Law, Crime and Justice

The full bench of the Federal Court of Appeal in Sydney has dismissed an appeal by veteran Ben Roberts-Smith to have a multi-million dollar defamation loss overturned.

A man has been charged after allegedly making repeated threats to a high school and about events including Adelaide Fringe and the Gather Round.

The triple murder trial of Erin Patterson continues from the Latrobe Valley Law Courts in Morwell. She's accused of killing three relatives who ate a meal she prepared which contained poisonous mushrooms. Follow the trial live.

A woman who survived sexual abuse at the hands of a convicted paedophile former priest fears he will hurt her again if the Timor-Leste government succeeds in having him pardoned.

Victorian police have said that a "communal crime car" used by arsonists during a terrorist attack on a synagogue has been linked to a large fire that severely damaged a nightclub in Melbourne.

Former Olympian cyclist Melissa Hoskins died after being struck by a car driven by her husband outside their Adelaide home. This is how the case against Rohan Dennis unfolded. 

The ABC went on a multi-country investigation in the Pacific to understand one of the world's worst gender violence crises. What we found was much more complicated than a story about victimhood.

Donald Trump touts US$96bn Boeing deal with Qatar on his tour of the Gulf region, as the biggest in the history of the US aircraft manufacturer.

A juror has been discharged from the Erin Patterson trial, after reports emerged that he had been discussing the case with family and friends.

A Kimberley man charged with touching a 23-year-old woman without her consent at a popular WA beach has been remanded in custody.

Police request public assistance in search for Tongan national who allegedly attacked Australian Border Force staff while in transit from Villawood Immigration Detention Centre to Sydney airport.

Erin Patterson faces three charges of murder in the Latrobe Valley Law Courts. She's accused of killing three relatives by serving them beef Wellington containing poisonous mushrooms. Follow the events as they happened in our live blog.

Social service advocates are pleading for support for public housing tenants as residents express their fears after a spate of violent attacks and antisocial behaviour in the Perth suburb of Inglewood.

Prosecutors believe the men were contact with individuals working for Russian state institutions and planned to mail explosives to Ukraine. 

Locals are concerned over a spate of violent attacks and antisocial behaviour in the inner Perth suburb of Inglewood, with residents calling on the state government to intervene.

Prosecutors in the triple-murder trial of Erin Patterson allege traces of death cap mushrooms were found in a food dehydrator Erin Patterson disposed of at a local tip.

A psychiatrist who treated Joel Cauchi has conceded she was wrong to suggest the Bondi Junction stabber was not psychotic at the time of the 2024 attack. The doctor, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, has been giving evidence at the coronial inquest into the incident.

Kim Kardashian has told a Paris court she thought she was going to die when she was robbed at gunpoint in a hotel room in 2016.

Erik and Lyle Menendez have a chance of freedom after a judge reduced their sentence from life without parole to 50 years to life for the 1989 murder of their parents.

As the final votes are tallied, here's how the results could shape the future of the Duterte and Marcos clans in the Philippines.