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news, local-news, The federal government should accelerate and increase its investment in cybersecurity, University of Newcastle Professor Vijay Varadharajan says. Professor Varadharajan, a cybersecurity expert, likened an ill-equipped cybersecurity sector to “leaving the door of your house open”. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said last week that the federal government would “make the nation’s largest ever

Australia: Australian Commission for Law Enforcement Integrity (ACLEI) lacks independence 23 January 2020 Sydney Criminal Lawyers To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Well before the creation of the ‘Super Ministry’ – the Department of Home Affairs – headed up

International organised crime groups are taking advantage of Australia’s remote northern coastline to try and smuggle people and goods. The Department of Home Affairs has warned a parliamentary inquiry into northern Australia that the South Pacific has become a hub for crooks. Representatives from the department will front the inquiry via teleconference on Friday alongside

SYDNEY (REUTERS) – Australia’s second most-populous state, Victoria, reported its biggest jump in coronavirus cases since late March on Saturday (July 4), forcing it to expand stay-at-home orders to two more suburbs, and sending nine public housing towers in a complete lockdown. The south-eastern state recorded 108 new cases on Saturday, up from 66 on

The father of an Indigenous teenager who had his legs kicked out from beneath him while being arrested in Sydney is waiting for the police officer to be punished. Footage of the 16-year-old boy’s scuffle with police was shared via social media last month after he was arrested at Ward Park in Surry Hills. The

A man is expected to face court on Monday after allegedly trying to rape a woman on a beach in Far North Queensland after she helped him to his car. Police allege the 20-year-old man approached the woman at 9am on Sunday while she was taking photos on the side of the Captain Cook Highway

A Chinese-Australian family’s home has been targeted by vandals for two nights in a row, leaving their garage covered in racist graffiti about the coronavirus pandemic, and one of their windows smashed with a large rock. Key points: The incidents happened on Monday and Tuesday morning in Knoxfield One of the occupants said they were

A British man involved in the brutal murder of a homeless teenager, whose head was decapitated and used as a bowling ball and a hand puppet, has been deported from Australia. Christopher Clark Jones was released on parole earlier this month after serving 15 years of a life sentence for killing Morgan Shepherd, 17, in

An alleged looter gets looted himself, an iPhone photo is part of a public corruption probe, and more on the Apple crime blotter. The latest in an occasional AppleInsider series, looking at the world of Apple-related crime. iPhone and iCloud evidence used against a soldier accused of plotting murder with Satanic neo-Nazi cult

Former Married At First Sight star Ning Surasiang calls Crime Stoppers after vile trolls threaten to rape her and kill her children By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 04:33 EDT, 5 July 2020 | Updated: 04:38 EDT, 5 July 2020 Former Married At First Sight star Ning Surasiang has been forced to contact