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Former Billabong boss Matthew Perrin jailed for eight years

January 26, 2017 zoshinuk 0

FORMER Billabong CEO Matthew Perrin has been jailed for eight years for forging his ex-wife’s signature to obtain a $13.5 million loan. Perrin, 44, was last month found guilty by a jury of three counts […]

Melbourne car deaths: Four killed as driver strikes pedestrians

January 20, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Four people, including a young child, have died after a car deliberately hit pedestrians in central Melbourne, police say. At least 29 people were injured, among them a baby who is in a critical condition […]

Six arrested over $60m cocaine boat bust off Tasmania

January 18, 2017 zoshinuk 0

Six men have been arrested over a plot to smuggle more than $60 million worth of cocaine into Australia in an ex-Japanese whaling vessel. Police said they will have to trawl through thousands of telephone […]

Long Bay Jail: John Walsh charged over sandwich press murder of inmate

January 3, 2017 zoshinuk 0

John Walsh, a 77-year-old prisoner allegedly stuffed a Breville sandwich press into a pillow case before swinging the makeshift weapon repeatedly into the head of a similarly elderly cellmate who later died from his horrific […]

Police seize 1,100kg in Australia’s ‘largest cocaine bust’

December 30, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Fifteen men have been charged after police said they made the biggest cocaine bust in Australia’s history. The drugs, with an estimated street value of A$360m (£212m; $258m), were uncovered after a police investigation over […]

Teenagers to spend Christmas in adult jail despite Victorian court ruling it unlawful

December 21, 2016 zoshinuk 0

A group of juvenile offenders will spend Christmas in Victoria’s maximum security adult jail despite a court ruling that their transfer to Barwon Prison was illegal. The Victorian government says it will appeal the Supreme […]

Court Triples Fine Over ‘Misleading’ Nurofen

December 16, 2016 World Justice News 0

The UK manufacturer of Nurofen has been hit with an increased fine of A$6m (£3.6m; $4.4m) for misleading customers in Australia. Australia’s Federal Court ruled last year that products marketed as targeting specific pains, such […]

Ex-wife of former Billabong boss Matthew Perrin cries over lost home during fraud trial

December 13, 2016 zoshinuk 0

The ex-wife of former Billabong boss Matthew Perrin has broken down in court as she described how he confessed to losing their “forever home”. Perrin used the family’s custom-built property on Cronin Island, Surfers Paradise, […]

Can you fight back against an intruder?

December 7, 2016 zoshinuk 0

By Greg Dunlop It could be a split-second decision. A stranger is in your house and, in the moment, you act to protect yourself, someone else or your property. But in Australia, are those actions […]

Breakthrough in the case of British child abducted from Australian beach in 1970

December 5, 2016 zoshinuk 0

Australian police have announced a major breakthrough in the Madeleine McCann-style disappearance of a British three-year-old girl who was abducted in 1970. Cheryl Grimmer was just three when she vanished from outside a beach shower […]

Human Rights

Ethiopian police arrest alleged leader of multi-million-dollar trafficking ring

July 22, 2026 0

Police in Ethiopia say they have arrested 17 suspects including the alleged leader of what they say is a multi-million-dollar international human trafficking network. The gang is accused of “the deaths of 60 migrants”, sexually […]

Human Rights

US Supreme Court upholds birthright citizenship in blow to Trump

July 1, 2026 0

The US Supreme Court has ruled that babies born in the US have a constitutional right to citizenship, rejecting Donald Trump’s bid to end the 150-year-old policy. In a 6-3 decision, Chief Justice John Roberts ruled that […]

Human Rights

Four men held over child marriage in Sierra Leone appear in landmark court case

June 28, 2026 0

For the first time since child marriage was banned in Sierra Leone two years ago, people accused of committing the crime have been brought to trial. Four men appeared at a High Court on Friday […]