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Natalie O’Brien is a multi-award winning career journalist who has worked around Australia covering some of the country’s biggest stories from government coverups to sex trafficking, immigration, the environment, police, courts and crime. She was the first Investigations Editor appointed on The Australian Newspaper and was awarded a highly commended award in the Walkley Awards for her story Children Overboard Didn’t Happen. Contact her on natalie.obrien@news.com.au

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Tasmania

Rise in teen killers as Tasmania’s youth crimes revealed

Australia has seen a rise in teenage killers, but Tasmania has its share of youths charged with serious crimes. Experts say jail time might not stop them all.

Canberra Star

ACT Police at the scene of a shooting in Canberra. ACT police say a woman has been taken to hospital after she was shot in her car on Dominion Circuit, in Forest, Canberra ACT.The woman sought help from security guards at nearby Manuka oval.Picture Gary Ramage

Rise in teen killers as Canberra’s youth crimes revealed

Australia has seen a rise in teenage killers, but the ACT has its share of youths charged with serious crimes. Experts say jail time might not stop them all.

ExclusiveNorthern Territory

As a result of an operation which spanned several months, Police have arrested several people and seized thousands of dollars worth of cash relating to drug offences in Alice Springs.Police executed four search warrants simultaneously yesterday in Palmers Camp and one at a residence on Todd Street.Following the search, four people were arrested for supply and possession of cannabis in an aboriginal community. Another man was summonsed to appear at a later date for possessing a controlled weapon.Police seized $4,500 worth of cash, believed to have been obtained from the sale of drugs.

Rise in teen killers as NT’s youth crimes revealed

Australia has seen a rise in teenage killers, but the NT has its share of youths charged with serious crimes. Experts say jail time might not stop them all.

ExclusiveCrime in Focus

australian wildlife sold on black market

Crims make $25b on exotic Aussie lizards and snakes

This is how organised crime gangs and wildlife traffickers are raking in millions of dollars a year selling native species on the black market.

ExclusiveCanberra Star

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JULY 19, 2020: CANBERRA MURDERAn AFP Forensic Officer outside the pub at the crime scene. Police are investigating a brawl at Kokomo's Nightclub in Canberra, ACT, that resulted in the death of one man and serious injury of another.Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Drugs and assaults: Canberra’s worst crimes

The ACT has more men than women commit a range of crimes, new data shows. See the full list and how it compares.

ExclusiveTrue Crime

Tassie crime rate: Who’s getting caught now

Tasmania has its fair share of illegal activity, but there is one crime that has emerged that continues to see police make arrests.

ExclusiveNorthern Territory

Northern Territory Police are extraditing a 61-year-old male to Darwin to face historical charges for sexual offences. Detectives from the Sex Crimes Section travelled to Queensland to arrest the male who failed to appear in court to face the original charges in 1998.

Going berserk: The NT’s worst crims now

The NT has seen more criminal activity, but now we can reveal who commits more crimes when men are compared to women.

ExclusiveTrue Crime

SA’s shocking crime rise revealed

Illicit drug crimes are on the rise, but South Australians have also witnessed other illegal activity in their local neighbourhoods.

ExclusiveTrue Crime

Drugs and loo paper: Queensland crims busted

Queensland has still had its share of criminal activity despite COVID-19. See which crimes are being committed the most.

ExclusiveTrue Crime

victoria's most committed crimes revealed

Worst crimes: Victorian crims caught in the act

Melburnians have been busted for all sorts of crimes — including one offence that has seen numbers of offenders increase.

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