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Thousands of investors who were exposed to heavy losses by investing their retirement savings into the First Guardian and Shield managed investment schemes have been told they may be able to get "remediation" from the superannuation trustees that ran platforms that housed their investments.

Police say the demonstration, scheduled for September 13, is being organised by an umbrella group known as Australia Unites Against Government Corruption.

Carnarvon publicans, bottleshop owners and tourism operators fear alcohol sales restrictions aimed at curbing crime have cost them years of income due to rules the government now says they've misunderstood.

"Sovereign citizens" believe Australian laws do not apply to them. That's where pseudolaw comes in.

An army reservist with access to high-powered firearms is found guilty of threatening a senior WA Police officer over his involvement in the state's firearm reforms. 

Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent catching fewer than a dozen drunk skippers on West Australian waters.

The risk posed by the sovereign citizen movement in Australia has concerned experts and authorities for years. Now it may have become a reality, after two police officers were allegedly killed by a man who identifies with the group. 

A 32-year-old Broken Hill man is arrested after more than $700,000 in cash is unaccounted-for from ATMs in the area. Police allege he accessed a portion of the money through his employment.

At least 6.5 million Australians will have no say in who inherits their superannuation, according to new research from Super Consumers Australia. It is urging people to make sure they have a legally "binding" nomination to ensure their super goes to the people they want it to.

The lawyer of a graphic artist charged over a satirical poster depicting Liberal politicians and billionaires in Nazi uniforms says the law is being weaponised against protesters.

Corporal punishment including smacking has been used as an excuse for "awful abuse" and should be outlawed, a royal commissioner says.

WA's Chief Justice Peter Quinlan has issued a warning over the rise of 'sovereign citizens', saying they put the stability of society at risk.

WA's chief justice says everyone should be worried about the rise of 'sovereign citizens' who do not believe in the law, warning of the risks to "the safety and stability" of society.

WA's Chief Justice Peter Quinlan has issued a warning over the rise of 'sovereign citizens', saying they put the stability of society at risk.

A growing coalition of groups who reject the legitimacy of governments and courts are engaged in what some call a "quasi-civil war".

WA Labor are accusing the state opposition leader of mixed messaging over WA's revamped firearms legislation, following fallout from a failed disallowance motion this week.

Frustrated WA gun owners have gathered in droves at Parliament House to support a crossbencher's motion to scrap Labor's controversial firearms regulations, but opposition from the Greens means it will not succeed.

New data reveals a "sharp increase" in children in custody in NSW, with the number of Indigenous kids behind bars sparking a warning from the head of the state's crime research agency.

Victim-survivors of domestic violence say the bond they share with their pets is weaponised as a form of coercive control, as legal experts push for animal abuse to be recognised under the law. 

South Australia's illicit tobacco task force is continuing to see "larger volumes of product" seized in regional areas, including more than 1,000 packets of illegal cigarettes and 500 vapes seized across six stores in the Riverland region.