Sentencing

Lawyers for the driver of a bus that crashed in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, killing 10 people, have detailed his appeal against a 32-year sentence.

Lawyers for nine Alice Springs prisoners who rioted at the facility last year say the unrest was akin to a "pressure cooker release valve" amid "feelings of degradation and neglect".

One of the victims of convicted sex offender Gareth Ward has told the former NSW MP's sentencing hearing the abuse left him traumatised and suicidal.

An Adelaide man who emptied drums containing hazardous chemicals into a suburban gutter — causing nearby residents to experience headaches and nausea — has been fined thousands of dollars.

The family of an Aboriginal man killed in a hit-and-run in Darwin have spoken out about the sentence handed to the man who killed him, and the "racist, dehumanising" messages he sent afterwards.

One man died and another was injured after Jake Danby struck them with his car outside a Darwin shopping centre in 2024, with the driver then sending a series of "disgusting" text messages about the victims.

A woman who lost control of her SUV and crashed into a group of students at Auburn South Primary School, killing a boy, has been convicted and fined $2,000.

Perth woman Rachel Van Oyen, whose careless driving caused the death of her daughters in a crash in country WA, successfully appeals her original sentence.

A disability carer who killed her client in a crash south of Adelaide when she "lost control" and mistakenly hit the accelerator instead of a brake has been spared an immediate jail term.

Australian Taxation Office whistleblower Richard Boyle has avoided convictions and a jail sentence, seven years after publicly exposing aggressive debt collection practices at the tax office.

A drunk driver who struck and killed 83-year-old Mary Kathleen Kelly on the Gold Coast is given a suspended jail term, as the victim's family continue to mourn the loss of her "contagious, exuberant energy".

In 1983, Douglas Crabbe slammed his semi-trailer into the side of a Central Australian pub, killing five people. Survivors say he should never be released from jail.

A newspaper delivery driver who hit and then reversed over three people late at night has avoided time in prison for fleeing the crime scene.

A 22-year-old man is sent to prison for his involvement in a "senseless and tragic" fatal shooting during a botched robbery in Central West New South Wales in 2021.

A teenager involved in the ambush of men lured into fake sexual encounters via social media — including threats over a degrading video — has avoided convictions for his "vigilante" crimes.

A young man has been jailed for a inflicting a four-month regime of domestic violence against a woman living with a disability. Warning: This story may be distressing to some readers.

John Edward Tilly Griffin has been jailed for more than nine years for the manslaughter of Gary Robinson at Port Neill in September 2023, in which Mr Robinson was left covered in shampoo, sprinkles and birdseed.

A man who murdered his elderly mother with a 15kg pot plant before selling her belongings for drug money has been jailed for at least 21 years.

How would you sentence this "armed robber"? Would you lock her up, or after hearing her personal story, would you be more lenient? The public is being given the chance to pass judgement on this very "case".

Christella Tan was returning home from a night shift in aged care when a driver slammed into her car in a Mercedes he had stolen at gunpoint.