The Prime Minister on Friday said the families of the Bali Nine smugglers had suffered enough Christmases without their children. But for parents who have lost their children to the drugs those men were peddling, the grief and the loss never ends.
What do the King, Kim Kardashian and one of the nation’s most infamous drug smugglers have in common? They all received rock star treatment when they landed at Sydney Airport.
Anthony Albanese has defended Bali drug smuggler Scott Rush’s impending freedom and says his family have already ‘paid the price’ for his crimes, despite Queensland police declaring they plan to question him about theft allegations.
Alice Springs police officers are growing increasingly frustrated with the Northern Territory’s court system, which they say acts as a ‘revolving door’ for offenders.
Benedict Stevens, who beat his long-term partner in an alcohol-fuelled assault earlier this year, met the NT Chief Minister last week and performed a Welcome to Country at an AFL game in the week prior to pleading guilty.
At five days old, Scotty Goodwin was abandoned by his alcoholic mother. Now 14, he is the centre of a landmark project to get NT Indigenous youths in jobs and out of trouble.
A spate of violence has grown across the Northern Territory over the weekend amid calls for emergency measures for Alice Springs to be widened.
A high-paying role spruiked by Anthony Albanese to implement a $250m support package aimed at bringing systemic change for the Northern Territory’s social problems has been quietly axed.
The two teenagers who allegedly broke into a home in Alice Springs and left a baby with a brain bleed and a fractured skull had collectively been charged with more than 300 other offences and been bailed 35 times.
The peaceful suburb of Woollahra has twice been targeted in anti-Semitic attacks. Amid a sense of weary anxiety, locals say they are trying to stay strong.
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