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Court rules terminally ill woman can access payout

A court order preventing a child sexual abuse survivor from accessing $1.4 million in compensation has been lifted despite opposition from state lawyers.

AAP · Aug 26

Enzo Fernández and Chelsea’s very English approach to playing happy families

In today’s Football Daily: Enzo Fernández says sorry

The Guardian - UK · Apr 10

Appeal decision for couple who killed former son-in-law

A court has delivered its decision in the appeal of a couple who were found guilty of murdering their former son-in-law in the driveway of his rural home.

AAP · Sep 23, 2025

Couple appeal convictions for murdering ex-son-in-law

A Tasmanian husband and wife found guilty of murdering their former son-in-law in 2009 have lodged appeals against their convictions.

AAP · Jul 19, 2023

Tas couple jailed after shooting dead former son-in-law

Cedric Harper Jordan and Noelene June Jordan have been found guilty of murdering their former son-in-law, Shane Geoffrey Barker.

AAP · Jun 28, 2023

Off-duty cop lied in attempt to cover up assault

An off-duty police officer who assaulted a man and later lied to investigators has been given a suspended jail sentence and community service.

AAP · Apr 19, 2023

Former off-duty police officer Todd Apted sentenced for assault in Launceston street, 'did not act defensively' as he claimed

A former police officer who hit a man during a street fight avoids jail and is ordered to do community work after being found guilty of perverting the course of justice and assault.

ABC News · Apr 18, 2023

Kookaburra cull of 350 birds lands Tasmanian man a $5,000 fine for incorrect weapons permit

A Tasmanian man who shot 350 kookaburras because they were impacting the native wildlife is fined $5,000 — not for the birds' deaths, but because he had the wrong firearm permit.

ABC News · Mar 20, 2023

Man extradited from Broome sentenced to 12 years' jail for child sex abuse in Tasmania

Warning: This story contains graphic details that readers may find disturbing. An eight-year-old girl was denied food by her stepfather unless she performed sexual acts with him, a Launceston Supreme Court has heard.

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

Off-duty Tasmanian police officer Todd Apted found guilty of assaulting man in Newnham street

A jury in northern Tasmania has found an off-duty police officer guilty of assaulting a man and perverting the course of justice.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023