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Photographer and performer Katie Tangey, who was killed in the blaze.

Death of the first innocent: How the government bungled the tobacco war

Police say Katie Tangey’s death was entirely predictable as violent organised crime gangs fought their tobacco turf war.

  • Chris Vedelago, Marta Pascual Juanola and Rachel Eddie

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Zoe Robinson the NSW Advocate for Children and Young People

Zoe said that adults don’t always know best. Mark Latham savaged her

The NSW Advocate for Children and Young People isn’t afraid to weigh into some of the most controversial issues of importance to the state’s young people.

  • Deborah Snow
In one case, jurors secretly consulted a Ouija board to ask the victims directly who had killed them.

The juror who asked a Ouija board for answers and other impanelled shenanigans

Everyone has a right to be judged by a jury of their peers, but sometimes the peers also get up to no good.

  • Sherryn Groch
An electronic ankle bracelet.

High-tech bail service had head office at door-handle factory

The warning signs that BailSafe might not be the professional operation it claimed to be came just a year after it began operations.

  • Chris Vedelago, Rachel Eddie and Hannah Hammoud
Premier Jacinta Allan.

Victorian bail laws set for another review, but Allan denies move prompted by Labor’s woes

The premier says “all laws” will be considered in the latest review of the state’s bail laws. But she was unable to answer basic questions on the scope of the coming assessment.

  • Rachel Eddie
A 15-year-old boy accused of a terrifying machete attack and armed robbery in St Kilda

Boy, 15, accused of slashing man with machete in St Kilda shows ‘no sign of slowing down’

A teenager who allegedly slashed a stranger across the head with a machete on a busy St Kilda street to steal a car wants to be freed on bail following an alleged nine-month crime spree.

  • Erin Pearson
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Casuarina Prison, Western Australia.

WA’s notorious Unit 18 should close despite positive changes, review finds

There have been significant improvements in the management of young people in detention, a new review has found – but Unit 18 should still close.

  • Holly Thompson
iProperty Group CFO Michael Gu in front of the company's property at 333 Kent St, Sydney. Inset: Fortius Funds Management owns 59 Goulburn Street, Sydney.

This fraudster was a VIP at Crown and Star. Now the casinos face a $70 million lawsuit

When one of Australia’s biggest Ponzi schemes collapsed, the money trail led to the casinos. Now Crown and Star could face a courtroom showdown with dudded investors.

  • Carla Jaeger and Sherryn Groch

‘Astonishing’: Legal fraternity lashes premier, defends judiciary amid furore over magistrate’s comments

WA’s legal fraternity has come out swinging after Premier Roger Cook called for a magistrate to be reprimanded over comments about a domestic violence victim, prompting a row between the two arms of government.

  • Jesinta Burton and Claire Ottaviano
During the first leaders’ debate on October 3, then opposition leader David Crisafulli pledged to resign as premier if he could not get crime victim rates down.

Victims support harsher sentencing, but it’s not all they want

The LNP is standing firm on its plan to cement “consequences for actions” and punish young offenders. Will it deliver what victims of violent crime say is missing?

  • Courtney Kruk

Original URL: https://www.watoday.com.au/topic/justice-hr4