Crime and Public Safety

Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong says the defence force is ’ready to fly' once local authorities advise it is safe to use the airport.

Amnesty International has criticised the Albanese government’s apparent lack of funding for youth crime prevention in the federal budget.

eSafety has sought assistance from NSW and federal police to deal with the online threats.

The girl was charged with murder in November after allegedly stabbing a 37-year-old woman to death in a Footscray apartment.

‘These are long overdue, targeted and will help keep women and children safer.’

Former military lawyer David McBride has been sentenced to five years and eight months for sharing classified documents with journalists.

Being pregnant, ill, young or Aboriginal are among the additional reasons judges in Victoria may be able to delay sentencing offenders to immediate imprisonment

Under the current ban, it is illegal to teach, learn, and practice martial arts in the island nation.

A $96.4 million funding will be used to expand the family and domestic violence response team operations and create a dedicated organisation to address FDV.

NSW Police Force said no students were injured during the incident.

A 10-year-old boy remains in the community and will not be placed in custody after he was charged with sexually assaulting an Italian traveller in Cairns.

The government has succeeded in convincing the High Court to supress details of ankle monitoring of immigration detainees, arguing it could enourage breaches.

The decision by the Australian Capital Territory government to allow majority verdicts could lead to more appeals, Tony Nikolic warns.

Free speech and freedom of thought are at the bedrock of our democratic society, so it is outrageous that the Bill could challenge them.

Police have been given more powers after the stabbing rampage at Westfield Bondi Junction, and the church attack.

Police have yet to declare the incident a ’terrorist incident.’

A ‘radicalised’ 16 year-old male has been shot dead by police after he allegedly stabbed a man in a Willetton Bunnings carpark.