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Police believe former Network 10 host Jesse Baird can help over the disappearance of his 29-year-old partner, whose possessions were found in a Sydney skip-bin.

A man charged over the death of Steven Murphy, whose remains were found in an underground bunker at a property in Adelaide's north, has pleaded not guilty to murder but has admitted to killing the victim.

As the coronial inquest into the shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker resumes today, lawyers for former NT Police officer Zachary Rolfe have foreshadowed a series of objections he will raise when he takes the stand.

Red Rose Foundation chief executive Betty Taylor said change is needed to tackle domestic violence, all the way down to who is recruited to work for the police.

Advocates say Queensland's new police commissioner will have a tough road ahead in tackling domestic violence.

Police say they have added highly experienced detectives from multiple policing divisions to the weeks-long search for missing Ballarat mum Samantha Murphy.

An Australian Federal Police officer will not be charged over the arrest of a protester who suffered serious injuries, after the conclusion of an internal investigation into the incident.

Christopher Saunders' tenure as Broome's bishop began to unravel in 2018 when allegations against him were made public.

Senior cabinet ministers in Queensland will meet to recruit a new police commissioner after the shock resignation of Katarina Carroll.

Joshua Toole has been sentenced to six years' jail over his link to a commercial drug syndicate, after pleading guilty to supplying 1.8 kilograms of methamphetamine.

SA Police say no criminal charges will be laid against two officers involved in an incident that saw a taser deployed against a resident of an Adelaide care facility late last year.

Constable Anthony Woods died after being dragged under a car during a traffic stop in Perth last year.

Stewart Iain Berry was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a 15-year-old boy and producing child exploitation material.

Tragedy touches a community in the Byron Shire, where two babies died after a woman went into labour at home.  

Police have charged Kwang Kyung Yoo with three counts of murder after the discovery of the bodies of a husband, wife and their child in two separate locations in Sydney on Tuesday.

Crime data extracted by the ABC shows big spikes in arson offences across New South Wales, with some regional areas reporting rates up to eight times the state average.

Two men have been charged with murder in last week's shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade, prosecutors in the US state of Missouri say.

Head of the Queensland Police Union, Ian Leavers, hopes Katarina Carroll enjoys a well-earned retirement.

Handing in her resignation at the airport as the police minister was about to fly out is arguably the very definition of a shock announcement, but speculation about Katarina Carroll's future has been rife in recent weeks.

Police say the body of Abdul Ezedi has likely been found after he allegedly threw corrosive chemicals at a woman and her two daughters.

Queensland's Police commissioner Katarina Carroll has announced her shock resignation, insisting it was her decision to finish up earlier in the role.

In recent days, the country got a rare glimpse into border protection when dozens of men turned up unexpectedly in a remote community in Western Australia.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll says she decided to stand down for her family.

Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll became the first woman to head the Queensland Police Service in 2019 after rising to prominence as the operations commander for Australia's largest peacetime security operation.

The body of a man was located in Baulkham Hills, while two other bodies, a woman and a child, were found inside a martial arts studio in North Parramatta.