Law & Crime

The royal commission into domestic violence has replayed many received wisdoms. But there are certain things that cannot be said.

Two weeks after being beaten and placed in a solitary cell, asylum seeker Mohammad Nasim Najafi was dead. These were his last days.

The Jehovah’s Witnesses’ fiercely literal reading of the Bible has distanced them from the law and politics, but the royal commission into child sexual abuse is ending that.

One-time billionaire Nathan Tinkler continues to flout the law, as his many creditors remain no closer to seeing their money.

The Reclaim Australia protests and counter-protests reveal the unedifying anger on the outer fringes of politics.

Opponents of same-sex marriage are mounting a last-ditch campaign to prevent parliament heeding public opinion, Mike Seccombe reports

A woman's murder has renewed debate in South Australia over the lack of protections for sex workers and decriminalisation of the industry.

Millionaire hackers' spyware clients include South Sudan, Russia, Saudi Arabia – and Australia.

A Melbourne-based PhD candidate’s online open-access publishing forum is a boon for those wishing to access texts and transcripts free. But at what cost to the authors of some of these works?

Proposed changes to liquor licensing laws in Queensland are ruffling the feathers of venue owners and drinkers alike, but data following strict changes in NSW correlate with a sharp fall in assault rates.