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A woman who coerced her daughter into an arranged marriage that ended with the husband murdering the bride could be jailed for the act, a court has heard. Sanika Muhammad Jan, 48 of Shepparton, faced the Melbourne County Court on Tuesday. In May, a jury found Jan guilty of coercing her daughter Ruqia Haidari, 21, […]

The moment an accused killer dad was baptised into a cult-like religious group in the weeks before his daughter’s death has been played to a court. Jason Richard Struhs is one of 14 members of a church group known as The Saints, who are all charged over the death of eight-year-old Elizabeth Struhs after her […]

Australia is set fall 260,000 dwellings short of its targets for new housing to address the nation’s affordability crisis, according to a new study. Oxford Economics Australia forecasts 940,000 new homes will be built by June 2029 – about 22 per cent below the 1.2m set out in the National Housing Accord. Tight conditions in […]

Australia’s peak school bodies have raised alarm bells over AI-driven deepfakes and sexually explicit content on campuses as the Senate looks into a new Bill targeting the “unprecedented” crises. The proposed amendments to the Commonwealth Criminal Code would introduce offences for transmitting sexual material that had been altered or “created and altered using technology”. A […]

Federal police have shut down a crime syndicate they allege brought foreign nationals from Indonesia — including a teenager — to Australia to be exploited for sex work. A Sydney man has been charged for allegedly trafficking a 17-year-old teenager from Indonesia to engage in sex work. The AFP will allege the 43-year-old man is […]

A handful of lucky athletes will avoid the dreaded “anti-sex” beds during the Paris Olympic Games and instead be spending their time on-board a luxury cruise ship. Surfers will compete in Tahiti from Saturday in the hopes of winning gold. They will stay together on-board the cruise ship the Aranui 5 for the event, which […]

Self-described wealth guru Dominique Grubisa and her investment institute have been slapped with $6m in fines and ordered to repay students of one of its programs nearly $15m in fees. The Federal Court has ordered Master Wealth Control Pty Ltd (DG Institute) to pay $5m for false or misleading representations to consumers in the promotion […]

Rents across the country are up nearly 10 per cent in the past year, though there are some signs the housing crisis is easing for tenants. Property behemoth REA Group’s quarterly PropTrack report shows the national rental vacancy rate eased this quarter, gaining 0.3 per cent to 1.4 per cent Just over one per cent […]

Momentum for the Matildas is sweeping across the nation, as the team prepares for the Paris Olympic Games and looks to the next generation of female soccer superstars along the way. The Matildas took time out of their training regime to drop in a video call, and share inspiring words to encourage 12-year-old Ashleigh to […]

These are the images that will pour more fuel on the raging fire between Nine boss Mike Sneesby and his revolting staff, further jeopardising the media company’s ability to deliver comprehensive Olympics coverage from Paris. Sneesby, managing director and chief executive at Nine, enjoyed a walk and then broke into a light run through an […]