Law & Crime

A coroner’s inquest into the death of a young Indigenous man has revealed disturbing allegations about the police officer involved and the force’s higher command.

Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto has been implicated in human rights abuses and massacres by troops under his command.

A legal fight to speed up responses to freedom of information requests could set a precedent to stop governments starving key public services of funding.

Supporters of Julian Assange gathered outside a London court this week hoping for the WikiLeaks founder’s freedom, but the fate of the ‘world’s most famous political prisoner’ remains in the balance.

The civil case brought by former ACT director of public prosecutions Shane Drumgold has probed the extensive communications between The Australian and the head of the inquiry into his handling of the Bruce Lehrmann trial.

An inquest into the death of a 32-year-old Yorta Yorta and Gunaikurnai man in a Victorian jail has heard prison staff did not enter his cell to check on him despite his cries that he was ‘dying’.

Following revelations in The Saturday Paper that Veterans’ Affairs shared personal medical records without consent with a university research project, the department has admitted to misleading the Information Commissioner about the extent of the breach.

The government’s welfare agency has been accused of ‘deliberately’ miscalculating payments, as it struggles to explain errors in aged-care refunds.

As the government launches another review of supermarkets’ conduct, the corporate watchdog is expected to announce its first full-scale supermarkets inquiry in 16 years.

Supporters of  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange say his last hope in avoiding extradition to the United States is to have Britain intervene in his case and prevent his removal.