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Australia's Northern Territory To Resume Jailing 10-Year-Olds To Reduce Youth Crime Rates
The Australian Northern Territory (NT) will soon allow children as young as 10 to be jailed again, after a reversal of the previous government's decision to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12.
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Australian Man Posing As Teen YouTuber Jailed For "World's Worst Sextortion"
Rasheed manipulated over 250 victims around the globe into performing explicit acts on camera.
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Australian Teen Jailed For 14 Years For Stabbing Woman In The Heart
The Brisbane Supreme Court delivered a sentence of 14 years to the young man who committed the fatal stabbing in North Lakes.
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Australian Man Faces 20-Year Jail, $600,000 Fine For Selling Meth In Bali
An Australian man faces up to 20 years in prison in Indonesia's Bali and a fine of more than $600,000 for allegedly attempting to sell crystal meth.
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Australian Woman Sentenced To Jail for Tossing Dog Off Parking Garage Roof
An Australian woman who threw her dog from the top of a two-storey shopping centre car park has been jailed.
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"Australia's Worst Female Serial Killer" Acquitted Of Killing Her 4 Babies
An Australian mother jailed for 20 years over the killing of her four children was acquitted on Thursday, after scientific breakthroughs helped clear her name.
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Insects, Rats, "Most Wonderful Cake": An Australian's Time In Myanmar Jail
Days after Myanmar's military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021, an Australian economist working with her received an anonymous email telling him the police were watching his room and that he should flee.
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"Left To Die", Sons Of Australian Jailed In China Push For Father's Release
The sons of an Australian writer jailed in China are hoping for his "miracle" release, urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise their father's plight on a trip to Beijing.
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Australian Journalist Cheng Lei, Jailed In China, Returns Home After 3 Years
The former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN was arrested in 2020, and was formally charged with "supplying state secrets overseas".
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Australia Court Jails Ex School Principal For 15 Years For Child Sex Crimes
An ex-headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school, before fleeing to Israel then being extradited back, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail.
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" I Miss My Kids": Journalist Jailed In China Writes "Love Letter" Home
Jailed Australian journalist Cheng Lei yearns for her children and the country's "psychedelic sunsets", she said in a rare public letter marking three years since her mysterious arrest in China.
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Australian Activist, Jailed In Vietnam Over Terror Charges, Freed
A Vietnamese dissident with Australian citizenship jailed on terrorism charges in 2019 has been freed and is back in Sydney with his family, his lawyer said today.
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Australia's "Worst Female Serial Killer" Freed 20 Years After Child Deaths
An Australian mother jailed for killing her four young children has been pardoned after 20 years behind bars, authorities said Monday, after an inquiry upended the high-profile case.
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Myanmar Releases Jailed Ex-UK Diplomat, Japanese Journalist
Myanmar's military said Thursday it will release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta.
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Australian Man Gets 129 Years In Jail In Philippines Child Abuse Case
An Australian man has been sentenced to 129 years in a Philippine jail as part of a child sexual abuse case involving victims as young as 18 months, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
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Australia's Northern Territory To Resume Jailing 10-Year-Olds To Reduce Youth Crime Rates
The Australian Northern Territory (NT) will soon allow children as young as 10 to be jailed again, after a reversal of the previous government's decision to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 12.
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Australian Man Posing As Teen YouTuber Jailed For "World's Worst Sextortion"
Rasheed manipulated over 250 victims around the globe into performing explicit acts on camera.
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Australian Teen Jailed For 14 Years For Stabbing Woman In The Heart
The Brisbane Supreme Court delivered a sentence of 14 years to the young man who committed the fatal stabbing in North Lakes.
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Australian Man Faces 20-Year Jail, $600,000 Fine For Selling Meth In Bali
An Australian man faces up to 20 years in prison in Indonesia's Bali and a fine of more than $600,000 for allegedly attempting to sell crystal meth.
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Australian Woman Sentenced To Jail for Tossing Dog Off Parking Garage Roof
An Australian woman who threw her dog from the top of a two-storey shopping centre car park has been jailed.
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"Australia's Worst Female Serial Killer" Acquitted Of Killing Her 4 Babies
An Australian mother jailed for 20 years over the killing of her four children was acquitted on Thursday, after scientific breakthroughs helped clear her name.
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Insects, Rats, "Most Wonderful Cake": An Australian's Time In Myanmar Jail
Days after Myanmar's military ousted Aung San Suu Kyi's government in February 2021, an Australian economist working with her received an anonymous email telling him the police were watching his room and that he should flee.
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"Left To Die", Sons Of Australian Jailed In China Push For Father's Release
The sons of an Australian writer jailed in China are hoping for his "miracle" release, urging Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to raise their father's plight on a trip to Beijing.
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Australian Journalist Cheng Lei, Jailed In China, Returns Home After 3 Years
The former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN was arrested in 2020, and was formally charged with "supplying state secrets overseas".
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Australia Court Jails Ex School Principal For 15 Years For Child Sex Crimes
An ex-headmistress who sexually abused two sisters at an Australian Jewish school, before fleeing to Israel then being extradited back, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in jail.
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" I Miss My Kids": Journalist Jailed In China Writes "Love Letter" Home
Jailed Australian journalist Cheng Lei yearns for her children and the country's "psychedelic sunsets", she said in a rare public letter marking three years since her mysterious arrest in China.
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Australian Activist, Jailed In Vietnam Over Terror Charges, Freed
A Vietnamese dissident with Australian citizenship jailed on terrorism charges in 2019 has been freed and is back in Sydney with his family, his lawyer said today.
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Australia's "Worst Female Serial Killer" Freed 20 Years After Child Deaths
An Australian mother jailed for killing her four young children has been pardoned after 20 years behind bars, authorities said Monday, after an inquiry upended the high-profile case.
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Myanmar Releases Jailed Ex-UK Diplomat, Japanese Journalist
Myanmar's military said Thursday it will release almost 6,000 prisoners, including a former British ambassador, a Japanese journalist and an Australian economics adviser in a rare olive branch from the isolated junta.
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Australian Man Gets 129 Years In Jail In Philippines Child Abuse Case
An Australian man has been sentenced to 129 years in a Philippine jail as part of a child sexual abuse case involving victims as young as 18 months, a prosecutor said Wednesday.
