Aussie creates hi-tech way to track missing kids
A team of Defence scientists from South Australia are now in demand globally to help stop serious child crimes including trafficking and abductions.
Behind The Scenes
Seized: Deadly guns made out of plastic with a 3D printer
Two handguns made with a 3D printer have been seized by Adelaide detectives – along with dozens of other firearms including a machine gun found in a suburban park.
What it’s like to raise a baby while in prison
One woman recently gave birth but instead of taking her baby home, she returned with him to prison to serve out her sentence. We take a rare look inside the Sydney jail where mums get to look after their kids. See the video and pictures.
Could Martin Bryant have been stopped before Port Arthur?
Sometimes it’s easier to forget the past, especially if it’s painful. But Denham Hitchcock argues we must listen to new evidence about Martin Bryant.
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Crims convert to ‘Prislam’ as terror groups target Supermax
Criminals are being pressed into an extreme form of Islam — dubbed Prislam — in our jails, while al-Qaeda and IS have been discovered trying to make contact with terrorists held at our highest-security prison.
Death row Aussie’s plea for legal aid turned down
The Australian Government refused to pay Sydney terrorist Ahmed Merhi’s legal fees under new laws, in a case which ultimately saw the jihadist ordered to face the hangman’s noose.
How enduring Milat mystery was finally solved
He’s Australia’s most infamous serial killer. But since he was jailed for the backpacker slayings there have been persistent rumours that Ivan Milat, who has been rushed to hospital, did not act alone. Here’s how the truth was uncovered.
Inside new Supermax 2 terror jail built to hold radicals
Australia’s first purpose-built terrorism jail has opened for business to house the nation’s most dangerous criminals amid fears of further returns and arrests of Islamic State fighters and their sympathisers.
Baden-Clay mistress’ new identity half a world away
Gerard Baden-Clay’s mistress has travelled 12,000km to finally get out of his murderous shadow, starting a new life and identity.
US cop stops infamous Aussie crim from the grave
Infamous Aussie drug smuggler David McMillan will stop writing about his life of crime, ironically ending his story with the obsessed US DEA agent who “made my ruin his life’s calling”.
Unseen footage of Kylie and Michael Hutchence
An unseen private home video of Kylie Minogue filmed by Michael Hutchence has been publicly screened for the first time in a new documentary during which she talks frankly about her love for the rocker.
Justine’s killer cop makes new admission
Killer cop Mohamed Noor and his lawyers have sought to shift the responsibility for the shooting of unarmed Australian woman Justine Ruszczyk Damond to his partner.
How the Mongols were driven out of town
It took a bloody gang shootout at a city nightclub for the state government and police to declare war on the bikies. Just over a decade later, Adelaide’s streets are a safer place.
Sri Lanka to ‘search every home’ for terrorists
Sri Lanka’s security forces will go door-to-door to hunt down terrorists, after they found a suspected Islamic State bomb factory.
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