Police

A woman in her 30s has been stabbed in the car park of a gym in the suburb of Alexandria, with police now investigating.

A 16-year-old boy who was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in Perth on the weekend had physically assaulted another student at his high school a week earlier, it is revealed.

The lawyer for Ben Cohen, who was wrongly identified as being the Bondi Junction attacker, says a brief of evidence has been handed to police, identifying "malicious and irresponsible use of social media".

Inspector Paul Krawczyk says Drake's security guard was standing outside of the property's gates when he was shot.

Emotions overflow in court as families of those killed in last year's horrific crash hear driver Brett Button plead guilty to multiple offences as most serious charges are dropped.

The head of the National Women's Safety Alliance is outraged by harassment and victim blaming after a footy fan captures threats of sexual violence against her on camera.

While the nation's politicians discuss a national domestic violence crisis, these women on the frontline continue their unrelenting work helping victims and saving lives.

Police in Victoria confronted 94,000 family violence incidents in the past 12 months, according to Assistant Commissioner Lauren Callaway.

The son of an 81-year-old Benalla woman hit by an e-scooter near the MCG last week says he hopes the "gutless" rider feels ashamed about the incident, which police allege was deliberate.

An unrelated firearm charge is dropped against Jaydn Harley Stimson, who is separately charged with the murder of a policeman in South Australia's south-east.

A morning runner who says she was recently confronted by a man along Adelaide's popular Linear Park path expresses relief that an arrest has been made, but says it is "upsetting" that she feels the need to change her running habits.

Two people are arrested after seven red heeler puppies were allegedly abandoned near the Port River, in Adelaide's north-west.

Two men, including a former childcare worker, will likely spend decades behind bars after being sentenced for hundreds of child abuse offences.

Authorities were contacted after an explosive device was set off in a toilet at a Perth school. One of the students said to be involved in the incident was shot dead by police at the weekend after he stabbed a man in a Willetton car park.

Police have declared a crime scene at bushland in the Toowoomba suburb of Middle Ridge after what they believe to be human bones were discovered by a member of the public. 

The 16-year-old stabbed a man, aged in his 30s, in the car park of a Bunnings store in Willetton on Saturday night before being shot dead by police.

Police have seized items from the family home of a 16-year-old schoolboy who was fatally shot by officers as they probe the motivation behind his weekend knife attack.

Police in New South Wales will be able to "wand" anyone in designated areas for a weapon, under state government proposals to combat knife crime.

In the current firestorm of recriminations about the causes of domestic violence and how we might address it, there have been calls for the more frequent or more rapid jailing of violent men. But few are asking: what happens then?

High profile Perth bikie Troy Mercanti is released from custody after spending the weekend behind bars on serious sexual assault charges, with police revealing more offences could follow.

Seven red heeler puppies were pulled from the banks and water of the Port River, while two cats were left stranded on the side of a highway in the Mid North.

The family of a woman stabbed to death in her workplace in Adelaide has spoken outside court calling for an end to gendered violence.

The 16-year-old stabbed a man, aged in his 30s, in the car park of a Bunnings store in Willetton on Saturday night before being shot dead by police.

Detectives say they are searching for brothers Abhijeet Abhijeet and Robin Gartan who fled a violent dispute that left one man dead and another injured in Ormond on Sunday.

Premier Roger Cook says a letter was sent to WA's education minister with concerns about the behaviour of the teen, who was a student at Rossmoyne Senior High School, where parents are expressing shock about the incident.