Law, Crime and Justice

Detective Inspector Dean Thomas says the 48-year-old woman who served the lunch is still considered a suspect.

After a decade, retirees who lost money in the collapse of Banksia Securities Limited are a step closer to getting their money. But the story remains an epic tale of the rich and powerful exploiting their standing to rip off the vulnerable, writes Adele Ferguson.

The homicide squad is investigating the deaths of three people from a suspected mushroom poisoning in Victoria.

The ACT's chief prosecutor has resigned after a board of inquiry accused him of "serious misconduct" during the high-profile investigation and prosecution of Bruce Lehrmann.

Growing up in an outback town she was exposed to injustice at an early age and set her sights on fighting for the rights of First Nations people. Now a nominee in the Australian Law Awards, the 36-year-old says Australia has the answers to its crippling incarceration issues.

Over seven months, the ABC's Indigenous Reporting and Background Briefing teams have been investigating youth crime in Queensland and managed to get a side of the story that's rarely heard.

A Romanian court rules the controversial internet personality and his brother can travel around Bucharest for 60 days.

Child sexual abuse survivors in Western Australia say they're feeling betrayed and re-traumatised as they pursue justice.

There are calls for Queensland to follow Victoria's lead, which reduced its shooting deaths with a focus on de-escalation of conflict and avoiding or minimising police use of force.

The inquiry was set up to look into the conduct of police, prosecutors and the ACT victims of crime commissioner after Mr Lehrmann's trial was abandoned leaving no findings against him.

The CCTV footage from Bunnings shows Singh buying a number of items including cable ties, gaffer tape and a shovel.

The CCTV footage shows Tarikjot Singh in the aisles of a Bunnings store, purchasing items before he buried alive his ex-girlfriend Jasmeen Kaur in the Flinders Ranges in March 2021.

The union says the Territory government has left frontline police 'behind the eight ball' in dealing with the fallout.

Donald Trump's third indictment marks an extraordinary moment: a former president is fighting charges over his handling of the last election, while campaigning to win the next one. 

The QLD opposition is blaming the state government for failing to implement child safety recommendations made five years ago.

The ABC can reveal a "contact point" linked to police in a Chinese city has gone online and remains operational in Australia. Similar operations have been investigated by US authorities for espionage, but Australian authorities remain unconcerned. 

One of the Northern Territory's most well-known murderers has told the Darwin Local Court he feared for his life before allegedly assaulting a fellow prisoner.

A man who told police "I've got to confess, I did molest him" after being confronted by his victim says he made payments over the years because he didn't want his name out in the open.

A founder of the Kimberley Land Council says he had nothing to do with the suspected death of a man who has not been seen for nearly 30 years.

South Australia's Attorney-General Kyam Maher says the government has given the property owners, who are Hells Angels members, three weeks to "put forward their views".

But the huge numbers mask the devastating financial and psychological effect scams have on the victim.

An ABC investigation has found a Gold Coast therapy clinic linked to a cult which vilifies people with disabilities is profiting off taxpayer funding under the NDIS.

The 2018 Pittsburgh shooting was one of the deadliest anti-Semitic attacks in US history.

A New South Wales coroner has noted "a number of inconsistencies" in the accounts of the nurse on duty and doctor on call at the Junee Correctional Centre on the morning an inmate and father of three complained of chest pains

Tristan Hockings claims his hearing problems "significantly deteriorated" after the alleged assault in January 2019, forcing him to leave his job as a nurse.