Rosie Batty urges NSW royal commission into domestic violence

Rosie Batty urges NSW royal commission into domestic violence

The murder of 28-year-old Molly Ticehurst has shocked the country and experts say urgent action is needed to stop family violence.

  • byAlexandra Smith andJames Massola

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Teen terror suspects had Islamic State beheading and bomb-making videos,court told
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Sydney

Teen terror suspects had Islamic State beheading and bomb-making videos,court told

One of the videos allegedly showed a person in military fatigues providing instructions for making explosive devices.

  • byClare Sibthorpe andJessica McSweeney
Emma Bates was warned about her new neighbour. Then she was found dead and beaten

Emma Bates was warned about her new neighbour. Then she was found dead and beaten

A devastated Louise Hayes revealed that her kindhearted sister received an ominous letter after John Torney moved to her street in Cobram.

  • byLachlan Abbott andDavid Estcourt
Body found at property,police charge man who was doing ‘gardening work’
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Queensland

Body found at property,police charge man who was doing ‘gardening work’

A 26-year-old man from Beachmere has been charged with murder over the death,with a woman now fighting for life in a Brisbane hospital.

  • byCloe Read
Stabbed bishop takes swipe at those using attack ‘to serve political purposes’

Stabbed bishop takes swipe at those using attack ‘to serve political purposes’

Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel has uploaded an 11-minute statement to YouTube saying he is not opposed to the video of his stabbing remaining on social media.

  • byOlivia Ireland
A plea for help after the heartbreak of Bondi Junction

A plea for help after the heartbreak of Bondi Junction

There’s one thing missing from Westfield Bondi Junction that is making it difficult for tenants to move on.

  • byJessica McSweeney
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A woman is being violently killed in Australia every four days this year

A woman is being violently killed in Australia every four days this year

The rate at which men are allegedly killing women in Australia exceeds anything Australia has experienced,experts warn.

  • byWendy Tuohy
The cruel twist of fate that let an accused killer walk free

The cruel twist of fate that let an accused killer walk free

Daniel Billings was charged with stalking,rape and animal cruelty. Police said he’d threatened his former partner. There was no magistrate,so a registrar gave him bail.

  • byJordan Baker,Perry Duffin andJonathan Drennan
Man found not guilty of toddler killing charged over death of Cobram woman

Man found not guilty of toddler killing charged over death of Cobram woman

John Torney,who was found not guilty of killing a toddler in 2015,has been charged over the death of Emma Bates in Cobram.

  • byLachlan Abbott
‘Unacceptable risk to the people’:Teens arrested in counter-terror raids
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Police

‘Unacceptable risk to the people’:Teens arrested in counter-terror raids

Seven teenagers alleged to adhere to a “religiously motivated violent extremist ideology” have been arrested as part of the investigation into the stabbing attack at a Wakeley church by a 16-year-old boy.

  • byClare Sibthorpe,Christopher Harris,Jessica McSweeney,Paul Sakkal andPerry Duffin
Bail authority previously ignored changes for sexual assault offences

Bail authority previously ignored changes for sexual assault offences

Chris Minns has asked a top lawyer for legal advice regarding potential changes to the Bail Act after Molly Ticehurst was allegedly murdered by her ex-partner.

  • byMichael McGowan andJessica McSweeney