Courts & Judiciary

7+ hour, 46+ min ago   (899+ words) Joanne Butterfield disappeared in June 1998 while hitchhiking in Far North Queensland where she had been living. (Supplied) An inquest is examining the suspected death of Joanne Butterfield and the adequacy of the police investigation into her 1998 disappearance in Far North…...

7+ hour, 35+ min ago   (434+ words) The double-murder trial of Frederick Stapelberg returned to the Palm Ridge Magistrate’s Court on September 10, following the deaths of Nadine Terblanche and her nine-year-old son in November 2023. Stapelberg faces two counts of premeditated murder and two counts of attempted murder....

11+ hour, 25+ min ago   (420+ words) Festive soirées at Canberra's iconic place to celebrate. Find out more. Police chased a stolen car from NSW to the ACT and back again before finally getting it to stop and allegedly finding a 16-year-old girl behind the wheel. But…...

9+ hour, 44+ min ago   (383+ words) A 40-year-old man has been sentenced to 35 years’ direct imprisonment by the Madadeni Regional Court after DNA evidence linked him to the rape and robbery of a woman more than a decade after the attack. According to National Prosecuting Authority…...

10+ hour, 36+ min ago   (397+ words) A bizarre alleged blackmail plot against an independent mayor has been explored at a state corruption hearing. Matthew Blackmore admitted he did not always plan on honouring agreements made with Strathfield Council colleagues at an Independent Commission Against Corruption hearing…...

10+ hour, 25+ min ago   (456+ words) A man and woman who neglected their dog to the point that his "ribs, vertebrae and pelvis bones were protruding" have avoided jail. Oliver Turiccki, 29, and Sarah Pearce, 34, both of Eccleshall Road, Stafford, pleaded guilty to failing to meet the…...

15+ hour, 30+ min ago   (373+ words) Published 4:30 pm Sunday, September 13, 2026 There is doubt as to whether a man actually gunned down and murdered another at a fast-food restaurant in Nanaimo five years ago, say defence lawyers. The trial of Ronald Joseph Campbell, 42 when a first-degree murder…...

5+ hour, 43+ min ago   (1022+ words) Police had fingerprint evidence linking a high-profile councillor to a poison pen letter up to 12 months before he went on to target another politician in a "persistent and wicked" hate mail campaign. Well-known Liverpool anti-poverty campaigner Gerard Woodhoue, 63, was given…...

9+ hour, 55+ min ago   (582+ words) Account details must now be included in claims for money recovery Amendments to the Commercial Procedural Code stipulate that a legal entity filing a claim for the recovery of funds must indicate the details of its bank account or non-bank…...

12+ hour, 35+ min ago   (86+ words) QPS Media on Sep 14, 2026 at 12:49pm Police are appealing for public assistance to locate a tractor stolen from Caboolture last month. The red 2006 Massey Ferguson tractor was reported stolen from a job site on Markwell Road between Alcock Road and Child…...