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December 02, 2025

Hundreds potentially affected by Victoria police weapons searches that breached law

Exclusive: wide-ranging police powers used to conduct non-compliant searches that resulted in 33 people being charged or fined

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November 30, 2025

Couple from Kazakhstan allegedly used hidden camera and earpieces to win $1.18m from Sydney’s Crown casino

Woman, 36, and her husband, 44, arrested at Barangaroo and charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage

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November 28, 2025

Police sergeant found guilty of causing death of 16-year-old Indigenous teenager Jai Wright

Benedict Bryant convicted of dangerous driving occasioning death after placing police car in path of 16-year-old’s trail bike in Sydney in...

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November 23, 2025

‘Cannot believe it’s still happening’: readers respond to ‘heartbreaking’ domestic violence homicides

Readers share the impact of Guardian Australia’s two-year investigation Broken trust, which underlined the ‘shocking realities of domestic...

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November 21, 2025

Wieambilla police shooting not ‘terrorism’ but driven by Train family’s shared ‘delusions’, Queensland coroner finds

Coroner’s report into deaths of Rachel McCrow, Matthew Arnold and Alan Dare released following five-day inquest

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November 20, 2025

Statistically, there’s a reliable way to predict a domestic violence homicide like Hannah Clarke’s

Queensland researchers studying intimate-partner killings found one thing common to more than half the casesPolice made

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November 17, 2025

Former police officer’s destruction of body-worn video and use of excessive force was serious misconduct, report finds

Four NSW officers who failed to report former constable’s confessions also found to have engaged in serious misconduct, independent commission...

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November 16, 2025

Hannah Clarke murders: Queensland police made potentially critical mistakes, new evidence reveals

Exclusive: Detectives investigated ‘veracity and motive’ of Brisbane woman’s allegations of domestic violence and coercive control - even after the...

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November 15, 2025

Police detonated a ‘stinger’ grenade at a Melbourne protest. Now two activists may sue over their injuries

Grenades filled with rubber pellets and other so-called ‘less lethal’ munitions have been increasingly deployed, despite being linked to serious...

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November 10, 2025

Australia news live: Melbourne council rejects new 24-hour McDonald’s; NSW Nationals pull plug on net zero

State party follows federal lead in abandoning the commitment. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news emai...

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