Murgon residents ‘at breaking point’ during end-of-year crime spike
Oriel Macpherson keeps a key around her neck for the locks she has installed on every window and…
Teen charged with rape and home invasion tried to break into the same residence earlier, court hears
A teenager accused of raping a woman during a Cairns home invasion allegedly attempted to break into the…
Children risk life in prison for some violent crimes after Victorian parliament passes bill
Children could soon face life in prison for some crimes after the Victorian parliament passed a controversial bill…
Towns in the Kimberley are struggling to combat youth crime but Fitzroy Crossing has found a way
As the setting sun brings a reprieve to a stifling hot day in the West Australian town of…
Ombudsman delivers youth offending warning to Victorian government in extraordinary intervention
Victoria’s prison watchdog has made an extraordinary intervention into Premier Jacinta Allan’s crime crackdown, warning it leads to…
Two eight-year-old girls with nowhere to go highlight Kununurra’s social issues
A police vehicle with two eight-year-olds in the back is emblematic of a typical night for officers in…
Mar wanted to be a professional basketballer. Desperate for money, he turned to selling drugs
Mar Riek was 13 when he decided he didn’t want to be poor anymore. He’d found his joy…
In Melbourne’s west, residents say street violence has ‘come to their door’
Susan (name changed to protect privacy) doesn’t know what her kids are mixed up in, but she says…
Murdered doctor’s family confronts killer during plea hearings
Ashley Gordon’s sisters were excitedly on the way to see their brother’s first GP clinic when they got…
WA town of Kununurra in crime crisis with 17 juvenile arrests in 72 hours over car thefts
Police in Western Australia’s north are at their wits’ end, with juveniles as young as 10 arrested in…
Magistrate issues arrest warrant after teen refuses to attend court over alleged murders
A teenager already in youth custody over the murders of two children in Melbourne’s west was forcibly arrested…
Teenagers charged after Hawthorn home owner detains alleged 15-year-old intruder
Police have charged a pair of teenagers over two alleged break-ins in Melbourne’s inner-east this morning — one…