Neighbour of manslaughter-accused mother heard 'loud screaming', court hears
By Eva Blandis
A former neighbour of a mother standing trial accused of criminally neglecting her daughter tried to report concerns to an abuse line, but her call went unanswered, a court has heard.
#Courts #LawCrimeandJustice #ChildAbuse #MentalHealth #EvaBlandis
Former prince Andrew stripped of remaining royal titles
By Liana Walker
Andrew has been under renewed pressure in recent weeks over his relationship with late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and has been summoned to appear before a US congressional panel investigating Epstein.
Son of drug kingpin 'El Chapo' pleads guilty in US drug trafficking case
A son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo" pleads guilty to US drug trafficking charges, months after his brother entered a plea deal.
White House says admiral accused of attack on drug boat survivors acted with Hegseth's approval
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorised an admiral to conduct multiple strikes that killed 11 people on a vessel from Venezuela allegedly carrying illegal narcotics in September.
#WorldPolitics #LawCrimeandJustice #DefenceandNationalSecurity
Minister will not commit to childcare inquiry despite safety concerns
By Claudia Long
The early childhood education minister is refusing to say whether the federal government will establish an independent review of childcare standards.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-01/childcare-safety-standards-daycare/106080572
#ChildCare #FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #FamilyandRelationships #Children #CommunityandSociety #Parenting #LawCrimeandJustice #Work #ChildAbuse #ClaudiaLong
Zelenskyy's chief of staff quits after anti-corruption agents raid home
It come as Kyiv battles to persuade US officials to defend Ukraine's interests in peace agreement talks with Russia expected to take place in the coming days.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/andrii-yermak-zelenskyy-aide-home-office-raided/106080910
Donald Trump says National Guard soldier shot in Washington DC has died
By Andrew Thorpe
Sarah Beckstrom, 20, has died in hospital after an ambush shooting near the White House on Wednesday. A male soldier who was also shot, Andrew Wolfe, is fighting for his life, the president says.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-28/national-guard-member-shot-washington-dc-dies/106077076
#Homicide #UnrestConflictandWar #WorldPolitics #Terrorism #LawCrimeandJustice #DefenceandNationalSecurity #AndrewThorpe
Ministers must answer for inaction on alcohol laws, anti-DV advocates say
By Claudia Long
A major review into preventing violence against women and children called for changes to immediate alcohol home delivery
#FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #Alcohol #CommunityandSociety #DomesticViolence #LawCrimeandJustice #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Laws #Health #StateandTerritoryParliament #Crime #ClaudiaLong
NZ launches inquiry into case of father who hid children in forest for years
Tom Phillips disappeared with his children in late 2021, in a case that drew global attention for his ability to evade arrest.
Trump sent soldiers to Washington to reduce crime. Now two are fighting for life
The two US National Guard soldiers who were shot in Washington were among more than 2,000 troops deployed to the US capital.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-27/why-is-national-guard-in-washington-dc/106072368
Social media ban for under-16s challenged in High Court
By Jake Evans
Australia's social media age ban is being challenged in the High Court on the grounds it restricts young teens' implied right to freedom of political communication.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/australia-social-media-ban-faces-legal-challenge/106056528
#SocialMedia #GovernmentandPolitics #LawCrimeandJustice #Teenagers #JakeEvans
Police search powers in Melbourne CBD criticised as 'gross invasion'
Melbourne's CBD will become a designated area from this weekend for six months, giving police the power to search people and vehicles for prohibited weapons without a warrant.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-26/police-extend-search-powers-melbourne/106053990
Teens involved in youth detention disturbance moved to notorious Unit 18
By Grace Burmas and Lauren Smith
WA's corrective services minister says three of the youths involved in last night's disturbance at Perth's juvenile detention centre have been moved to the notorious Unit 18, as he continued to take a hardline stance on youth detention.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-25/banksia-hill-youth-detention-roof-protest-fallout/106049434
#Prisons #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Teenagers #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #Crime #LawCrimeandJustice #GraceBurmas #LaurenSmith
Child murderer Bevan Spencer von Einem in serious condition
By Jordanna Schriever and Eva Blandis
The ABC understands convicted child murderer Bevan Spencer von Einem has been taken to the Yatala infirmary in Adelaide where he only has a short time to live.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-25/sa-bevan-spencer-von-einem-in-yatala-infirmary/106047868
#LawCrimeandJustice #Crime #Courts #Prisons #Homicide #JordannaSchriever #EvaBlandis
NBA coach pleads not guilty in rigged poker case
Portland Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups appears at a federal courthouse in the United States, pleading not guilty to a series of charges.
Bolsonaro says drug-induced paranoia made him tamper with ankle monitor
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro says medication he takes for hiccups made him so paranoid that he used a soldering iron to tamper with his court-mandated ankle monitor while under house arrest.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-24/bolsonaro-hallucinations-jail-ankle-monitor-tamper/106045940
Do I have to work over the holidays, or use up leave if my workplace shuts?
Whether you're an employee counting down the days until your break, or an employer trying to keep a business open over Christmas — what are the rules about working these holidays?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-24/work-leave-employment-law-christmas-holidays/106044184
Wieambilla inquest sheds light on how to prevent similar violence
By Cameron Wilson
A coronial inquest does not fault police or the government for failing to pick up the curdling paranoia of the deluded Train family, but it does offer some paths forward.
#LawCrimeandJustice #Crime #CommunityandSociety #CameronWilson
Fifty kidnapped Catholic school students escape captors in Nigeria
However, more than 250 students and 12 staff members are still being held, in what is one of the worst mass kidnappings ever recorded in the country.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-24/nigerian-students-escape-kidnappers-st-marys-school/106043750
#UnrestConflictandWar #WorldPolitics #Religion #LawCrimeandJustice
What is behind Nigeria's latest school kidnappings, church attack?
More than 300 students have been kidnapped in Nigeria's worst school abduction in 10 years, days after a deadly assault on a church service.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-23/explainer-nigeria-latest-school-kidnappings-church/106042464
