Man hit by car was denied help by sobering-up service over lack of male staff
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Man hit by car was denied help by sobering-up service over lack of male staff

The man’s death in June was not the first time a drunk patient was hurt under Victoria’s health-led response to public intoxication.

  • byRachel Eddie

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On the run in suburbia for nearly 30 years:Former fugitive ‘Dougie’ finally opens up
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On the run in suburbia for nearly 30 years:Former fugitive ‘Dougie’ finally opens up

From farming pot to breaking out of jail to a life lived incognito for decades:the remarkable tale of an honours graduate turned handyman in hiding,Darko Desic.

  • byTim Elliott
‘Most unsafe place for a child is home’:Australian advocate’s shocking message for the world
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‘Most unsafe place for a child is home’:Australian advocate’s shocking message for the world

Professor S. Caroline Taylor will speak about “obscenely low” prosecution and conviction rates for “the most catastrophic” crime against children at an international summit.

  • byMichael Ruffles
Samantha Barlow fell through a crack in the system. Now we’ve found another one

Samantha Barlow fell through a crack in the system. Now we’ve found another one

The corrections minister has vowed to fix a glaring loophole after discovering no single agency was responsible for informing victims about their attackers’ parole.

  • byMax Maddison andFrances Howe
If a child is too young for TikTok,should they be strip-searched?

If a child is too young for TikTok,should they be strip-searched?

Premier Chris Minns is right to want to protect NSW’s children. But it is a failure of his government to ignore the harm occurring in interactions with police.

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Avenging angel or lethal opportunist:Celebrity lawyer Sue Chrysanthou

Avenging angel or lethal opportunist:Celebrity lawyer Sue Chrysanthou

She’s the barrister du jour in the defamation capital of the world. Then came the day she found herself in the witness box ...

  • byJane Cadzow
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Tyson was 11 when he was first locked up. It took seven years to turn things around

Tyson was 11 when he was first locked up. It took seven years to turn things around

Nobody in youth detention asked Tyson about his dreams - they asked about his court dates. Now he wants the prime minister to fix the system.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos
From Pell to Gobbo,Kerri Judd faced ‘the familiar drumbeat of difficult decisions’
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From Pell to Gobbo,Kerri Judd faced ‘the familiar drumbeat of difficult decisions’

Victoria’s former director of public prosecutions was a magnet for controversy as she tackled cases where many have opinions and few have the responsibility.

  • byJohn Silvester
Lehrmann judge’s six ideas to fix court secrecy

Lehrmann judge’s six ideas to fix court secrecy

Justice Michael Lee told a lawyers’ conference that despite laws aimed at increasing transparency,courts were moving in the opposite direction.

  • byHarriet Alexander
Adult crime,adult time:Responsibilities can’t come without rights
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Adult crime,adult time:Responsibilities can’t come without rights

We can’t have it both ways. If young people are to be treated like adults in the criminal justice system,how can we deny them the right to vote?

  • byCameron Atfield
Mother’s disgust after WorkSafe refuses to lay charges over Veronica Nelson’s death

Mother’s disgust after WorkSafe refuses to lay charges over Veronica Nelson’s death

A coroner found that Nelson,37,would still be alive if prison staff had responded to her cries for help. But WorkSafe closed the case without any charges.

  • byErin Pearson