Crime
Jailed construction boss lives in the community as he fights $10m fraud conviction
It can be revealed George Alex was granted bail just months after being imprisoned for nearly a decade. He is appealing over “jury misconduct”.
- Clare Sibthorpe
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Stepson of Norway’s crown prince convicted of rape, sentenced to four years’ jail
The seven-week trial of Marius Borg Hoiby, 29, has further dented the royal family’s once picture-perfect image.
- Gwladys Fouche and Ilze Filks
Ex-AFL player jailed for defrauding families over swimming pools
Many of the regional victims were retirees or close to retirement, who were trying to install pools for their children or grandchildren.
- William Ton
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- Queensland Police
Gold Coast nurse who targeted six teen girls to stay behind bars
The mental health nurse accused of having a foot fetish and targeting vulnerable teenage patients was arrested at the airport at the weekend.
- Robyn Wuth and Courtney Kruk
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- Tragedy
Rope jumper falls to her death after staff ‘forget’ to attach safety cord
The 21-year-old woman fell to her death from a bridge in Brazil after staff overseeing her rope jump launched her over the edge without attaching a safety rope.
- Henry Samuel
‘You are meant to be greater’: The bold plan to stop youth crime – at the hospital bedside
Youth workers and mentors will be embedded in two major Melbourne hospitals under a pilot program to divert young offenders away from crime.
- Marta Pascual Juanola
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- NSW
Father rehearsed murder-suicide over several days, police believe
Cameras at a waterfront property captured the man throwing his six-year-old daughter into the Parramatta River moments before jumping in himself.
- Riley Walter
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- Bondi shooting
Despite our pain, the Jewish community refuses to wallow in anger
Six months on from the Bondi massacre, Australia’s Jews are in the second stage of their mourning. Next, we will seek light to dispel the darkness.
- Alex Ryvchin
The suburb at the epicentre of Sydney’s violent crime crisis
Youth workers are putting themselves between vulnerable teens and the crime families willing to pay them for brazen acts of violence.
- Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
Tribunal finds Perth nurse was caught stealing from disabled patients, selling items on eBay
A tribunal ruled the woman was “not currently a fit and proper person” to hold a nursing registration after she allegedly stole clothing, shoes, toiletries and food from a couple whose disabled children she cared for.
- Rebecca Peppiatt