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‘What have we done?’ Lawyer, editor in Stormy Daniels deal appear shocked after Trump won
The text messages were shown to the jury on the latest day of the trial, in which Trump has been accused of falsifying business records to cover up an affair with a porn star.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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My phone pings with a news alert. I check that it’s not another client killed
The workload is near endless and at times overwhelming; the risk is significant, and mistakes can be catastrophic. This is what life is like on the frontline of the domestic violence crisis.
- by Pia Birac
Shereen’s partner pleaded for help when she went missing. He now admits he killed her
The body of mother-of-two Shereen Kumar was found near her Dural home after an extensive police search.
- by Sarah McPhee
Raw silence: A shattered community says farewell to Molly Ticehurst
As mourners remember Molly Ticehurst as a devoted mother, a talented educator and a lover of cob loaf, her alleged murder has galvanised a national movement against domestic violence.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
Second WA detainee back before the courts after release under controversial High Court ruling
Kimbengere Gosoge is the second former immigration detainee to have allegedly reoffended soon after their controversial release under a High Court ruling last November.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt, Heather McNeill and Hamish Hastie
Sydney teen wanted ‘something catastrophic’ for Jews and Assyrians, court told
The 15-year-old – an alleged associate of the boy accused of stabbing Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel – was refused bail.
- by Sarah McPhee
It’s not nice, not polite, but not racist: Hanson’s lawyer defends One Nation leader
Pauline Hanson’s barrister said the One Nation senator was not literally telling Mehreen Faruqi to go home when she told her to “piss off back to Pakistan”.
- by Michaela Whitbourn
Sydney teen terror accused wanted to attack ‘a bunch of Jews’, court told
Police say they found hand-drawn Islamic State flags when they raided the 15-year-old’s bedroom after the alleged terror stabbing of a bishop in a Wakeley church.
- by Sarah McPhee
Can court compensate for loss of a way of life? Climate case to wrap up
The Commonwealth has argued Torres Strait Islanders losing their unique island customs could be seen under law as a comparable loss to personal injuries.
- by Bianca Hall
Drug driver who ploughed into 21-year-old on Kwinana Freeway pleads guilty to manslaughter
Abbey Sheriff, pictured, was killed when Evie Butterworth drove high on drugs at speeds of up to 188km/h.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Trump fined, threatened with jail time over contempt of court in hush money trial
The former US president was found to have broken a gag order nine times by making public statements on social media and on his campaign website.
- by Farrah Tomazin