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The ACT Integrity Commission has found Walter Sofronoff KC to be corrupt by giving confidential material to the media during an inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal prosecution.

‘Transparent’ Lehrmann inquiry head corrupt, court told

A former judge who gave confidential material from an inquiry into Bruce Lehrmann’s criminal prosecution to the media claiming to be “transparent” was in fact corrupt, a court has been told.

  • Miklos Bolza

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Alex White learned an abuser attended his sons daycare through the media. He’s calling for greater transparency

Why parents are kept in dark about alleged abusers at childcare providers

While thousands of parents were told about a Victorian daycare worker, details of a recent case in Sydney remain shrouded in secrecy.

  • Amber Schultz

As a barrister, there was one question I desperately wanted to ask Erin Patterson

Erin Patterson had 400 books in her home, and not one was devoted to mushrooms. But I desperately want to ask her about a different book.

  • Rachel Doyle

Your honour, it was an honour: My courtroom victory

Behind many a small infringement, there’s often a larger story about innocence, redemption and the quality of mercy.

  • Dugald Jellie
The Transperth driver was charged with two counts of careless driving after one man died and another person was injured while he was behind the wheel.

Bus driver who hit and killed man outside RAC Arena will plead guilty

The 37-year-old driver will be sentenced next week over the incident that, in front of horrified onlookers, killed a man described as “the light in every room”.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Antoinette Lattouf addresses the media outside Federal Court in February.

Legal bid against Herald and Age in Lattouf case fails

The Federal Court heard a bid by a group of pro-Israel lobbyists to have The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age punished for contempt of court.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
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Sydney couple’s 36 hours of hell after violent kidnapping from quiet suburban car park

While out for a haircut, the pair were abducted, driven to a remote shed and subjected to vicious attacks and demands for money. Then their parents were targeted.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
Peter Agius has been sentenced to six years in prison after killing a father and injuring his son in a crash.

Driver killed father, injured boy after sending 44 Snapchats at 100km/h

Peter Agius wept in court as he learnt his fate over the fatal crash that robbed a six-year-old boy of his father and left him with a permanent brain injury.

  • Emily Woods
Caitlyn Dickson was critically injured during the crash at a Burswood car meet.

Driver ‘destroyed dashcam footage’ in moments after Burswood meet crash

Chun Lai Yuen, 25, was alleged to have been driving his Honda Civic sedan at 96km/h in a 40km/h speed zone when he allegedly crashed into 17-year-old Caitlyn Dickson.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Chatsworth Park, near Gympie, where the baby died.

Man charged over baby’s campsite death to seek bail

A 42-year-old accused of manslaughter over a seven-month-old boy’s drowning intends to apply for bail on Thursday, a court has heard.

  • Rex Martinich

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