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Charlotte Karp is a Senior Journalist for the National News Network. She specialises in investigations, crime and court, and has covered state and federal politics. Contact her at charlotte.karp@news.com.au

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 17, 2024: Former parliamentary staffer Bruce Lehrmann arrives to Toowoomba Magistrates Court.Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

Urgent hearing for Bruce Lehrmann’s rape case

An urgent hearing has been listed for Bruce Lehrmann’s rape case after his lawyer made a move to stop the matter from proceeding.

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BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JUNE 17, 2024: Former parliamentary staffer Bruce Lehrmann leaves Toowoomba Magistrates Court.Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

Lehrmann moves to stop rape case over tapped calls

Bruce Lehrmann’s lawyer has lodged an application to have his rape case permanently halted after police illegally tapped phone calls.

ExplainerTrue Crime

Named and shamed: Aussie stars jailed over failed cocaine deals

Former sport stars and exotic dancers have been jailed in some of the wilder cocaine deals that failed in the country. Here’s a look at what happened.

ExclusiveDear Rachelle

NETWORK SPECIAL. NO NEWS.COM, NO AUS, MUST TALK WITH NETWORK PIC DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING. Dear Rachelle 2025 Undated copy pic of murdered Bargo woman Rachelle Childs whose burning body was found at Gerroa on Thursday June 8,2001,

New detail: Rachelle’s chilling phone call on day she vanished

New details have emerged about a phone call Rachelle Childs made hours before she was murdered. Listen to the new bonus podcast episode.

ExclusiveTrue Crime

Port Arthur killer would ‘creep women out’

Before the Port Arthur massacre, Martin Bryant spent his days hitting on women, inviting himself to parties and bragging about his guns and violent porn. And that’s not all.

ExclusiveTrue Crime

‘Kill a few more’: Martin Bryant’s Port Arthur motive revealed

New unearthed psychiatric reports about Martin Bryant have revealed the motivation behind his gruesome massacre in Port Arthur. WARNING: Graphic

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NETWORK SPECIAL. NO AUS, NO NEWS.COM , PLEASE CONTACT NETWORK PICTURE JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING. , Convicted mass murderer Martin Bryant who shot and killed 35 people and injured 23 others in the Port Arthur massacre on 28 and 29 April 1996 in Risdon Prison Hobart. Picture: Jason Edwards

Martin Bryant’s prison life revealed as he boasts of a pen pal ‘girlfriend’

The only person inside prison who endeavoured to talk to Martin Bryant has revealed new details about the Port Arthur killer’s life behind bars after he murdered 35 people. SEE THE VIDEO.

EXCLUSIVETrue Crime

Some of the guns handed in during the national firearm amnesty

‘Deadly’: New Aussie gun ban call as 4000 firearms seized

Police have stopped more than 4000 lethal guns hitting Australian streets as pressure mounts on the government to consider a John Howard-like shake-up of gun laws. VOTE IN OUR POLL

ExclusiveDear Rachelle

NETWORK SPECIAL. NO AUS, NO NEWS.COM , PLEASE CONTACT NETWORK PICTURE DESK BEFORE PUBLISHING. , DEAR RACHELLE 2025. Kevin Correll's daughter Jazz talks with the Dear Rachelle podcast team. Kevin Correll remains the prime suspect in the murder of Rachelle Childs who's burning body was discovered in bushland near Gerroa in 2001, , Images of Kevin Correll at Jazz wedding day.

‘He did this’: Daughter praised for murder bombshell claim about her dad

The daughter of a prime suspect in an Australian cold case has been praised by her stepmum for coming forward with her belief that her dad killed a woman. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST

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Brittany Higgins’ taxpayer-funded French chateaux has been sold.

Brittany Higgins quietly sells taxpayer-funded French chateau

Just days after announcing her new job, Brittany Higgins has sold her sprawling property near Bordeaux in France after listing it on the market almost a year ago.

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