Assault

CCTV footage obtained by the ABC has prompted calls for an inquiry into alleged incidents of excessive force at Reiby Youth Justice Centre.

Chief Justice Lucy McCallum described the perpetrator's actions as "extremely serious" adding the impact on the victim had been "grave".

While supermarkets bolster security in response to violence against workers, there's a push for tougher legislation against repeat offenders.

A 33-year-old Canberra man is set to face numerous charges after allegedly stabbing a neighbour and assaulting his former partner. The case will return to court next month.

Protest organisers decried the lack of action around violence against women as hundreds marched in the NSW Central Coast inspired by the death of local Audrey Griffin.

A French high school student has killed one of his classmates and wounded three others, the latest in a spate of school incidents in the European country.

NSW Police were called to a car park shortly before midnight and found 18-year-old Ekampreet Sahni Singh with a gunshot wound.

An elderly man is in hospital after being allegedly punched by a teenager outside a polling booth in Sydney's inner west.

A woman who was abused at the hands of her ex-partner – a former police detective – says she felt "silenced" after reaching out to SA Police, a court has heard. Their daughter also recounted his abuse and said she no longer considered him her father.

Two security guards are charged after a violent incident inside a bar in Scarborough on Sunday night.

South Australian independent MP Nick McBride is facing multiple counts of assaulting a person known to him, after he was arrested and charged last week.

Police are investigating an alleged assault on a beach on the Sunshine Coast that left a 60-year-old woman with broken ribs, spinal fractures, a fractured ankle, and a lacerated liver.

An investigation into the sexual assault of a nurse at Townsville's public hospital found some clinical staff view unsafe patient behaviours as "just part of the job".

Police are investigating the death of a 49-year-old Sunshine Coast man after they were called to a Maroochydore home.

The now 18-year-old, who cannot be identified under Queensland's youth justice laws as he was 17 at time, was handed a 12-year sentence on Monday.

A NSW court has been told Jordanian national, Shadi Taisser Ayed Alsaaydeh, had taken medication and a sleeping pill, and had no recollection of the incident on the AirAsia flight.

The AFL will allow Richmond's Noah Balta to return to playing before being sentenced for assaulting a man outside a NSW Riverina club.

The mother and three children were found with multiple stab wounds at a home in Baulkham Hills. They remain in hospital in a stable condition.

Police officers found a 47-year-old woman, a 16-year-old girl, a 13-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy with stab wounds at the scene in Baulkham Hills after being contacted by the children's father.

The brother of slain underworld figure Hamad 'the executioner' Assaad has won a court battle with his family over the sale of a home in Sydney's west.