Law, Crime and Justice

Multiple US media outlets are reporting fingerprints found at the scene of the assassination of a health insurance CEO match those of the suspect Luigi Mangione.  

Landmark class actions have been brought against BHP and Rio Tinto, two of Australia's largest mining companies, after allegations of gender discrimination and sexual abuse were made public.

There were emotional scenes inside Victoria's Supreme Court after Mr Petrov was convicted of shooting and beating his wife to death.

Sydney's Jewish community is on edge after vandals lit a car and graffitied homes in a second anti-Semitic attack in the city's eastern suburbs.

At the end of a lengthy two-day hearing in a Texas courtroom, Judge Christopher Lopez criticised the auction process as flawed and said the outcome "left a lot of money on the table" for families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting. 

There is "shock and disappointment" amongst women in Tasmania's legal fraternity after the role of chief justice of Tasmania's Supreme Court went to a man "not known to have held judicial office at any time in his career", critics say.

The prime minister condemns "shameless acts of violence" in Sydney's east, after a car was set alight and multiple houses were sprayed with anti-Israel graffiti.

New York prosecutors have filed murder and other charges against Luigi Nicholas Mangione in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO, according to an online court docket.

The 26-year-old Maryland man was arrested with a gun believed to be the one used in the killing and writings suggesting his anger with corporate America.

Victoria's Supreme Court has ruled against more than 1,400 Australian women who launched a class action against the maker of their birth control device — pharmaceutical giant Bayer.

A Brisbane woman says he feels like she's had to give up live music after her drink was spiked with opiates. 

Authorities in the US have confirmed a 'strong person of interest' has been arrested over the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York last week.

Office staff at a law firm on the NSW Central Coast have returned to work for the first time since an alleged arson attack which left many feeling "trapped" and "traumatised".

The Commonwealth-backed Operation Avalite will be established to combat antisemitism following several recent incidents including an arson attack on a Melbourne synagogue.

Australians Scott Rush, Matthew Norman, Si-Yi Chen, Martin Stephens, and Michael Czugaj are serving life sentences in Indonesia for their roles in a drug smuggling plot in 2005. 

A 36-year-old Australian man faces a $5,000 fine after he allegedly told cabin crew he wanted to crash a plane at Changi Airport in November.

Melbourne businessman Adrian Portelli and his company Xclusive Tech Pty Ltd have been charged with multiple counts of conducting an unlawful lottery between 2023 and 2024 in South Australia.

The pictures were released as the FBI offered a $US50,000 reward for information into the case.

In 1968, a young Aboriginal woman was jailed for manslaughter when her baby died. It shone a light on the terrible living conditions of Indigenous people in this outback town.

A 66-year-old man has been arrested over explosions at two separate legal offices in Gosford.