Juror removed from mushroom lunch murder trial

A juror in the trial of an Australian woman accused of killing three relatives by feeding them poisonous mushrooms has been removed for possible misconduct. Erin Patterson – who has pleaded not guilty – is on trial for the murder of three people and the attempted murder of another, after they ate lunch at her … Read more

AFL great dies using voluntary assisted dying laws

Australian Football League (AFL) player and coach Robert Walls has died aged 74, after using voluntary assisted dying laws. Walls – a Carlton Football Club legend – won three premierships with the team as a player and one as coach, and later became a media figure and pundit. He was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, … Read more

Georgetown academic freed from immigration detention

Georgetown University researcher Badar Khan Suri has been freed from a Texas detention centre after he was arrested as part of the Trump administration’s crackdown on activists across college campuses. A federal judge ordered the release of Mr Suri, who was a postdoctoral fellow at the prestigious Washington DC institution on a student visa. An … Read more