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There's $925 million to help people flee abusive relationships, as well as a suite of measures to combat the spread of toxic attitudes towards women online.
Changpeng Zhao, the founder of the world's leading cryptocurrency exchange, was sentenced on Tuesday to four months in prison after pleading guilty to money-laundering charges last year.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects across the country.
Among the demonstrators were relatives of Vyleen White, the 72-year-old who was allegedly murdered by a youth offender at Redbank Plains shopping centre last year.
A $1.28 billion scheme to tackle crime in Queensland will see hundreds of extra police officers on the ground, upgrades to policing equipment and stations and more support for the victims of crime, says Premier Steven Miles.
More than 600 people gathered at a funeral home to farewell Hannah McGuire, who was allegedly murdered by ex-boyfriend Lachlan Young earlier this month.
A man and woman have been taken to hospital and a 41-year-old male suspect was apprehended at the scene by witnesses before he was taken into police custody.