A 16-year-old boy has been stabbed to death in Melbourne’s west, with a violent brawl breaking out in the area hours later. The boy was walking home from school near the Brimbank shopping centre in Deer Park about 4pm. Police say he was approached by a group of eight to 10 males. Witnesses told Nine
“No worker should have to stand on their own when it comes to being exploited by their bosses,” she said. “A fair day’s pay for a fair day’s work isn’t a negotiable extra.” Trades Hall secretary Luke Hilakari said on Tuesday night that the laws would “forever improve the lives of workers and their families”.
Bradley Robert Edwards escalated from sexual assaults to serial killings and may have claimed an earlier murder victim had his violent rape of a teenager not been interrupted, a court has heard. Prosecutor Carmel Barbagallo reached further than ever before in her closing address to the ex-Telstra technician’s Supreme Court of Western Australia trial on
This one is for fans of lo-fi indie filmmaking, satire and the 80s buddy cop sub genre. Nic Champeaux and Daniel Cordery’s indie action flick Lieutenant Jangles is available right now from Scream Team Releasing on region free Blu-ray, for a relatively affordable price. This arrives at a time in North America when the
This article is co-authored by Dr Jonathan Kolieb (Senior Lecturer, Graduate School of Business and Law, RMIT University) and Dr Phoebe Wynn-Pope (Head of Business and Human Rights, Corrs Chambers Westgarth). In recent months, many of Australia’s largest companies have been assessing their supply chains for risks or instances of modern slavery. Their findings are
Seven people will appear in court after an interstate drug trafficking operation was shut down by police. Detectives from SAPOL’s Serious and Organised Crime Branch (SOCB), assisted by the Australian Federal Police today concluded Operation Prime, an investigation into the alleged trafficking of cannabis from South Australia. On 22 May two men were arrested in
A sadistic killer who stabbed his teenage victim 133 times before cutting off his head and using it as a bowling ball has been released from jail and deported to the UK. Christopher Clark Jones, 36, was sentenced to life behind bars after the horrific murder of 17-year-old homeless teenager Morgan Jay Shepherd at Sandgate,
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Western Australia’s parliament is edging closer to approving a long-anticipated overhaul of the state’s unpaid fines regime. The upper house on Tuesday resumed debating the government bill, which advocates say will reduce the over-representation of Aboriginal people in the justice system. It is expected to pass with cross-party support. Under the legislation, custody will become
An Australian man has been sentenced to death in China, authorities said on Saturday, a development that could further escalate tensions between the two countries. Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said it was providing consular assistance to the man, without identifying him. Australian and Chinese media have identified the man as Cam Gillespie,
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