Opium imports on the rise in Australia
The amount of opium being seized at the border has risen sharply since 2021, as crime syndicates ramp up efforts to get the drug on to Australia's streets.
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"Pooed plastic for six days": Sea turtles unexpectedly inhabiting Australia's busiest and most polluted waterways face increased risks from man-made threats.
Job seekers often go through multiple filtering stages without meeting a human, thanks to the growing use of artificial intelligence in the recruitment process.
A probationary driver who killed five teenage school friends when he crashed a speeding ute will spend at least seven years in jail, a sentence described as "absolutely disgusting" by relatives outside court.
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Telcos block hundreds of millions of scam texts
Telcos have blocked a wave of 336.7 million scam texts since July 2022, according to new figures, but many are still managing to get through.
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Report urges open justice in national security cases
The Independent National Security Legislation Monitor has made 40 recommendations to ensure open justice and fairness in court cases.
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Over-the-counter cannabis on the horizon
Australians may be able to buy cannabis pain relief without a prescription in about 12 months with final clinical trials underway for a dissolvable tablet.
Brittany Higgins has described in detail her alleged rape by Bruce Lehrmann while testifying at a defamation trial in the Federal Court.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has delivered a national apology to survivors of the drug thalidomide and their families, announcing some new initiatives.
Charges against a police officer accused of tasering a 95-year-old woman who later died will be upgraded to manslaughter.
The federal government will urgently legislate to enable some of those released from immigration detention to be preventatively detained.
Brittany Higgins briefly stepped into the witness box in the Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial, describing how she began working in politics after campaigning at university.
Ben Roberts-Smith has been ordered to pay the legal costs of newspapers that published allegations he committed war crimes following a failed defamation suit.
A High Court finding that indefinite immigration detention was unconstitutional led to the release of detainees, a court judgment has revealed.
Indigenous leader and Labor senator Pat Dodson has signalled his intention to retire from parliament on Australia Day.
Dog owners are being urged to secure their pet pooches amid a rise in attacks on posties as we head into the busy Christmas delivery period.
Soon after Bruce Lehrmann watched a TV report detailing Brittany Higgins' allegation of rape in Parliament House, he was on the phone to a friend to get cocaine.
The Albanese government and the Greens have announced a deal to ensure a multi-billion dollar plan for the Murray-Darling Basin doesn't sink.
A judge has limited what Lisa Wilkinson can ask Bruce Lehrmann through her barrister as he sues for defamation over a report on Brittany Higgins' rape claims.
