Assault

Police are investigating the death of a 49-year-old Sunshine Coast man after they were called to a Maroochydore home.

The now 18-year-old, who cannot be identified under Queensland's youth justice laws as he was 17 at time, was handed a 12-year sentence on Monday.

A NSW court has been told Jordanian national, Shadi Taisser Ayed Alsaaydeh, had taken medication and a sleeping pill, and had no recollection of the incident on the AirAsia flight.

The AFL will allow Richmond's Noah Balta to return to playing before being sentenced for assaulting a man outside a NSW Riverina club.

The mother and three children were found with multiple stab wounds at a home in Baulkham Hills. They remain in hospital in a stable condition.

Police officers found a 47-year-old woman, a 16-year-old girl, a 13-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy with stab wounds at the scene in Baulkham Hills after being contacted by the children's father.

The brother of slain underworld figure Hamad 'the executioner' Assaad has won a court battle with his family over the sale of a home in Sydney's west.

Police prosecutors say AFL footballer Noah Balta should be jailed over a brutal assault they argue could have killed his 27-year-old victim.

The family of one-punch victim Luke Sweetman has expressed disappointment in the sentence of his killer, and called for more protections at pubs and hotels.

Two security guards who punched patrons in a brawl at Summernats have escaped jail time, with a judge labelling the situation as "highly volatile".

A prestigious private school in regional Victoria says boys have been expelled after an investigation into student-on-student violence at the school's boarding house.

The court heard that Nicholas Prosper had withdrawn into an online world and illegally bought a firearm as he plotted to carry out an attack on a primary school north of London.

The 20-year-old was allegedly hit in his upper back by a "projectile" fired from a passing vehicle shortly after midnight on Sunday at Underwood in Logan.

Jackie Fitzgerald, executive director at NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, said the number increase was "unusually high".

Two years ago, former NBL player Harry Froling was laying in a hospital bed fighting for his life. Now he's set on coming back better than ever.

An Indonesian police chief has been arrested after the Australian Federal Police traced child abuse material to the province of East Nusa Tenggara.

South Australia's Supreme Court has released footage of Mathew Hawkins's fatal one-punch attack on Luke Sweetman — who was backing away — when he was struck outside a suburban Adelaide hotel.

Luke Sweetman had so much of his life ahead of him when he was punched in a "horrific attack" outside a suburban Adelaide hotel last year. Now, his family has confronted his killer.

Around 200 people have turned out in Canberra's south to take part in a solidarity run, after a female runner was allegedly grabbed by a man at Tuggeranong Hill last weekend. 

A 44-year-old man has been charged with assault after an incident at a flood evacuation centre in the NSW Northern Rivers.