Kristin Shorten

Bucks night mishap stirred menacing calls to croc-wrangler

A man whose fingers were ripped off by a crocodile at one of Matt Wright’s resorts has been convicted of menacing the celebrity croc-wrangler and his wife with drunken messages on social media.

University of Newcastle criminology lecturer Xanthe Mallett says the text Lillie James’ killer sent her father was designed to ensure her body was discovered.

Why do Australian men keep killing this group of women?

It’s now well-known that most female murder victims are killed by intimate partners, but a ‘remarkably consistent’ handful of Australian women are dying at the hands of an unlikely group of men.

Cross-claims, subpoenas and mediation talks over fatal crash

Netflix star Chris Wilson’s widow will come face-to-face with Outback Wrangler Matt Wright, Helibrook and the Civil Aviation Safety Authority — whom she is suing over her husband’s death — in Sydney next month.

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A scene from one of International Justice Mission's films about Aaron, a child rescued from 'pay per view' child exploitation purveyors.

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Aussie child sex offenders buying $15 pay-per-view abuse

Depraved Australian paedophiles are commissioning the ‘pay-per-view abuse’ of young children for as little as $15 in another battlefront in the war against online child sexual abuse. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

One thing every parent must do to keep their kid safe online

A new report from the Australian Institute of Criminology into child sexual exploitation online has revealed the one thing every parent must do immediately to stop their children from becoming victims.

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Northern Territory

DPP appeals Outback Wrangler pilot’s sentence

The NT’s top prosecutor has launched a rare appeal bid over the sentence given to a pilot who destroyed evidence following the chopper crash that killed Outback Wrangler star Chris Wilson.

Australian Federal Police Commissioner Reece Kershaw addresses the National Press Club in Canberra.

Technology

Top cop reveals AI-generated child abuse material horror

Australia’s top cop says kids are not safe in their own homes if using social media unsupervised, while revealing the ‘diabolical scenario’ of police investigating crimes against kids who don’t exist.

Social media users are being unwittingly exposed to extreme child sexual abuse through the use of viral marketing techniques.

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Sick scheme spamming social media with child abuse links

Social media users are stumbling across the worst category of child sexual abuse material in a disturbing new trend that rewards criminals for spamming popular platforms with links to illegal content.

Shocking new data reveals opportunistic predators are manipulating children as young as three years old into “disturbing” sexual abuse while playing alone online.

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Technology

Predators now targeting THREE YEAR OLDS on devices at home

New data from the Internet Watch Foundation reveals 2023 was its ‘most extreme year on record’, as global leaders continue to call out tech giants for ‘putting profit before child safety’.

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Over 1000 Aussie kids caught in sextortion scams each month

Police are fearing more youth suicides as criminals continue to use popular social media apps like Snapchat to target young Australians in sexual extortion scams each month.

Expert highlights further sextortion deaths in Australia

At least four Australian children, in Victoria alone, have recently committed suicide after being ‘sextorted’, according to a leading cyber-safety expert.

Kristin Shorten and Remy Varga

Inside the sextortion plot that drove Aussie teen to suicide

Two men from a sprawling Nigerian slum targeted the NSW teen online with what police called “high-pressure techniques” involving threats and manipulation. Hours later he was dead.

Meet the mother who hunts down online child sex predators

When this victim ID specialist sits down at her desk in the AFP’s Canberra headquarters each morning, she faces an excruciating dilemma.

DPP ponders appeal on Outback Wrangler star’s lost phone

The Northern Territory’s Director of Public Prosecutions could appeal the sentence given to pilot Michael Burbidge for destroying evidence after the chopper crash that killed Netflix star Chris Wilson.

Chopper crash victim Chris 'Willow' Wilson.

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