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Four people and two dogs were injured after a group armed with machetes, knives, hammers and a pole allegedly stormed a home north of Sydney in a horrifying attack.
Convicted paedophile and disgraced former entertainer Rolf Harris was cremated at a small funeral service and his death was kept a secret for almost a fortnight.
The 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy was allegedly chased down and attacked with a metal pole as he walked home from school with friends in Perth last year.
A man and a woman have been arrested in relation to the disappearance of Tony Rowe, who was last seen at a pub in the Northern Territory in May last year.
The case against a Sydney jeweller accused of staging an armed robbery at his own store for a fraudulent insurance claim is going to "fall apart" when police dig into it, his lawyer says.
The 19-year-old said he aimed to "kill the President" if necessary to overthrow the government and install himself in power, according to court documents.
Investigators in Guyana believe a fire that killed 19 people trapped in a school dormitory was deliberately set by a student who was upset that her mobile phone was confiscated, a top official said.
In February 2020 the name Hannah Clarke was etched into the national consciousness after her estranged husband killed her and their three young children, Aaliyah, 6, Laianah, 4, and Trey, 3.
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said police were "not hiding anything" by choosing to omit any mention of the word "Taser" when first disclosing to media that police had injured a 95-year-old woman in an aged-care home.
Two men have been arrested after a man's body was found in a large metal cabinet in a creek on the New South Wales Mid-North Coast earlier this month.
A fugitive who was wanted by Queensland Police for allegedly carrying an AK-47 is facing court today after being charged by NSW Police for an alleged armed carjacking in Sydney's inner west.
The mother of a teenage detainee says her son has been "treated like an animal" at the Banksia Hill detention centre, following an inquiry into the facility's operations.