Courts

A 15-year-old who was arrested after 21 extremist videos were found on her mobile phone and school-issued laptop has avoided a custodial penalty, with a magistrate instead ordering she participate in family conferencing.

Letiticia Fortune has been ordered to stand trial over an alleged attempt to smother Jonathon Hawtin while he was in a rehabilitation centre, after two others allegedly earlier attempted to take his life in an axe attack.

A fraudster who has run scams against Australians for more than two decades has resurfaced at the centre of a dispute over patents potentially worth more than $21 billion.

Never before has an Australian sportswoman been embroiled in as high profile a scandal as the one Sam Kerr finds herself in now, writes national sport reporter David Mark.

Antoinette Lattouf's unlawful termination case against the ABC took a star turn this week with the appearance of former chair and media veteran Ita Buttrose.

Antoinette Lattouf was taken off air early into her fill-in hosting stint at ABC Radio Sydney in December 2023, after sharing a post from Human Rights Watch about the war in Gaza.

The Matildas star is now looking forward to getting back on the pitch after a London jury found her not guilty over the incident which took place two years ago.

A detective has told an inquest of her frustration and regret in the way the death of an Aboriginal woman was investigated in a regional New South Wales town. 

The WA Supreme Court hears testimony from the teenager at the centre of a "love triangle" that sparked a series of events ending in the alleged murder of Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey.

The 15-year-old boy pleaded guilty to a range of offences including armed robbery and assault with a weapon.

Former Christian Brother John Vincent Roberts, 83, has pleaded guilty to three counts of indecent assault which took place when he took his 15-year-old victim on drives to a forest.

Sam Kerr has been cleared by the courts but her public image has been damaged, and questions remain around her suitability to represent her country.

On the final day of Antoinette Lattouf's unlawful termination case against the ABC, her former manager agreed that she was told posting information from a reputable organisation on social media was allowed.

Victoria Police allegedly found phones, cash and 10kg of meth in a car driven by a 20-year-old who is expected to face court today.

Federal Circuit Court Judge Salvatore Vasta has won his High Court bid for immunity from being sued by a man wrongly jailed during a family property dispute.

The jury was left with just three things to consider after a week-long trial that spent hours examining a 34-minute police video and the hours that led to the words "stupid and white".

A group of Canberra's social housing tenants are set to get their day in the Federal Court, with the way cleared for a class action against the ACT government over a plan to move them from their homes.

The author of The Satanic Verses lost the vision in his right eye after he was stabbed in New York in 2022. 

In court, Luis Rubiales denied sexual assaulting Jenni Hermoso in the aftermath of Spain's victory at the FIFA World Cup in Australia.

The trial had been examining Ms Kerr's words to Metropolitan Police officer Stephen Lovell during a drunken dispute about a taxi ride in January, 2023.