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Disgraced war hero Ben Roberts-Smith.

AFP argues corrupt agents will escape scrutiny if war crimes leak disclosed

The nation’s premier crime-fighting agency refused for a fifth time to release details of its investigation into a leak that threatened to derail a war crimes inquiry into Ben Roberts Smith.

  • Michael Bachelard and Nick McKenzie

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Two French women have appeared before the Brisbane Magistrates Court charged for their alleged roles in a failed plot to import 32kg of methamphetamine into Australia.

French women charged with smuggling $29m of meth into Australia

It’s the second time efforts to import drugs have been intercepted in Brisbane in as many weeks.

  • Courtney Kruk
A Sydney childcare worker has been charged with using children to make abuse material.

Sydney childcare worker charged with child abuse offences

A Sydney childcare worker, who cannot be named, has faced court on seven counts of using a child to make abusive material.

  • Perry Duffin
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney on Friday.

Man charged with threatening prime minister during election campaign

The western Sydney man appeared before Downing Centre Local court on Friday and was charged with threatening a Commonwealth parliamentarian.

  • Olivia Ireland
Lamborghinis and other luxury vehicles seized by a federal police taskforce.

Losing the Lambo a bigger threat than jail: Crims feel financial sting

The value of assets seized from criminals is soaring as they try to hide their ill-gotten gains in luxury cars, handbags and watches.

  • Shane Wright
Index north shore letter

‘Quite alarming’: Sydney families sent letter about alleged child sex offences

More than 1200 families received the email from police notifying them about a man who worked with children, who has been charged with criminal offences.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Josefine Ganko
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Sydney man Darcy Jenson has been arrested by Indonesian police over the fatal Bali villa shooting.

Identities of three Australians charged with murder over Bali villa ambush revealed

The Australian government is urgently seeking further information from local authorities after the arrests of the men, who could face the death penalty if tried and convicted in Indonesia.

  • Amilia Rosa and Sherryn Groch
Canstruct allegedly used taxpayer funds to pay for the insurance on luxury goods.

An Aston Martin, fine art and a yacht: Police probe millions spent protecting detention company luxury

Police suspect the company, which made significant profits running offshore detention, may have misused public funds, as a senior official claimed the Nauru government shook down Australia for money.

  • Nick McKenzie
Alleged money laundering in Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

$21 million seized: Brisbane at the centre of vast alleged money laundering operation

A businessman from West End supposedly made $6.4 million in just over a year through a classic car dealership. Authorities say the money was being laundered.

  • William Davis and Marissa Calligeros
AI sites are being used to make child abuse material.

Police searched a man’s laptop for malware. What they found is becoming all too common

Law enforcement is facing a difficult challenge as AI opens up a new front in the battle to protect children.

  • Josefine Ganko

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