Crime
Chinese gangsters accused of laundering $228m through business spruiked by ex-minister
Police swooped on suspected members of the “Long River” Australia-wide crime syndicate, accusing them of serious financial crime.
- by Nick McKenzie
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Former Victorian cabinet minister jailed for falsely claiming more than $170k
A retired Victorian MP will spend at least a year behind bars after falsely claiming more than $170,000 in administrative expenses.
- by Annika Smethurst and AAP
Skipper pleads not guilty over fatal Mandurah estuary boat crash
The man allegedly responsible for killing two women when the boat he was navigating crashed in the Mandurah Estuary has pleaded not guilty to two charges of manslaughter.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth woman denies attempting to murder husband by poisoning water
Bozena Knapinski, 62, has been accused of trying to murder her husband after he suspected she was slowly poisoning him and set up a covert operation to catch her.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Tigers winger faces jail for role in robbery
As two men were allegedly being threatened at gunpoint during a home robbery, a promising Wests Tigers winger was waiting outside in a red SUV.
- by Adrian Proszenko
Melbourne man pleads guilty to sexually abusing Melbourne boy and children overseas
Michael Corbett groomed and abused a Melton South boy as well as multiple children overseas in what the judge called “persistent, predatory” offending when sentencing him to 11 years in jail.
- by Alex Crowe
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Queensland
Emergency zone revoked after officers negotiate with man
On Tuesday evening police revoked an emergency exclusion zone north of Brisbane after officers negotiated with a man for more than 12 hours.
- by Cloe Read
‘He was cheeky and loved his family’: $1 million reward to help solve death of NSW teen
Michael “Billy” Hegedus was 17 when he was shot at his home in state’s north in 1996, in what police believe was a robbery gone wrong.
- by Sarah Keoghan and Anthony Segaert
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Mildura
Teenage girl charged with murder after Mildura man stabbed to death
Friends paid tribute to Seb O’Halloran, 18, who was found with a stab wound at a house early on Saturday.
- by Lachlan Abbott and Alex Crowe
‘Shocked and saddened’: Synagogue president murdered in Detroit, motive unclear
Samantha Woll’s death sparked an outpouring of grief in Jewish and Democratic circles.
- by Sharon Bernstein
Smokes and fires: How warring tobacco gangs ship millions of cigarettes in plain sight
Boxes stacked high in a fully laden shipping container. The Manchester brand looks legitimate, proclaiming itself the “house of quality”, but it is all a ruse.
- by Tom Cowie