisonment of Aung San Suu Kyi shows that no one is above the law, a senior Myanmar junta official says.
Poppy McPherson
A four-year jail term handed down to Myanmar's ousted leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been denounced by UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet.
Stephanie Nebehay
Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been given a four-year jail sentence following the first verdicts in her trial on incitement and other charges.
An inquest has heard there was no deadline for determining whether it was possible to source a surge workforce for a Melbourne aged care home hit by COVID-19.
A character from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland has been invoked as federal judge Salvatore Vasta defends a lawsuit from a father-of-two he wrongly jailed.
The police search for traveller Theo Hayez involved one of the largest investigations for a missing person in NSW Northern Rivers region, his inquest has heard.
Greta Stonehouse
The two highest ranking police officers in NSW will be honoured as they march off the parade ground one final time before retirement.
The 39-year-old former director of a Queensland telecommunications company will serve time behind bars for taking part in a "dishonest and fraudulent" scheme.
Cheryl Goodenough
A Brisbane man has been jailed for five years after being convicted of numerous child abuse offences in Southeast Asia.
Fraser Barton
The Australian Institute of Criminology has released new data showing that of the 82 people who died in custody in 2020/21, 15 were Indigenous.
Police officers described "being in grave fear of their safety" when they opened fire on a man who had been acting in a bizarre way after stealing steak knives.
The Greens have denounced new Queensland laws which allow offenders to be barred from early release for up to 10 years at a time.
Replacement workers at St Basil's Home for the Aged struggled with identifying residents after the entire workforce was stood down as COVID-19 close contacts.
A 30-year-old Aboriginal woman has died at a Melbourne hospital after being transferred from a prison in the city's west.
Emily Woods
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