Crime

A WA man's eligibility to hold a gun license will be reviewed after police charged him with allegedly posting antisemitic comments on social media.

An Adelaide woman accused of repeatedly encouraging her partner to take his own life has been granted home detention bail.

Two armed offenders allegedly forced the occupant of a house north of Hobart to open a safe, escaping with about $10,000 worth of Louis Vuitton items, police say.

Illicit tobacco retailers have racked up millions in unpaid fines since the introduction of stronger penalties, with one owing more than $7 million.

A woman accused of trying to murder her ex-husband before fleeing to Palau has made a bid in South Australia's Supreme Court for release on bail.

Gregory John Walker is sentenced to at least six-and-a-half years in prison for unlawfully killing a teenager by firebombing a Sydney home in 1998 during an escalating neighbourhood dispute.

A man died after he was stabbed during an altercation in Clyde, in Melbourne's south-east. Just hours later another man was fatally stabbed in Fitzroy.

A Coolum Beach man is charged with 25 counts of wilful damage following a spate of antisemitic graffiti incidents.

Police charge a man after he allegedly produced a 30-centimetre knife at a Christmas carols event in Launceston.

A 42-year-old man has been charged with murder after a woman was found dead in a home in Adelaide's northern suburbs on Sunday night.

The incident happened just before 1am local time at a licensed tavern in Johannesburg's Bekkersdal township.

On December 13 a gunman killed two Brown University students and wounded nine others, escaping by foot.

Police are appealing for information after a woman was allegedly assaulted in broad daylight on a popular Gold Coast walking track.

Thousands of people heard messages of defiance and resilience, along with calls for “light, love and unity”, as they gathered at Bondi Beach to mark one week since the devastating terrorist attack. Look back on how events unfolded.

Despite giving an FBI interview and victim statement, Epstein survivor Jess Michaels finds no trace of her evidence in the vast trove published online.

Hundreds of surf lifesavers have gathered on Bondi Beach to pay tribute to the victims of last Sunday's terrorist attack. Follow live.

The crime rate spikes every year around the holidays, according to the police. Tensions are rising in the Murgon community, as residents say they don't feel safe in their homes. 

An Aboriginal man who was known by NSW Police to have mental health issues was hospitalised after his arrest over a traffic stop.

Jodie Hill wept as a Supreme Court jury found her not guilty of murder and manslaughter, follow a week of deliberations.

Police say Thomas Andrew Tapley was his mother's carer and it is a tragic set of circumstances for the family.