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Family members hold aloft a photo of Ajike Owens at her memorial service.

Police shot this footage. It put a woman in jail. Now it could win an Oscar

The Perfect Neighbour is composed almost entirely of footage shot on body-worn cameras – and now it’s up for cinema’s biggest prize.

  • Karl Quinn

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Britney Spears arrives at the 2010 Los Angeles premiere of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”.

Britney Spears arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence

A representative for Spears said it was “an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable” and that change in the former pop star’s life was long overdue.

  • Michaela Towfighi and Ben Sisario
Attorney-General Sonya Kilkenny.

Attorney-general considers overhaul of secrecy laws used by high-profile defendants

With almost one in three suppression orders last year granted on safety grounds, the man who introduced the Open Courts Act has said this was never the intention.

  • Chip Le Grand, Erin Pearson and Daniella White
The scene of the arson attack on the Chapel Street business in January 2025.

Man charged over Prahran fire that killed arsonist

A man who allegedly deliberately set fire to a Chapel Street store, injuring another arsonist who later died, has been charged with causing his death.

  • Jackson Graham
Peter Damjanovic (inset, top) murdered his ex-partner and mother of his two children, Tiffany Woodley (inset, bottom).

Tiffany died from 42 head injuries in what a judge labelled ‘an extreme form of domestic violence’

Peter Damjanovic was jailed on Thursday for the ‘deliberate, violent and cruel’ murder of his partner and mother of his children in 2023.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Sacked transport official Ibrahim Helmy runs from the Downing Centre on Thursday after his sentencing.

Sacked transport official convicted for avoiding ICAC, breaching bail

The man at the centre of a $343 million kickback scandal engulfing a NSW government agency appeared in court on Thursday.

  • Cindy Yin
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Queensland Police at the scene of a police shooting on the Sunshine Coast on Wednesday.

Man shot by police after crash now hit with serious charges

The shooting was the second in two days near Brisbane.

  • William Davis
Instagram posted photo of Lore Solaris.

‘Shaman’ charged after frog toxin, ayahuasca death at wellness retreat

“Shamanic movement” leader Soulore Solaris led ceremonies and allegedly administered psychedelics at the NSW retreat.

  • Jack Gramenz
Alfred keith Crozier went missing in 2013 after he was accused of abuse.

‘Please forgive me’: Coroner probes Perth dad’s 13-year disappearance after abuse allegations

Canning Vale man Alfred Keith Crozier was confronted in 2013 over allegations he had abused multiple victims. No one has seen him since. What happened to him is now the subject of an inquest.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Brown in his university office in 1975.

‘Accidental academic’ became scholar of criminology

David Brown was one of the “Four Davids” whose book revolutionised how criminal law was conceived and taught within universities.

  • Luke McNamara