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An Australian State is considering whether those accused of domestic violence should be subjected to electronic monitoring. The Victorian Law Reform Commission is considering new measures for responding to stalking, including whether electronic monitoring will now be a mandatory condition of intervention orders. An intervention order in Victoria is similar to an apprehended violence order (AVO) […]

Former NSW Gymnastics Coach of the Year Daniel Benson has been charged with sexual assault. Police began investigating the 55-year-old in October 2021. The sexual assault charges relate to four gymnasts he was coaching, aged 14 to 18 years old. The allegations were in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He has been refused bail […]

A man who was found not guilty to drink driving charges after giving false evidence has been jailed for perjury. Bernard Andrew Nash successfully sued NSW police after lying under oath during his drink driving case. However, ten years later the real estate agent was found guilty of two perjury charges. They related to false […]

A former AFL star has been refused bail and faces 88 domestic violence charges against his police officer girlfriend. Andrew Lovett, who was a player for Essendon between 2005-2009, is accused of punching, spitting and threatening his partner over the course of 22 months. Court documents show the offences include assault, recklessly causing injury and […]

A New South Wales police officer has been found guilty of perjury after supporting his wife’s false sexual assault allegations against her former partner. Scott John White gave evidence in support of Sarah Jane Parkinson, who was sentenced to jail after eventually she pleaded guilty to making a false statement. The officer will be sentenced […]

Ashley Rake, an alleged bikie associate, has been granted Supreme Court bail for supplying a commercial quantity of prohibited drugs in NSW. The Sydney man’s family agreed to act as a surety and surrender $2 million. Mr Rake was one of the many people arrested following Operation Ironside. However, his bail application lawyers have argued […]

Multi-millionaire Chris Nasser has vowed to fight an AVO laid against him by police. Officers applied for an apprehended domestic violence order for the protection of his estranged wife, Hollie Nasser. The case is listed at Downing Centre Local Court in mid-December. AVO Applied for After Messy Separation Police applied for an AVO against Chris […]

Thousands of people have had their COVID business grants halted as police consider laying fraud charges against small business owners. Over $20 million of the payments have been identified as potentially fraudulent, leading Service NSW to request police assistance. The cessation of payments has led to outcry from small business owners, still reeling from the […]

A family who rose to fame on Instagram have defended the actions of their climate activist brother who who climbed a train to disrupt the coal industry and was charged with the criminal offence of obstructing a railway. Eric Serge Herbert, a 22-year-old from the Sunshine Coast, was jailed for his actions when he appeared […]

New South Wales has banned Police from accessing QR Code Data after a spate of cases where it data was used to investigate crimes. The bill was championed by a number of politicians and successfully passed both houses of NSW parliament. Concerns were raised in a number of states which has led to legislation passing […]