A culture of long hours of unpaid overtime for junior doctors will need to change following a multimillion-dollar underpayment settlement, believed to be the biggest in Australian history. More than 20,000 junior doctors could share in a $229.8 million settlement pending NSW Supreme Court approval for a class action against the state’s health department. The … Read more
A police officer accused of murdering a Sydney couple is due to appear in court as family and friends of the duo mourn the much-loved pair. Luke Davies and his partner Jessie Baird were allegedly murdered in Sydney’s east when Beaumont Lamarre-Condon shot them with his service weapon while off-duty in February. The crime was … Read more
A WA magistrate has described bottle shops as a war zone due to the “unrelenting battle” they are facing against repeat shoplifting offenders. Magistrate Steven Malley lamented their plight as he blasted repeat shoplifter Reginald Jack Coomer at Rockingham Magistrates Court on April 12. Coomer was sentenced to 10 months in prison for burglary and … Read more
Prince Harry has been ordered to pay 90 per cent of the public’s legal bill after losing his High Court battle with the Home Office for downgrading his police protection. He potentially faces a bill of around £1million when his own legal bills are taken into account. Mr Justice Lane rejected a bid to halve … Read more
Chronic alcoholic Kristie Merrett — more than four times over the limit and speeding when she fatally injured a nine-year-old boy — has been jailed for more than five years. Gosford District Court Judge Justin Smith said Merrett, 52, had a blood alcohol level above 0.20 and was driving nearly 30km/h over the speed limit … Read more
A teenage boy facing a possible life term in prison for terrorism over the stabbing of a bishop has shown behaviour consistent with mental illness or intellectual disability, his lawyer says. The 16-year-old is accused of travelling 90 minutes from his home to attack Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel during a livestreamed sermon at Christ the … Read more
The death of a baby who was tossed into a river by her father during a psychotic episode was predictable and inevitable, a coroner has found. NSW Deputy State Coroner Harriet Grahame said the nine-month-old girl, known as Baby Q*, “fell through the cracks” despite being known to child protection services in three states. Baby … Read more
An elderly woman was left with “blood all over her face” after she was allegedly bashed by a teenage girl on a bus in an incident near Brisbane that a witness described as “seriously traumatic”. The 15-year-old girl, upon being released on bail, told 7NEWS, the woman “started it and I finished it”. WATCH THE … Read more
A disability support provider has been fined $1.8 million after admitting serious shortfalls in staff training that led to a vulnerable Indigenous woman dying from burns after being given a bath. Kyah Lucas suffered burns to 35 to 40 per cent of her body when she was bathed at her home in Orange, in central-west … Read more
Woolworths boss Brad Banducci has been threatened with a six-month prison sentence and a fine for failing to answer questions at a Senate inquiry over the supermarket’s profits. Banducci was asked repeatedly during a hearing into supermarket prices to disclose Woolworths’ return on equity, a key measure of the company’s profitability. Instead, the chief executive … Read more
