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Premier Jacinta Allan.

Victorian bail laws set for another review, but Allan denies move prompted by Labor’s woes

The premier says “all laws” will be considered in the latest review of the state’s bail laws. But she was unable to answer basic questions on the scope of the coming assessment.

  • Rachel Eddie

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A 15-year-old boy accused of a terrifying machete attack and armed robbery in St Kilda

Boy, 15, accused of slashing man with machete in St Kilda shows ‘no sign of slowing down’

A teenager who allegedly slashed a stranger across the head with a machete on a busy St Kilda street to steal a car wants to be freed on bail following an alleged nine-month crime spree.

  • Erin Pearson
Casuarina Prison, Western Australia.

WA’s notorious Unit 18 should close despite positive changes, review finds

There have been significant improvements in the management of young people in detention, a new review has found – but Unit 18 should still close.

  • Holly Thompson
iProperty Group CFO Michael Gu in front of the company's property at 333 Kent St, Sydney. Inset: Fortius Funds Management owns 59 Goulburn Street, Sydney.

This fraudster was a VIP at Crown and Star. Now the casinos face a $70 million lawsuit

When one of Australia’s biggest Ponzi schemes collapsed, the money trail led to the casinos. Now Crown and Star could face a courtroom showdown with dudded investors.

  • Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch

‘Astonishing’: Legal fraternity lashes premier, defends judiciary amid furore over magistrate’s comments

WA’s legal fraternity has come out swinging after Premier Roger Cook called for a magistrate to be reprimanded over comments about a domestic violence victim, prompting a row between the two arms of government.

  • Jesinta Burton and Claire Ottaviano
During the first leaders’ debate on October 3, then opposition leader David Crisafulli pledged to resign as premier if he could not get crime victim rates down.

Victims support harsher sentencing, but it’s not all they want

The LNP is standing firm on its plan to cement “consequences for actions” and punish young offenders. Will it deliver what victims of violent crime say is missing?

  • Courtney Kruk
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Barrister Joseph Thesiera and Lex Lasry become emotional as they read through some of the material from a box of executed Australian man Nguyen Tuong Van in 2005.

In 2005, an Australian citizen was hanged in Singapore. It could happen again

I fought for Van Nguyen 19 years ago. Despite a worldwide trend away from the death penalty for drugs, Singapore continues to execute people – including four in the past month.

  • Lex Lasry
Queensland Premier David Crisafulli promised to prioritise legislative changes to youth crime laws if elected, and has so far kept his word.

‘Our children deserve better’: Proposed youth crime bill draws widespread criticism

A range of experts and advocates presented submissions on the first day of a parliamentary hearing examining the LNP’s proposed changes to youth justice laws.

  • Courtney Kruk
Police investigate after the man’s death in June.

Man hit by car was denied help by sobering-up service over lack of male staff

The man’s death in June was not the first time a drunk patient was hurt under Victoria’s health-led response to public intoxication.

  • Rachel Eddie

On the run in suburbia for nearly 30 years: Former fugitive ‘Dougie’ finally opens up

From farming pot to breaking out of jail to a life lived incognito for decades: the remarkable tale of an honours graduate turned handyman in hiding, Darko Desic.

  • Tim Elliott

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