Laws

The redeveloped Alice Springs youth detention centre is nearing completion and the Northern Territory government is promising that detainees forcibly sent away to Darwin's notorious Don Dale will soon be returned to Central Australia.

South Australia's parole board is considering an application to release Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon, on the same day the state government has rushed legal changes through parliament.

South Australia's Parole Board will meet to consider an application by "bodies-in-the-barrels" accomplice Mark Ray Haydon for release into the community. It’s the culmination of an application which has been under consideration since 2021.

Canberra drivers caught illegally using their mobile phone by detection cameras face hefty fines and demerit points from today. 

Two women have been convicted of animal welfare offences after more than 100 animals were found "living in squalor" at a property in South Australia's Mid North. The RSPCA has appealed for the government to strengthen animal welfare laws.

New legislation will be urgently introduced to South Australian parliament in a bid to impose controls on Snowtown murders accomplice Mark Ray Haydon, ahead of his release from prison after 25 years behind bars.

At its closest point, Papua New Guinea is just 4 kilometres from Australia's islands in the Torres Strait, and local authorities warn this tropical archipelago has become an attractive route for drug smugglers.

Correspondence obtained by the ABC shows state government ministers "sympathised" with Gold Coast mortgage-fraud victims Jess and Jackie Morecroft but were unable to stop an appeal against their $2.7m compensation payout.

Photographs a North Queensland principal took of unknowing students showed "clear sexual intent", a court has heard.

Antoni Gregory Furman is fined in Adelaide's District Court for accessing more than 200 classified defence department documents after he transferred to a private sector job.

Following the controversial release of "Esky Killer" Matthew Armitage, Australia's highest court has been asked to make a judgement on a Queensland law designed to keep uncooperative criminals behind bars.

The Federal Government has announced a crackdown after the personal information of hundreds of Jewish members of a WhatsApp group was leaked.

The Department of Veterans Affairs is facing a potential class action after revelations that medical information about veterans was distributed to a South Australian university program without the veterans' consent.

Dylan Lloyd pleads guilty in the Adelaide Magistrates Court to unlawful sexual intercourse and the indecent assault of a girl on the Seaford train line.

Lawyers fire back at Corrective Services Minister Paul Papalia for his criticism of a judge's sentencing of a juvenile detainee, saying he's undermining a core democratic principle.

An alleged murder outside a shopping centre pushed youth crime into the spotlight in this regional city. A year later, the rate of offending is going down. But a criminologist says numbers can be deceiving.

The federal government says legislation to combat doxxing will be brought to parliament as soon as possible following the details of Jewish Australians being published online. 

Snowtown accomplice Mark Ray Haydon could be out of prison within weeks if a long-standing parole bid is approved.

Experts warn that gym memberships can be tricky to cancel, but there are ways to ensure you're treated fairly.

America's top court weighs Donald Trump's presidential eligibility in a constitutional test legal experts describe as one of the most consequential cases the US has seen in decades. Here's what you need to know.

Newly released figures highlight a record-number of people in New South Wales prisons are being held on remand as they wait for their cases to be heard in court.

The scrapping of the prison population reduction target is part of the coalition government's 100-day plan.

MPs in NSW will be required to make more regular disclosures about their financial interests and those of their immediate family.

The Online Safety Act allows authorities to remove prohibited content and to punish those that posted it.

The Fair Work Ombudsman says the operators of two Adelaide Vietnamese restaurants allegedly underpaid staff more than $400,000 and unlawfully punished them for incorrectly charging customers.