Eastman awarded $7 million for wrongful imprisonment
David Eastman sued the government in the ACT Supreme Court over the 19 years he spent in prison convicted of the killing of police chief Colin Winchester.
- by Alexandra Back
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'It's dirty political linen': Witness K to plead guilty as lawyer Bernard Collaery committed to stand trial
The former spy accused of exposing an Australian bugging operation on the tiny nation of East Timor will plead guilty to a charge of breaching the intelligence act, while his lawyer and co-accused was on Tuesday committed to stand trial.
- by Alexandra Back
Whistleblower strikes deal over handling of sensitive information in court
David McBride says he will now press for the government to reclassify the material and explain why it should remain secret.
- by Alexandra Back
Australian Federal Police raid ABC headquarters at Sydney's Ultimo
The raid on the Ultimo headquarters of the ABC comes a day after AFP officers searched the home of a News Corp journalist.
- by Lucy Cormack, Fergus Hunter and Alexandra Back
Sperm donor says High Court decision could leave child without a parent
The test case could provide certainty to the thousands of couples or single women who have conceived a child through artificial insemination.
- by Alexandra Back
Man jailed after home invasion during which a dog's ear was shot off
The dog would later maul its owner to death during another struggle at the Watson home.
- by Alexandra Back
Brother Kostka to remain in nursing home after child abuse finding
The notorious paedophile last month found again to have abused young boys will remain in the nursing home where he lives with debilitating dementia and Parkinson's disease.
- by Alexandra Back
'You're a lying little mutt': violent crime spree accused in court outburst
The witness had just described the accused pouring boiling water on a woman.
- by Alexandra Back
'Not a popularity contest': Crown closes in Beowulf trial
Financial dependency and a hostile relationship were the motives behind an alleged murder in Red Hill nearly four years ago, prosecutors say.
- by Alexandra Back
Pair on trial over alleged drug-fueled crime spree, kidnapping
The pair allegedly shot and stabbed a man before kidnapping two people, carjacking an elderly couple at gunpoint and robbing a military shop.
- by Alexandra Back
Deceased's motor and cognitive function likely impaired: expert
A woman allegedly murdered by members of her family suffered brain disease that likely would have translated to dementia, a neurology expert has said.
- by Alexandra Back
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