Law and order

An 80-year-old cancer patient says he was hit “bloody hard” when a young man allegedly stole his prized ute during a police chase, west of Brisbane.Ray Sweedman was at his Millmerran home, near Toowoomba, on Tuesday evening when four young…

A Broken Hill man was wrongly diagnosed with lung cancer and underwent major surgery after a tiny fragment of someone else’s cancerous tissue contaminated his own sample, an inquest has been told.Dennis Charles Jackson died in January 2019,…

Two people were caught on camera acting suspiciously in the area where the dismembered remains of an Adelaide man were found in a wheelie bin, South Australian police have revealed.In the continuing investigation into the brutal murder of…

Medibank is facing legal action over a data security breach last year in which personal information of thousands of customers was stolen.A class action lawsuit was filed against the company in the Federal Court on Tuesday by international…

A Queensland man who has invented a vehicle anti-theft device says he started the project after his brother-in-law’s car was stolen.Cairns resident Nick Bradt believes car thefts - a key element of the state’s youth crime crisis - could be…

A common driving act that many motorists find infuriating is actually breaking a little-known road rule.Few drivers know that speeding up while someone is overtaking you is a fineable offence across Australia, and if you’re caught in the…

The West Australian Police Union has called for the act of ramming a police vehicle to be made a specific offence following injuries to two officers during an incident south of Perth.On Sunday the officers were taken to hospital, treated…

A Gold Coast mother found dead in a car following a two-day search after the arrest of her son has been remembered as having “no airs and graces”.Wendy Sleeman, 61, was discovered in a blue Honda jazz stored at a unit complex in Brisbane’s…

WARNING: Distressing images and contentVideo released by authorities in the US city of Memphis on Friday shows police officers beating Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop that ended with his hospitalisation and death.The US city has erupted…

Three people accused of robbing fast food outlets across Brisbane’s south and Ipswich are facing a combined 81 charges, including dozens of counts of deprivation of liberty.The trio allegedly used a firearm and knives to hold up four…