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Extended search areaVideoDesperate search for little Cleo enters sixth day

The search for missing four-year-old Cleo Smith has entered it sixth day — with police saying they have not given up hope of finding her alive — and that they would be casting the search net wider.

Sarah Steger

CrimeSearch for remaining Tas boatie resumes

Police have resumed the search for a boatie missing off Tasmania's northwest coast after the two bodies were found washed up on the shore.

Ethan James

CrimeLeifer to face sexual abuse trial in 2022

Former ultra-orthodox school principal Malka Leifer will stand trial on child sexual abuse charges next year, Victoria's County Court has confirmed.

Karen Sweeney

Near drowningToddler critical, pulled from backyard pool

A little boy is fighting for life in a Sydney hospital after he was pulled unconscious from a backyard pool.

Erin Lyons

CrimePolice video calls to reassure lone women

After Sarah Everard's murder, London police say all plain clothed officers must video call a uniformed supervisor when approaching a lone woman.

AAP

Extradition proceedingsPremiumFormer elite swimming coach on child sex charges

The former coach is accused of sexually assaulting children he trained, dating back to the 1970s.

Brianna Dugan

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crime preventionPremium
opinion
Why early intervention to prevent crime is key

Too many people have stories of home burglary, antisocial behaviour and much worse. Many want people caught and punished. Ultimately, they want less crime and less victims of crime. But what works?

Matt Keogh

Wild streetsCommentsPremium‘Danger’: WA teens using stolen cars to ‘hunt’ police

The Kimberley’s top cop says police in the region are being ‘hunted’ by youths and issued a warning that if something drastic isn’t done tragedy will be unavoidable.

Sam Jones

CrimeWA search continues for missing Cleo

West Australian police haven't given up hope of finding four-year-old Cleo Smith alive amid evidence she may have been snatched from her campsite.

Michael Ramsey

CrimeBerejiklian to appear at ICAC next week

NSW's Independent Commission Against Corruption will next week hear evidence from former premier Gladys Berejiklian.

AAP

CrimeObeids, Macdonald set to be sentenced

Former NSW minister Eddie Obeid, his son Moses and his ex-colleague Ian Macdonald are due to be sentenced over a conspiracy that led to a $30 million windfall.

Margaret Scheikowski

CrimeArrests in mafia tax fraud probe

Arrests have been made across Europe after an investigation into tax fraud by the Italian mafia involving the trade in luxury vehicles.

AAP

ShootingDramatic footage of burning getaway car

Shocked onlookers filmed the moment a getaway car allegedly used as a getaway vehicle after a gangland murder burst into flames.

Heath Parkes-Hupton

CourtsWife’s chilling cry moments before murder

Audio of a woman screaming and pleading before she was killed will be played to a jury as her estranged husband stands trial accused of murder.

Blake Antrobus

TribunalPatient told vagina ‘looks Australian’

A gynaecologist told a patient her vagina was ‘nice’ and ‘looked Australian’. But he will still be allowed to practise.

Melissa Iaria

‘Vile’Man charged over racist posters a ‘violent extremist’

A 23-year-old man accused of plastering anti-Semitic posters around Perth’s northern suburbs has been charged by police.

Daryna Zadvirna

CrimeQld man denies murdering estranged wife

A 59-year-old man has pleaded not guilty to murdering his estranged wife outside her home on the Gold coast hinterland almost four years ago.

Cheryl Goodenough

InquiryMiners mull sex predator blacklist

The mining sector is debating establishing an industry-wide blacklist of sex predators after a torrent of allegations emerged.

Rebecca Le May

CrimeIce-affected driver jailed for fatal crash

A then-ice-addict who was disqualified from driving has been jailed over a fatal NSW Central Coast crash

Margaret Scheikowski

Community reelingPremiumPsychologists called in for Cleo’s classmates

A Carnarvon school has enlisted the help of psychologists to support the classmates, teachers and families who have been shattered by Cleo Smith’s disappearance.

Phoebe Pin

CourtMan charged over Woolies stabbing

New details have been aired in court about the man who allegedly stabbed two others at a popular Melbourne shopping centre.

Frances Vinall

CrimeMen charged with Covid-related fraud

Two men have been charged with Covid-19 fraud after an investigation by cybercrime squad detectives.

Emily Cosenza

CourtsTears over ‘sugar baby’ claim

A Melbourne woman accused of calling her ex-lover a ‘scum man’ in a series of online posts asked him a bizarre question in court after sharing a photo of the pair.

Caroline Schelle

CrimeOffender fled fatal arson scene 'in shock'

An offender whose friend died in a fire he lit in a Sydney house has testified that he fled the scene in shock.

Margaret Scheikowski