A breakdown in command gave non-commissioned officers in the elite unit more authority than some officers, according to a long-suppressed report by the Defence Force’s inspector general.
Aaron Patrick
Convicted triple-murderer Erin Patterson is days away from learning whether her appeal against her murder convictions and sentence will be overturned.
Andrew Hedgman
A fatal flight off South Australia’s coast likely began with a manoeuvre the aircraft was never meant to perform – killing two young men and their instructor.
A neo-Nazi leader with political ambitions has spoken about his involvement in a bout of violence at an Indigenous camp and says he “contests the facts” of the case.
Liam Beatty
Anthony Albanese’s chief negotiator will meet with the biggest critics of a $10bn-a-year deal with the EU, after it failed to win over Australia’s own farmers.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
After allegedly murdering a former schoolmate, a man wrote in a notebook that he was “pushed too far” and there is a “great evil in this house”, a jury has been told.
A teacher wept in court as she was jailed after pleading guilty to sexual offences against two teenage students.
Naomi Toy
Perth captain Tom Lawrence faces a one-game ban for questioning a referee’s call on television, and now the players’ union has stepped in to fight it.
Marco Monteverde
Chilling new footage has captured one of Australia’s worst pedophiles, Ashley Paul Griffith, being moved to NSW to face justice for hundreds of other child sex offences.
A One Nation colouring book handed out at a show featured cartoons of Bluey and Robert Irwin being robbed at knifepoint.
Emma Kirk
A pilot who lied about decades of infidelity asked one lover to move to PNG before he allegedly murdered his wife, a court has been told.
Kate Stephenson
Detectives have renewed their appeal for information almost two years after a three-month-old girl died from critical injuries.
An independent senator has issued an apology for an “outrageous” comment levelled at Anthony Albanese.
Melbourne Renegades captain Sophie Molineux has embraced her club’s uncertain future, vowing to “leave nothing out there” in what will be the team’s final WBBL season.
Tyler Lewis
The death of a newborn child has sparked a major police investigation in Sydney’s southwest.
David Hannant
A man who was a teenager when he alleges Alan Jones kissed him has hit back in court against claims that he made it all up.
Steve Zemek
A crucial number has landed that could decide whether the Reserve Bank will lift the cash rate again on Melbourne Cup day.
Cameron Micallef and Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
The casino has been hit with a whopping fine for breaching anti-money laundering laws.
Steven Zemek
A US special forces veteran backed by Donald Trump after being accused of a war crime has come out in support of the former SAS corporal Ben Roberts-Smith.
Rideshare giant Uber is facing a potential class action, as a leading law firm urges women claiming to have been sexually harassed and assaulted by drivers to come forward.
Jack Nivison
Australia’s top diplomat has vowed to take “any decisions” necessary to protect Australians amid revelations Iran has targeted a journalist.
The “code word” a former police officer allegedly used with his mother after he allegedly murdered a Sydney couple has been told to a jury.
Clareese Packer
A man shot dead outside a Melbourne home has been identified as the father of a figure linked to one of Australia’s most notorious criminal empires.
Jack Nivison, David Hannant
A man has been charged with allegedly making false compensation claims over injuries he said he sustained during the Bondi terror attack.
