LONDON -- Helen Garner, an acclaimed Australian writer whose celebrity fans include singer Dua Lipa, won the prestigious ...

Melinda Freeman was bashed to death inside her Whittlesea home in 1991 while her husband said he was out playing cards.

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When Crime Night! was first announced by the ABC, it’s safe to say the immediate reaction was, well, not overwhelmingly positive. Described in the media release as ‘a comedy true-crime panel show ...

The alleged murderer of beloved Nightcliff grocer Linford Feick has been sent to the Darwin Supreme Court. Phillip Randel ...

A father and son have been found guilty of killing a man in a brazen revenge shooting after it was suspected he stole the son ...

A young man involved in the foiled importation of up to $77 million of cocaine hidden in soy sauce was warned to “get out” of ...

A fire protection technician who allegedly brutally raped a stranger in a public park has been released on bail.

An Adelaide Hills driver accused of killing a pedestrian at Oakbank has told a court her innocence is so apparent she should ...

Mushroom cook Erin Patterson wants a retrial, claiming that there were six “substantial” miscarriages of justice during her ...

Comedian host Julia Zemiro is joined by criminologists and comedians to unpick key crime issues. Here’s where it works – and ...

Even Julia Zemiro had questions about how it might be possible to bring together criminology and comedy on TV.