Grave fears for teen missing off NSW beach
A 17-year-old boy is missing after getting caught in a rip at an unpatrolled NSW North Coast beach. Surf Life Saving NSW...

Police asked to investigate fake doctor
NSW police have been asked to investigate a man who allegedly stole a doctor’s identity and managed to remain employed for more...

Catholic leaders ‘criminally negligent’ on child abuse: archbishop
Australia’s metropolitan Catholic archbishops agree a “catastrophic failure” of leadership contributed to ongoing child sexual abuse by clergy across the country. The...

Company aims to make rogue priests do penance
A company in its “embryonic” stages will aim to hold Catholic Church authorities accountable by making audit reports public, a royal commission...

Xie found guilty of murdering five family members
Fuelled by resentment and humiliation at his perceived “inferior” status in the Lin family, Robert Xie crept into a Sydney house and...

Second twin dies after Sydney pool tragedy
A 23-month-old boy pulled unconscious from a Sydney pool has died, three days after the death of his twin sister on Boxing...

Toddler twin pulled from Sydney pool dies, brother still critical
A 23-month-old girl has died almost a week after she was pulled unconscious with her twin brother from a backyard swimming pool...

Palm Island racial discrimination verdict to be released
More than 12 years after an Aboriginal death in custody sparked rioting and police raids on Palm Island, Lex Wotton still can’t...

Former Deloitte exec avoids jail over child porn
A former Deloitte Australia director has avoided jail time for possessing more than 300 child porn images and videos. Stephan Sparrius, 41, was...

Hughes family unhappy with Cricket Australia official
Grieving loved ones have muttered in seeming disbelief at the testimony of a Cricket Australia official in a sign of the deepening...