It took almost 10 years, but convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is set to taste freedom after Indonesian authorities granted her parole.

By this time next week, or even earlier, Schapelle Corby could be bodyboarding in the Bali surf.

Stephen Versalko, the ASB Bank fraudster who stole $18 million, will be released from prison this month, but his wife has moved on.

Airlines claim legal measures to deal with violent passengers outdated, jeopardising safety and call for revamp.

Internal company emails reveal how MediaWorks tried to shut down media coverage of controversy over a Roast Busters interview by hosts John Tamihere and Willy Jackson.

The judge who reinstated murder convictions against Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito speaks for the first time about his anguish at determining the verdict.

Sollecito `devastated' by court ruling and denies bid to flee justice, as Knox contemplates time in grim US jail.

George Stinney was only 14 when a court in South Carolina sentenced him to death in 1944.

Violent and disorderly drunks in New South Wales will face tough new mandatory jail sentences in a package of measures to battle binge drinking.

Australian businessman Marcus Lee says touching down on home soil feels like a dream after spending almost five years fighting fraud charges in Dubai.

If all firearms, as well as owners, were registered, it may have been more difficult for Livingstone to shoot his children.

A woman who was savagely beaten as she walked along her own street in daylight is disgusted her alleged attacker has been released on bail.

The man accused of fatally punching teenager Daniel Christie in Sydney's Kings Cross was yesterday charged with murder.

Secret networks of Freemasons have been used by organised crime gangs to corrupt the criminal justice system, according to a bombshell Metropolitan Police report.

The parents or guardians of young people before the courts could have bail conditions imposed on them as well as their children, under a private members' bill.

A blockade at the entrance to Hole in the Rock is being considered as part of a long-running row over money and mana.

Offenders who get locked up for Christmas can forget about a special meal from the cops on the big day.

An American and four other men detained in the United Arab Emirates for making a parody video about youth culture will discover today whether they will be freed.

A multimillion-dollar claim brought by the Ministry of Education over leaky schools has been settled.

District Court judges have met calls for increased accountability with their first annual report - and raised publicly limitations imposed by "limited resources".

Editorial: If the IRD is known for unilateral and unexplained actions against its targets, Customs inhabits a peculiar twilight zone at the border.

Scotland Yard looking at laying drugs charges against chef and whether to go after suppliers.

NZ's top judges will be paid up to $15,500 a year extra after the Remuneration Authority approved a pay rise well above the rate of inflation and the average wage increase in NZ.

Weathertight Homes Tribunal rules dwellings in St Heliers retirement village are private residences.

The daughter of an elderly couple slain in a brutal double murder is furious that one of the killers has been shown leniency at a parole hearing.

The demands of a lobby group seeking tougher bail laws should not be adopted, MPs say, but some minor changes to bail rules are needed.

Agency failed to consider key evidence in $1.7 billion South Canterbury Finance investigation.

New Zealanders may have to wait longer for cheaper internet after Chorus yesterday initiated court action to challenge the Commerce Commission's ruling.