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  1. Molly Ticehurst’s killer Daniel Billings sentenced to 28 years in jail for her murder
    By Australian Associated Press

    Ticehurst’s former partner had pleaded guilty to stabbing her 15 times at her Forbes home just before midnight on 21 April 2024

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #CrimeAustralia #NewSouthWales #Australianews #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress

  2. ‘It’s hell’: father of slain Australian surfers tells Mexico homicide trial about identifying sons’ bodies
    By Agence France-Presse

    Three men are on trial over the death of brothers Jake and Callum Robinson and their friend, US citizen Jack Carter Rhoad, in Ensenada

    theguardian.com/world/2026/sep

    #Mexico #CrimeAustralia #Americas #TheGuardian #AgenceFrancePresse

  3. From cleanskins to hitmen: are mistaken identity killings the result of Australia’s ‘crimetasker’ economy?
    By Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

    The underworld is using big paydays and encrypted apps to lure amateurs into gangland hits – even young people with no criminal history

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Sydney #CrimeAustralia #NewSouthWales #TheGuardian #NinoBucciJustice #courtsreporter

  4. A year after a deadly attack on two boys, Melbourne’s South Sudanese community remains in fear
    By Adeshola Ore, Nino Bucci and Benita Kolovos

    Victim’s father says community ‘struggling a lot’ as Victorian government yet to release report delivered eight months ago by expert group

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Melbourne #SouthSudan #Victoria #CrimeAustralia #Australianpoliceandpolicing #Australianews #Youthjustice #TheGuardian #AdesholaOre #NinoBucci #BenitaKolovos

  5. The sadistic online groomers targeting victims around the world – and a mother’s struggle to keep her daughter safe
    By Ariel Bogle

    This month a predator with ties to the online extortion group known as 764 was sentenced to decades in prison. The mother of one his victims wants parents to know the truth about this ‘harrowing’ global trend

    theguardian.com/society/ng-int

    #Onlineabuse #Socialmedia #CrimeAustralia #Society #Children #Childrenstech #Youngpeople #Internetsafety #TheGuardian #ArielBogle

  6. Queensland concedes law imposing mandatory jail on some offenders as young as 10 breaches human rights
    By Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent

    State government says ‘breach bail, go to jail’ laws raise risk of overcrowding in jails, while one expert warns they may lead to ‘cruel outcomes’

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Queensland #CrimeAustralia #Australianews #DavidCrisafulli #Youthjustice #TheGuardian #BenSmeeQueenslandstatecorrespondent

  7. Ralph Carr, entertainment industry and AFL figure, sentenced to six years for raping ex-staffer
    By Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

    Melbourne talent manager was convicted of two counts of rape and one count of sexual assault over 2023 attack

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Victoria #Rapeandsexualassault #CrimeAustralia #Melbourne #TheGuardian #NinoBucciJustice #courtsreporter

  8. Ralph Carr’s lawyer says rape verdict a ‘miscarriage of justice’ as entertainment figure faces legal hurdle over sentencing
    By Nino Bucci Justice and courts reporter

    Victorian county court judge says former talent manager has ‘hurdle to jump’ to have sentence stayed until appeal is heard

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Victoria #Melbourne #Rapeandsexualassault #CrimeAustralia #TheGuardian #NinoBucciJustice #courtsreporter

  9. A Queensland man enjoyed soaring profits from a crypto trading app. Then his money started disappearing
    By Ima Caldwell

    The administrative work required to run an effective investment scam has been drastically cut by using merging technology

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Scams #AIartificialintelligence #Australianews #CrimeAustralia #Cryptocurrencies #TheGuardian #ImaCaldwell

  10. Victoria to ban suppression orders for rapists following Ralph Carr, Tom Silvagni convictions under new pledge
    By Benita Kolovos and Nino Bucci

    Premier Ben Carroll promises if re-elected to ‘close every loophole’ used by high-profile accused and convicted criminals to hide their identities in the courts

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Victorianpolitics #Victoria #CrimeAustralia #Australianews #TheGuardian #BenitaKolovos #NinoBucci

  11. ‘Terrifying’, ‘creepy’, ‘abusive’: dozens of women who worked for convicted rapist Ralph Carr speak out
    By Steph Harmon Culture editor

    Exclusive: They came to him young, dreaming of a career in the music industry. Now former employees have come forward, accusing the Melbourne talent manager of intimidating behaviour and sexual harassment going back decades

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Melbourne #Australianmusic #Australianews #CrimeAustralia #Musicindustry #Business #Bullying #Music #Rapeandsexualassault #Sexualharassment #Popandrock #Mentalhealth #AFL #Women #Australianrulesfootball #TheGuardian #StephHarmonCultureeditor

  12. Melbourne anti-weapons protest being investigated as terrorist act by ‘far-left extremists’
    By Kat Wong

    Federal police say those who vandalised a defence manufacturer and torched nearby cars could face life imprisonment

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianfederalpolice #Australianews #Protest #Armstrade #Melbourne #Victoria #CrimeAustralia #TheGuardian #KatWong

  13. Alan Jones trial on indecent assault and sexual touching charges begins in Sydney
    By Amanda Meade and Jordyn Beazley

    The 85-year-old former broadcaster faces 22 charges from six different complainants in what is expected to be a four-month trial

    theguardian.com/media/2026/aug

    #AlanJones #Media #Australianews #CrimeAustralia #TheGuardian #AmandaMeade #JordynBeazley

  14. Will we ever find Peter Falconio’s body? - podcast
    By Presented by Reged Ahmad with Ben Smee. Produced by Miles Herbert with sound design by Lu Hill. The executive producer is Hannah Parkes

    Twenty-five years ago, on a desolate stretch of Australian highway, Bradley John Murdoch flagged down British backpackers Joanna Lees and Peter Falconio. Falconio was never seen again.

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #PeterFalconiomurdercase #Australianews #NorthernTerritory #Australianpoliceandpolicing #UKnews #CrimeAustralia #RuralandregionalAustralia #TheGuardian #PresentedbyRegedAhmadwithBenSmeeProducedbyMilesHerbertwithsounddesignbyLuHillTheexecutiveproducerisHannahParkes

  15. Inside the violent online network coercing children to self-harm - podcast
    By Presented by Nour Haydar with Ariel Bogle. Produced by Jack Larkin and Lu Hill, who also did the sound design and mixing. The executive producer for this episode is Shelley Hepworth

    This year the FBI issued urgent warnings to parents about 764, a global online community where children are manipulated into acts of violence.With hundreds of investigations under way worldwide, including in Australia, 764 and groups like it are accused of using coercion to turn vulnerable minors into victims and, in some cases, predators.

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Australianews #Internetsafety #Children #Youngpeople #Internet #CrimeAustralia #Cyberbullying #Cybercrime #TheGuardian #PresentedbyNourHaydarwithArielBogleProducedbyJackLarkin #LuHill #whoalsodidthesounddesign #mixingTheexecutiveproducerforthisepisodeisShelleyHepworth

  16. British YouTuber Yung Filly fronts Australian court over rape allegations
    By Australian Associated Press

    Rapper pleads not guilty to six counts of sexually penetrating a 20-year-old woman without consent after a gig in Perth

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #CrimeAustralia #WesternAustralia #Australianews #TheGuardian #AustralianAssociatedPress