Australia

A judge is urged to put Canberra man Jason Paul Hawkins, 48, in prison for life, over the "incomprehensible" shooting of a 61-year-old Newcastle woman.

Michael O'Connell is sentenced to 15 years in jail for the murder of Danielle Jordan, who fell from the bonnet of his moving car in April 2022.

ACT police thanks the Canberra community after two boys reported missing are located safe and well.

Authorities have recovered the wreckage of a four-wheel drive after it plunged over a steep cliff at a remote WA beach, killing Matthew Farr and Louis Eeles, and seriously injuring a third.

Kingsley Pickett, who killed pregnant mother Margaret Blurton and her baby son in a 1991 high-speed crash and earned a reputation as WA's worst serial offender, is being released on a supervision order.

The combined business would reportedly have had an LNG (liquefied natural gas) capacity of 16 million tonnes a year.

A court hears Damien Woods, 49, was a trusted member of staff at Ballarat High School and became a confidante of the victim-survivor, with whom he exchanged more than 110,000 messages, beginning when the girl was 13 years old.

Crime kingpin Tony Mokbel tells a court he "100 per cent" did not tell then-lawyer Nicola Gobbo he was willing to identify corrupt officers and admit to being a drug trafficker.

Victoria Police are preparing a report for the coroner, following the death of a 59-year-old man who had been in police custody. 

Melissa Oates says she heard a "bang" and "panicked", but insists she had no idea she had struck her partner with her vehicle at high speed while he walked home late at night. But an inquest into Jari Wise's 2020 death has heard evidence at odds with her account.

It was a dramatic start to the long-awaited inquest into the death of young Tasmanian father Jari Wise, who was killed after a car driven by his former partner struck him on a road at night.

The Tasmanian harness trainer at the centre of race fixing, team driving and animal welfare breaches in the industry launches an appeal against his "warning off" from racetracks.

A former South Australian government employee who tipped her bosses off to an anti-corruption watchdog investigation against them in September 2018 has avoided a conviction and has been fined $1,000.

Anna Cozens says better treatment options for type 1 diabetes have given her son freedom to do more activities and she wants others to have the same access.

Food charities helping struggling families put food on the table can no longer rely on excess produce being available as farmers count their own cost of extreme weather events.

The urn containing ashes was lost in Cairns two weeks ago after being stashed in a microwave that had been donated to flood victims. It took a little help from local radio before it could be reunited with the family.

Whitehaven Coal's Winchester South coal mine in central Queensland's Bowen Basin plans to extract up to 17 million tonnes of coal a year for about 30 years.

The 12-year-old girl, who has been placed on a support plan under the National Disability Insurance Scheme after being recently diagnosed with autism, is facing charges of deprivation of liberty and the assault of a 13-year-old girl.

The High Court rules in favour of native title holders in the Northern Territory preventing mining giant Glencore from expanding a critical part of its large zinc and lead mine on the Gulf of Carpentaria.

The NT government has committed to rolling out a specialist mental health education framework in all of its schools from next year. Tailored to the needs of territory kids, teachers and principals say it helps support the "emotional wellbeing" of students.

A police officer facing rape and assault charges is committed to stand trial in the Northern Territory Supreme Court, with a local court judge finding there is "sufficient evidence" against him.

A Supreme Court jury is told a known ice dealer was gunned down in his car as he fled a "drug rip" — the ripping off of a drug dealer — north of Newcastle. 

A judge is urged to put Canberra man Jason Paul Hawkins, 48, in prison for life, over the "incomprehensible" shooting of a 61-year-old Newcastle woman.

The Northern Rivers Livestock Exchange in Casino is back in business following a lengthy closure sparked by a stand-off between agents and Richmond Valley Council over selling agreements.