Homicide

A Gold Coast mother accused of killing her son with a poisoned fruit smoothie has walked free on bail after her murder trial was aborted due to fresh evidence.

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.

Premier Steven Miles has flagged raising the prospect of opening children's court to the media with the Attorney-General after access was denied in relation to the alleged murder of Vyleen White.

The man allegedly shot a 29-year-old Deception Bay woman inside a unit complex before calling triple-0.

Queensland Police say several of the boys arrested in relation to the murder and carjacking were brought in by their parents.

Five teenagers have been charged as police continue to investigate the stabbing death of a 70-year-old grandmother at an Ipswich shopping centre.

The Victorian Commissioner for Children and Young People has launched an inquiry into the care of the 12-year-old girl who was charged with the murder of a woman in Melbourne's west late last year.

The Queensland Opposition is being accused of 'playing politics' after the death of 70-year-old Vyleen White and an Ipswich shopping centre.

A man charged with the alleged murder of a mother and son in Adelaide's north-west on the weekend has faced Port Adelaide Magistrates Court.

Queensland police will investigate "around the clock" until they arrest the man responsible for the "abhorrent" killing of a grandmother at a shopping centre west of Brisbane. 

A neighbour is expected to be charged with the alleged murders of a mother and son found dead in Rosewater in Adelaide's north-west.

South Australia Police says a mother and son have been found dead at a home at Rosewater in Adelaide's north-west. A 43-year-old man of no fixed address has been charged with two counts of murder.

The 16-year-old convicted killers of a transgender teenager in northwest England nearly a year ago have been sentenced to life in prison.

The surviving family of Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig says it supports plans to erect a memorial to him in Lucindale, as SA Police looks to fill his role in the small country town.

Prosecutors tell a court Andre Rebelo was in financial strife and murdered his mother to gain access to her money.

As Victoria's Supreme Court prepares to sentence obsessed killer Luay Sako, experts say stalking remains an "epidemic" that authorities are struggling to contain.

Kowanyama woman Ms Bernard was 23 when she was reported missing in 2013.

A 17-year-old is among four other people who have been charged in connection with the bungled robbery.

Prosecutors are arguing the man who stalked and stabbed Celeste Manno should be jailed for life.

Victoria's Supreme Court hears the obsessive stalker is likely to re-offend if he is ever released back into the community.

The man accused of killing teenager Shyanne-Lee Tatnell, who went missing in northern Tasmania last year, pleads not guilty to murder.

Violent killer Luay Sako exaggerated mental illness to avoid facing trial for murder, a psychiatrist has told Victoria's Supreme Court.

US prosecutors say two men accused of killing Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay were both close to the trailblazing DJ but were driven by "greed and revenge" over a failed drug deal when they ambushed him at his recording studio more than 20 years ago.

Maree Mavis Crabtree allegedly fed her son a lethal cocktail of prescription drugs in a fruit smoothie in 2017 and attempted to gain access to his finances after his death.

In the outer suburbs of Adelaide in the 1990s, unimaginable horrors were taking place. Eleven people died in what were described as the worst serial murders in Australia. Accomplice Mark Ray Haydon will soon be released but victims' advocates say loved ones still face a life sentence of trauma and pain.