The Government is considering a proposal to limit the sale of knives to young people amid concerns over the number of knife crimes.

A vicious attack on a disabled Canadian tourist in Sydney has made headlines across Canada.

The caregivers of an intellectually disabled woman have been found guilty of manslaughter by a High Court jury today, after seven hours of deliberations.

A 17-year-old was today jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 15-1/2 years for murdering a taxi driver.

Questions have been raised about the monitoring of the online activity of sex offenders, after a murder in Britain.

A baby owes its life to its grandmother who intervened during her own daughter's attempt at infanticide.

A man who was out walking his dogs says one of the pets led him to a severely injured teenager who had been attacked in a park with his girlfriend.

Mystery still surrounds the death of an Indian toddler in Melbourne.

The defence closed its case today in the trial of two caregivers accused of beating an intellectually impaired woman and leaving her to die.

The Indian community has praised Victoria police for their efforts in investigating the death of a three-year-old Indian toddler.

Residents say they heard screams for help, moaning and sobbing in a park where a couple were violently attacked early yesterday.

A stabbing victim is leaving the country and fears for his life because his attacker is about to be released from prison without having done any rehabilitation programme.

A New Zealand man who tried to rape a young girl after travelling to England to try to save his marriage has been sentenced to 15 and a half years in jail.