The governor of Schapelle Corby's Bali jail is jeopardising a major cut to her sentence with claims she is faking a mental illness.

Michael Laws' estranged partner has revealed how she used to punch him in the face and became an alcoholic during their relationship breakdown.

The perception of cronyism, corruption and drugs has been a factor in the declining racing industry, and integrity must be restored for the industry to thrive, Racing Minister John Carter says.

Progress is being made in the war against drug addiction and its links with crime.

He was a high-flying, successful inner-city lawyer - until he destroyed his privileged life with methamphetamine abuse.

Keisha Castle-Hughes is producing a film about a subject painfully close to her heart - NZ's 'epidemic' of P abuse.

Second-generation Mongrel Mobster Layton Te Nahu is off the drug P and back with his family, thanks to a remarkable New Zealand story that involves the Prime Minister, the Salvation Army and a retired surgeon.

There was less crime and more of it was solved in the year ended June 30, police say.

BOP police seized hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of meth ingredients, firearms and a 50-foot launch during a major drugs bust.

A Nigerian drug smuggler who fooled immigration officials to get a job as a hospital psychiatrist was yesterday jailed for 16 months.

Much of Hoffman's writing is rich in symbolism and fantasy, and her latest novel, The Story Sisters, is no exception.

Organised crime is more than just guns and drugs with environmental and cyber crime also proving a lucrative business, OFCANZ says.

Two Bali Nine ringleaders have begged an Indonesian court for a second chance at life.

It's a sad day for journalism when a newspaper is pressured into stopping its reports on crime.