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CrimeVic killer sent confession to church pals

A Victorian man who murdered his girlfriend, then sent an email to three church friends confessing, has been jailed for 23 years.

Karen Sweeney

CrimePrisoner on run in central Australia

A prisoner who escaped from a Northern Territory goal remains on the run with police urging anyone who spots him not to approach.

AAP

Aggravated RobberyPremiumSupermarket employee threatened with edged weapon

A MAN threatened a supermarket employee with an edged weapon on Monday morning.

Denise Cahill

CrimeUS dept to tighten data seizure rules

The US Justice Department will tighten its rules around obtaining records from lawmakers amid revelations over its actions during the Trump era.

Jan Wolfe and Lisa Lambert

careless speedingCommentsPremiumPolice warn Honeymoon speed duo

Two motorists have been caught speeding at the exact spot of a fatal crash that killed a 60-year-old man just months earlier, neither of the drivers had given a valid explanation for breaking the law.

Kasper Johansen

CrimeTerror charges over Canadian truck attack

Canadian prosecutors have laid terrorism charges against a man accused of driving down and killing four members of a Muslim family.

Steve Scherer

CrimeBelarus shows detained journalist to media

The appearance of detained Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich at a foreign ministry news conference show he is a hostage, the opposition says.

AAP

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Suspected machete attack at Applecross hotel

Police are investigating a suspected machete attack after a 19-year-old man received a serious hand injury at a hotel in Applecross in the early hours of the morning.

Daryna Zadvirna

CrimeMurder investigation in northern Tasmania

Tasmania Police are investigating the suspected murder of a woman after her body was found at a home in the state's north.

AAP

CrimeCouple plead guilty in US Capitol riot

In a deal that could set a precedent for hundreds of other cases linked to the US Capitol attack, a couple has pleaded guilty to demonstrating unlawfully.

Jan Wolfe

CrimePolice search Vic landfill for missing mum

Police are set to begin a four-day search of landfill in an effort to find the body of missing Melbourne mother Kelly 'Ju' Zhang.

AAP

Crime NTPremiumPolice officer assaulted and spat on three times by woman

A MUTIJULU Police officer has been assaulted and spat on by a woman while conducting a traffic apprehension on Yulara Drive.

LEE ROBINSON

CrimeFBI warns of QAnon 'real-world violence'

Some devotees of conspiracy theory QAnon believe the can no longer "trust the plan" and could again turn to real-world violence, the FBI says.

AAP

CrimePremiumRevealed: Cocaine use and trafficking in your suburb

Cocaine use in NSW has skyrocketed over the last decade. SUBSCRIBE to find out the cocaine crime trends in your suburb.

Daniel McGookin

Scam callsPremiumWhy phone scammers are still winning

More phone scammers are being blocked before they reach you but Aussies are still losing record figures in a growing crime wave.

Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

CrimePalmer, WA government return to High Court

The High Court is set to rule upon extraordinary West Australian legislation designed to block a $30 billion damages claim by Clive Palmer.

Michael Ramsey

CrimeWhiskey survivors to testify at inquest

Two survivors of the deadly Whiskey Au Go Go nightclub firebombing that killed 15 people in 1973 are expected to testify before an inquest in Brisbane.

Cheryl Goodenough

CrimeRoberts-Smith's third day in witness box

Ben Roberts-Smith is due to resume his evidence in chief after previously testifying that he never killed prisoners during his deployments to Afghanistan.

Sam McKeith

ExclusivePremiumWoman walks free after copping ‘death threats’ for kicking security guard in the face

A woman who was caught on tape kicking a Darwin security guard in the face during a ‘horrendous year of offending’ has finally walked out of jail after almost six months behind bars.

Jason Walls

ExclusivePremiumProbe into ICAC’s internal contract deal

The Territory’s anti-corruption watchdog is being investigated over allegations it awarded lucrative contracts to a senior director’s boyfriend.

MATT CUNNINGHAM

ExclusivePremium‘Russian roulette’: Inside Queensland’s cocaine crisis

Cocaine use has tripled in Queensland and with the state recording the lowest purity levels in Australia authorities warn users are playing a game of Russian roulette.

Danielle Buckley, Alex Treacy

CrimePremiumInfamous mass murder may have been ‘insurance job’

Evidence about the financial state of the Whiskey Au Go Go club and meetings held before it was destroyed, which give rise to the possibility the attack was an “insurance job”, is expected to be revealed in an inquest.

Vanessa Marsh

Findings ‘serious’PremiumNT Government pledges action over ICAC corruption findings

The NT government says it is acting on the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) Commissioner’s recommendations after he found corrupt conduct by public servants in two separate investigations linked to recruitment.

GARY SHIPWAY

CrimePremiumTerrifying and senseless deaths: Whiskey Au Go Go families relive horror

A promising young saxophone player, a country girl new to city life and a young man about to propose. They were strangers who will forever be linked by the horror they faced in their final moments.

Vanessa Marsh