Protecting vulnerable people from harmful behaviour within cults could be problematic for legitimate religious groups, Christian leaders say.
Callum Godde
A US appeals court has ruled President Donald Trump can take command of Oregon National Guard troops.
Dietrich Knauth
Former FBI director James Comey has filed motions seeking the dismissal of criminal charges brought against him.
Andrew Goudsward and Sarah N. Lynch and Jan Wolfe
A "pleasantly psychotic" woman seeking treatment for mental illness was sedated four times in a day by health staff before she died, an inquest has been told.
Abe Maddison
Bank of America has been sued over its alleged financial ties with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
Staff Writers
Trans women inmates in male prisons will suffer yet more physical and sexual assaults now a territory has barred them from female jails, rights groups say.
Lloyd Jones
Sia's estranged husband, Daniel Bernad, is seeking over $US250,000 per month in spousal support, according to court documents filed in Los Angeles.
Twelve Indigenous people have died in custody in NSW in 2025, the highest number ever recorded in a single year, with less than two months to go in the calendar
Farid Farid
A coroner is examining the lead-up to the death of a cop haunted by the death of two innocent motorists at the hands of a man he could not track down.
A Greens senator has offered an olive branch to form an unlikely alliance to hold Labor to account as it fails to comply with document production orders.
Dominic Giannini
The national anti-corruption commission is investigating six public officials tied to the illegal robodebt scheme that resulted in several suicides.
A top cop has ordered a major overhaul of his state police force, admitting it does not have enough officers on the beat to prevent and respond to rising crime.
In a bid to protect Aboriginal rock art two Federal Court challenges have been launched against the approval of Woodside's North West Shelf gas hub extension.
Australia's toughest firearm ownership laws have triggered a mass relocation of weapons across state borders as owners scramble to comply with the new rules.
Months after a top cop was sacked over a jobs-for-mates scandal, a crime-hit territory has named a new police commissioner with the force under the spotlight.
Grainy images have been released of three men suspected of painting pro-terrorist slogans on the anniversary of the October 7 attack by Hamas on Israel.
Parole for offenders convicted of federal crimes would be decided by an independent body in a government move as more child abusers and terrorists seek freedom.
Grace Crivellaro
Forensic data is being re-tested following the arrest of a staff member of a police crime command, with the state opposition now seeking a briefing.
More details about the Optus triple-zero disaster have been revealed through intense questioning in federal parliament.
Zac de Silva and Callum Godde
Appointments of senior police officials in a crime-troubled jurisdiction will be overhauled after a top cop was sacked over a jobs-for-mates scandal.
Senior bureaucrats and a minister refuse to say why a department chief left with a $900,000 payout under questioning in parliamentary hearings.
Stephanie Gardiner
Federal authorities only found out about a catastrophic Optus triple-zero outage a day after it was resolved because the telco notified the wrong email address.
Jacob Shteyman
The government won't consider the impacts of projects on climate change via a trigger mechanism under nature law reforms overseen by the environment minister.
Poppy Johnston
Syria has held its first parliamentary elections since Bashar al-Assad was ousted nearly a year ago.
