Crime
Driver who killed Brisbane motorcyclist told police ‘riders make s--- up’: court
Father Ken Hembrow, 37, was riding his motorbike along Queen Street in January when he was hit by a car outside the Marriott hotel.
- by Cloe Read
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WA
Alleged drug dealers forced to forfeit $640,000 – and luxury watches
A drugs bust in Perth has led the AFP to confiscate a large sum of cash and two watches together worth $90,000 found in a warehouse and hotel rooms.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Philippines
Daughters of murdered Australian speak of love for father, frustration with DFAT
The daughters of David Fisk have spoken publicly for the first time of their love for their father and their frustration at not being told key details.
- by Zach Hope and James Wilson
Mother on trial over girl’s death acted on Bible ‘facts’
A woman accused of killing her eight-year-old daughter by withholding her insulin told a previous trial she followed “facts” in the Bible that God could cure diabetes or resurrect people.
- by Rex Martinich
NRL star’s dad will be spared death penalty if convicted in Indonesia
Gregor Haas has been in a Manila prison since May after police alleged he was connected to the infamous Sinaloa drug cartel and had tried to import drugs into Indonesia.
- by Zach Hope
Podcast
Building Bad
‘This is the opportunity. Don’t squib it’: Nick McKenzie opens up on CFMEU investigation
Underworld figures and bikies infiltrated the CFMEU and major building projects in Victoria and NSW, triggering the resignation of the union’s boss and significant political fallout. Nick McKenzie explains how we got here.
Three teens arrested over arson attack that killed two men in Melbourne’s west
The daughter of one of the men who died in the February fire led an emotional appeal for information earlier this month.
- by Lachlan Abbott
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Sydney
Trio found guilty of gang rape of three women during buck’s party weekend
Maurice Hawell, his younger brother Marius Hawell, and friend Andrew David face years behind bars for the sexual assaults across two nights in 2022.
- by Sarah McPhee
Man to face court after woman allegedly kidnapped, sexually assaulted and extorted
The woman was allegedly thrown into a car by strangers, photographed during the alleged sexual assault and threatened with the release of images unless she paid $300,000.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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Queensland
Dramatic arrest after woman’s body found in Ipswich home
Police have charged a 36-year-old man with murder after the body of a woman with multiple stab wounds was found in Ipswich on Monday.
- by Courtney Kruk and Bailey Kenzie
Police speak to man after body found on Sydney’s northern beaches
The man’s body was discovered in a Dee Why car park, with neighbours telling police they saw someone being carried from a unit block before the grim discovery.
- by Perry Duffin