Tag: Courts and Trials
Higher appeal over transgender decision
Two transgender people who lost the right to be considered male will appeal against the decision in the High Court.[MORE]
McDonalds appeals against snub over forth outlet
McDonald's Australia has vowed to push on with its controversial plan for fourth outlet in Port Macquarie.[MORE]
Siege man faces court
West Moonah man will face court today after a six-hour police siege yesterday. [MORE]
Maitland Show manslaughter trial continues
A teenager on trial for manslaughter over the death of a man at the Maitland Show has told the District Court he was being wrongly blamed shortly after the fatal fight.[MORE]
Man stabbed in abdomen
A man is in a serious condition on Queensland's Gold Coast after being stabbed.[MORE]
Men charged with alcohol, firearms offences
Three men will face court on Mornington Island in the Gulf of Carpentaria after alcohol and a gun were found in a boat.[MORE]
Courts won't apply new sex offender laws: Opposition
The Queensland Opposition has welcomed new sex offender laws but says Queensland's courts are too weak to implement them.[MORE]
Man charged over drug laboratory
Police say they have uncovered a drug laboratory and firearms at a house at Kingaroy, north west of Brisbane.[MORE]
Former SA bureaucrat loses 'stashed cash' case
Former senior bureaucrat Kate Lennon has lost her case against the SA Government over the 'stashed cash' affair.[MORE]
Ex-policeman's cardiac death avoidable: coroner
A coronial inquest has found the death of a former policeman after an exercise stress test at a Sydney hospital was avoidable.[MORE]
Supreme Court considers barring lawyer
ACT Chief Justice Terence Higgins has heard an application to have a Canberra lawyer found guilty of professional misconduct struck off the practitioners roll.[MORE]
Man gets life for wife's riverbed murder
Alice Springs man sentenced to life in jail with a non-parole period of 25 years for beating his wife to death in a river bed.[MORE]
Court overturns duo's transgender legal recognition
Two transgender West Australians have lost the latest round in a fight to be legally considered men.[MORE]
Teenager jailed for 14yo's murder
A teenager will spend at least seven-and-a-half years in jail for the murder of another boy in Adelaide's city streets.[MORE]
Questions over release of serial sex offender
The Law Society of WA has defended a decision to release a serial rapist from prison back into the Bunbury community.[MORE]
MP loses speeding fine appeal
A state independent MP has lost an appeal against his conviction for a speeding fine.[MORE]
Company fined over outback rigger's death
A company has been fined $140,000 and must compensate the family of a rig worker who died in the outback.[MORE]
Man escapes jail because of gender disorder
A 21-year-old man who killed his teenage girlfriend in a car crash has escaped a jail term because he has a gender identity disorder and wants a sex change. [MORE]
Jury dismissed in Winefield murder trial
The jury in the murder trial of Mitchell Anthony Winefield in Coffs Harbour has been dismissed.[MORE]
Man charged with perverting justice in sexual assault trial
A Mid West man has been charged with trying to influence witness evidence in his upcoming sexual assault trial.[MORE]
'Infatuated' man accused of attacking co-worker
A 33-year-old Canberra man accused of indecently assaulting a female co-worker at her home has been released on bail.[MORE]
Woman in court over stanley knife stabbing
A South Hedland woman is due to appear in court this morning accused of stabbing her partner. [MORE]
Armed men threaten woman in home invasion
A 60-year-old woman has been terrorised during a home invasion in Sydney's south-west last night.[MORE]
Man order to stand trial over child porn charges
A Maryborough man has been ordered to stand trial in the County Court charged with child pornography offences.[MORE]
Privacy breached in handing over government information
The state opposition says the Government has failed to protect the privacy of West Australians by not opposing the release of motorists' information to a private parking operator.[MORE]
