Courts & Judiciary

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (420+ words) Festive soirées at Canberra's iconic place to celebrate. Find out more. Police chased a stolen car from NSW to the ACT and back again before finally getting it to stop and allegedly finding a 16-year-old girl behind the wheel. But…...

36+ min ago   (383+ words) A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to 35 years’ direct imprisonment by the Madadeni Regional Court after DNA evidence linked him to the rape and robbery of a woman more than a decade after the attack. According to National Prosecuting Authority…...

1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (397+ words) A bizarre alleged blackmail plot against an independent mayor has been explored at a state corruption hearing. Matthew Blackmore admitted he did not always plan on honouring agreements made with Strathfield Council colleagues at an Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (456+ words) A man and woman who neglected their dog to the point that his "ribs, vertebrae and pelvis bones were protruding" have avoided jail. Oliver Turiccki, 29, and Sarah Pearce, 34, both of Eccleshall Road, Stafford, pleaded guilty to failing to meet the…...

6+ hour, 22+ min ago   (373+ words) Published 4:30 pm Sunday, September 13, 2026 There is doubt as to whether a man actually gunned down and murdered another at a fast-food restaurant in Nanaimo five years ago, say defence lawyers. The trial of Ronald Joseph Campbell, 42 when a first-degree murder…...

47+ min ago   (582+ words) Account details must now be included in claims for money recovery Amendments to the Commercial Procedural Code stipulate that a legal entity filing a claim for the recovery of funds must indicate the details of its bank account or non-bank…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (86+ words) QPS Media on Sep 14, 2026 at 12:49pm Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a tractor stolen from Caboolture last month. The red 2006 Massey Ferguson tractor was reported stolen from a job site on Markwell Road between Alcock Road and Child…...

2+ hour, 2+ min ago   (527+ words) Damages reduced from lower court ruling A man in his 30s who posted bomb threat messages targeting five airports nationwide, triggering a massive police response, has been ordered to pay damages to the state — a ruling upheld on appeal. According to…...

51+ min ago   (560+ words) Chief Justice Domitille Mukantaganzwa has criticised a decision by France's Court of Cassation to dismiss a case against French soldiers accused of failing to protect Tutsi civilians during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Speaking at a press conference on Friday,…...

1+ hour, 17+ min ago   (733+ words) September 14, 2026 — 2:59pm The man behind a once infamous Brisbane demolition group has been jailed for orchestrating an elaborate plan to steal industrial items worth $1.3 million from a business, before concocting a fake story to mislead investigators. Sultan Mohammed Deen, known as…...