Police

Three arrests have been made in two separate incidents in regional South Australia, one in which a man allegedly lit a fire before throwing a rock at firefighters and another involving a car being discovered in flames after allegedly leaving a "trail of destruction" on a property.

An 11-year-old boy has died in a quad bike crash that also injured a 38-year-old man at a mango farm south of Darwin.

A man charged with the domestic violence murder of 39-year-old Hunter woman Rhukaya Lake is remanded in custody.

The political spotlight has once again turned to preventing and managing youth crime in Western Australia, but decision-makers are split on how best to tackle the issue.

An international covert sting linked to the encrypted AN0M platform which brought down hundreds of alleged criminals and netted cash, drugs and weapons has reached a new phase.

Two police officers were allegedly assaulted while shutting down an out-of-control Halloween party attended by hundreds of people in Perth's southern suburbs.

Police say a large explosion that rocked the capital overnight was caused by a World War II bomb.

Police investigating the death of an eight-month-old baby at a Baldivis home charge a 28-year-old woman with murder and say she will face court at a later date.

The radio host and youth mental health charity founder has been charged with assaulting several teenagers, according to Queensland authorities.

Police say "nothing of significance" was found after a dam was drained on Friday in a search for missing four-year-old Gus that was undertaken "out of an abundance of caution".

An eight-year-old boy on the Sunshine Coast has died in hospital after a crash between two e-bikes on Thursday afternoon.

Specialist detectives who handle racially motivated threats are investigating an incident at a mosque in Perth's south-east in which a mystery offender poured non-flammable motor oil across the main entrance.

Police are investigating after an eight-month-old baby was found dead at a home in Perth's southern suburbs.

Dion Anthony Craig has been refused bail following the death of a 55-year-old woman at Ulmarra, NSW.

The Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence Commission found systems meant to keep governments accountable are so fragmented they are leading to authorities passing the buck on responsibility.

South Australian police charge two people with deception after they allegedly found more than 30 counterfeit notes — as well as an imitation firearm and a machete — at a home on Yorke Peninsula.

Police divers, cadaver dogs and SES have been searching a property at Cressbrook Creek, north of Toowoomba, as they investigate the alleged murder of Paul Woods.

Children accused of being involved in a crime spree in Western Australia's north "belong in detention", the state's Corrective Services Minister says.

A former police officer has been killed in a hit and run while walking her dogs in Ulmarra on the New South Wales north coast.  

More than 50 people have been arrested and charged with more than 800 offences in a major Operation Ironside sting across South Australia linked to the encrypted AN0M app.