MP's defamation evidence 'illogical and self-serving' A Liberal senator "just didn't care" that claims she made about the head of an Aboriginal land council were wrong, a defamation trial has been told. AAP · Oct 28, 2025
Senator denies 'abuse of power' in council ouster claim A Liberal senator has admitted relying on "say so" before allegedly defaming the head of a large NT Aboriginal land council over a claimed vote of dismissal. AAP · Oct 24, 2025
'Security concern' for senator in defamation trial Police were called to a court a where outspoken Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price is on trial for allegedly defaming the boss of an Aboriginal land council. AAP · Oct 21, 2025
Unsolved homicide cases would take '900 years to clear' NSW Police would need centuries to review all of the state's unsolved homicides even if no more murders happened, an internal review says. AAP · Sep 21, 2023
Gay-hate murder inquiry probes for police missteps A special inquiry is examining whether NSW police deliberately ruled out suspects in cold cases involving gay men being thrown off Sydney cliffs in the 1980s. AAP · Feb 21, 2023
Twenty gay men bashed daily: NSW inquiry An assistant police commissioner has admitted in a landmark inquiry that at least 20 gay men were bashed daily in NSW from the mid-seventies until 2000. AAP · Dec 6, 2022
Newcastle toilet block murder among suspected 'gay hate' crimes under review The murder of a man at a known Newcastle 'beat' named at Special Commission of Inquiry into LGBTIQ hate crimes. Newcastle Herald · Nov 2, 2022
John Quigley 'corrects' evidence in defamation case involving Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan John Quigley returns to the Federal Court to "correct" evidence he gave in defamation proceedings involving the WA Premier and Clive Palmer, with the judge saying Mr Palmer's lawyers were drawing "a bit of a long bow" by saying Mr Quigley was deceitful. ABC News · Apr 8, 2022
Texts between Mark McGowan and Kerry Stokes revealed in Clive Palmer defamation case Insider text messages between Mark McGowan and Kerry Stokes are aired in court, including an exchange where the WA Premier thanks the media mogul for "marvellous" front page articles depicting Clive Palmer as a cockroach and cane toad. ABC News · Mar 9, 2022
Mark McGowan tells defamation trial comments by Clive Palmer created 'band of angry people' The WA Premier tells a defamation case comments by Clive Palmer created "a band of angry people in the community", as he denies lying about having health advice saying a WA border closure was "necessary". ABC News · Mar 7, 2022
'War' claim in Palmer, McGowan stoush Lawyers for businessman Clive Palmer and WA Premier Mark McGowan have argued about the meanings of statements by both men in defamation proceedings. AAP · Feb 15, 2022