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The former gynaecologist and obstetrician – who was imprisoned for two and a half years after being found guilty of maliciously inflicting grievous bodily harm – appeared at the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal today in Sydney. His victim, Carolyn Dewaegeneire, who has been fighting for justice for 12 years and told her full story […]

'Plus size' model Jessica Leahy weighs in on the photoshop debate and the call for 'real women'.

Disgraced Australian entertainer Rolf Harris has written a vile song from prison, mocking his victims.

The statement comes in the wake of controversy over Mr Abbott winking at an ABC radio host when a pensioner called to ask him about the budget and said she was forced to work on a sex hotline to make ends meet. Caller Gloria said, “I’m a 67-year-old pensioner. Three chronic incurable medical conditions, two […]

The Australian Institute of Criminology report found hundreds of vulnerable women are immigrating each year for marriage, only to be enslaved and mistreated. Individual cases included a woman who was forced to look after her mother-in-law and a family of 15 while her husband, who kept her passport, instead lived with his girlfriend. Another, The […]

Former First Lady Jackie Kennedy Onassis’s private letters to an Irish priest have been handed to an Irish court ahead of their auction next month.

The changes to the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 come into action today, with Sergeants and those higher in the ranks of the NSW Police Force granted authorisation to issue the provisional restraining orders. Police can also remove an offender from the scene immediately if it ensures safety for the victim. Previously police […]

The 39-year-old told the Sunday Herald Sun that Rianna was five months pregnant with the couple’s first son. “We’ve got two little girls at the moment, so it’s good to know we’ve got a little boy coming along,” he said. “I’ll be able to spend some time in the backyard honing his cricket skills in,” […]

Speaking at the Calvin Klein’s Women in Film party at the Cannes Film Festival, the 45-year-old star said: “Jane Campion is right to say that there’s an inherent sexism in the film industry. But there’s also a lack of women putting themselves forward”. The Oscar-nominated actress also said female directors and actors have a different […]

Hughes was convicted of 10 child sex charges on April 7, including seven counts of indecent assault, two counts of sexual assault and one count of assault with an act of indecency. According to the Daily Telegraph, Judge Peter Zahra said the 65-year-old had to be sentenced based on sentencing laws at the time of […]