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Man accused of ‘escalating’ sexual attacks on strangers repeatedly bailed
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Man accused of ‘escalating’ sexual attacks on strangers repeatedly bailed

Facing allegations of public masturbation, threatening sexual comments, stalking of women and girls, Geoffrey Postle has repeatedly been released despite police warnings.

  • by Perry Duffin and Clare Sibthorpe

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Detainee released by Coalition one of trio accused of attack on grandmother
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Detainee released by Coalition one of trio accused of attack on grandmother

It can be revealed a second man accused of a brutal attack on a Perth grandmother was released from detention when Peter Dutton was minister for home affairs.

  • by David Crowe, Rebecca Peppiatt and Heather McNeill
Stabbing video not offensive enough to be removed, X Corp tells court

Stabbing video not offensive enough to be removed, X Corp tells court

X Corp’s legal team argues that footage of a Sydney priest being stabbed does not meet the legal threshold for it to be forcibly removed.

  • by Paul Sakkal
‘It could boomerang’: Stormy Daniels testimony on sex, lies and money is risky for both sides

‘It could boomerang’: Stormy Daniels testimony on sex, lies and money is risky for both sides

The porn actor’s account was explosive in her indignant delivery and in the details of a sexual encounter with Donald Trump that at times sounded non-consensual.

  • by Shayna Jacobs, Perry Stein, Marianne LeVine and Devlin Barrett
Half the detainees freed after High Court ruling have no monitors or curfews

Half the detainees freed after High Court ruling have no monitors or curfews

The government has successfully fended off a major legal challenge that would have seen up to 200 more immigration detainees released into the community.

  • by Olivia Ireland and Angus Thompson
Trump promised a ‘deal’ to Big Oil as he asked for $US1b for campaign

Trump promised a ‘deal’ to Big Oil as he asked for $US1b for campaign

With his eye on securing a second term in the White House propelled by donor funds, Trump told the oil CEOs at dinner at Mar-a-Lago: You are all wealthy enough.

  • by Josh Dawsey and Maxine Joselow
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‘Eunuch maker’ who broadcast mutilations of men jailed for life
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‘Eunuch maker’ who broadcast mutilations of men jailed for life

A Norwegian national made more than $500,000 from the website’s 22,841 members who paid to watch videos of his “barbaric” underworld surgeries.

  • by Max Stephens
Stormy Daniels clashes with Trump’s lawyer over her account of sex with former president

Stormy Daniels clashes with Trump’s lawyer over her account of sex with former president

In a combative few hours of cross-examination in the hush money trial, Trump’s lawyers sought to portray the former porn star as a promiscuous extortionist.

  • by Farrah Tomazin
Rape charges against Perth bikie Troy Mercanti dropped

Rape charges against Perth bikie Troy Mercanti dropped

A woman who claimed Troy Mercanti assaulted and raped her after a night out in Northbridge has withdrawn her accusations, forcing the police to drop the charges.

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
‘They refused to attend’: Perth paramedic slams police response to service station death
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‘They refused to attend’: Perth paramedic slams police response to service station death

But police deny they were called ‘multiple times’ to attend a Dawesville scene where an alleged altercation between two men resulted in a death.

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
US man linked to Qld police shootings offered plea deal

US man linked to Qld police shootings offered plea deal

US prosecutors have offered Donald Day Jr an undisclosed plea deal over his alleged links with the family who gunned down two Australian police officers in Wieambilla.

  • by Rex Martinich