Clareese Packer

2 weeks ago | news.com.au | Clareese Packer

Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains reference to Indigenous people who have died. Australians across the country have flocked to the streets to demand justice following the death of an Indigenous man in police custody in the Northern Territory. A 24-year-old man was restrained by two police officers at an Alice Springs Coles on May 27. Police said there had been reports of an altercation between the man and a security guard.

3 weeks ago | news.com.au | Clareese Packer

A group of boys allegedly armed with machetes were spotted arguing at a shopping centre in Melbourne’s northwest nearly a week after the state government fast-tracked a ban on the weapons following an incident in Preston. The group of about 5-6 boys were allegedly seen arguing with each other inside the Caroline Springs Shopping Centre about 6.40pm on Friday night. A Victoria Police spokesperson said it was understood the group were armed with machetes.

3 weeks ago | news.com.au | Clareese Packer

A young French woman allegedly concealed 10kg of methamphetamine in her suitcase on a flight from Paris to Perth. The 18-year-old was travelling from Paris when Australian Border Force officers selected her for a baggage examination at Perth Airport. A white crystalline substance was allegedly found in five sealed plastic pouches inside her suitcase. The substance tested positive for methamphetamine during initial testing, with an estimated weight of 10.7kg.

3 weeks ago | thewest.com.au | Clareese Packer

Convicted wife killer Chris Dawson has lost his bid to quash a conviction over his unlawful sexual relationship with a teenage schoolgirl in the 1980s. Dawson was in 2023 found guilty of carnal knowledge of a girl, who can only be known as AB, when she was just 16 years old in 1980. He was sentenced to three years in prison with a two year non-parole period after Judge Sarah Huggett found him guilty of one count of carnal knowledge following a two-week District Court trial.

3 weeks ago | thewest.com.au | Clareese Packer

Guy Sebastian has revealed new details in the relationship breakdown between he and his former manager, claiming invoices were not being sent and there was a “really big shift” the year before the pop star left the company. Titus Emanuel Day is standing trial for allegedly embezzling $640,000 of Sebastian’s royalties and performance fees. This includes the alleged failure to remit $187,000 to Sebastian for performance fees as a support act for Taylor Swift on her 2013 Red tour of Australia.