Safety

  • Scams targeting seniors

    Seniors and pensioners are being bombarded with 'spam scam', and many are falling victim to the elaborate cons.

    May 17, 6:18 pm
  • Surfer's incredible rescue

    Lost at sea and left for dead, Brett Archibald thought his situation was so hopeless that his life was over.

    May 3, 6:18 pm
  • Mail theft

    An Australia Post employee has been caught on camera stealing mail, allegedly for a crime syndicate that can potentially reap millions of dollars.

    April 29, 6:18 pm
  • Smoke alarm warning

    Two people have died last night in a tragic house fire in Brisbane. Why were they not saved by the installed working smoke alarms?

    April 26, 6:18 pm
  • How safe is your home?

    More than 200,000 Australian homes are broken into every year, but the arrival of a new technology could help keep homes protected from crooks.

    April 26, 6:18 pm
  • The search for Reya

    Ten years ago a mother and her one-year-old child vanished into thin air - shockingly they weren't the victims of a crime.

    April 22, 6:18 pm
  • A mother's tragedy

    Vanessa Robinson's world has been ripped apart when she lost her two sons to carbon monoxide poisoning almost three years ago.

    April 19, 6:18 pm
  • Gangs of Woodridge

    Members of communities tormented by gangs have created a series of videos to express in their own words how it has affected them.

    April 15, 6:18 pm
  • Lenient magistrate

    When it comes to the sentencing of violent offenders, many people believe some judges and magistrates are out-of-step with community expectations.

    April 3, 6:18 pm
  • Truckies intimidate motorists

    Maverick truck drivers put motorists' lives at risk with dangerous tailgating and speeding manouevres.

    March 19, 6:18 pm
  • The great pretenders

    Some people are determined to fraudulently live more than one life, getting caught up in the web of their own deceits.

    March 19, 6:18 pm
  • Crown casino heist

    The Crown casino in Melbourne has been involved in a heist reminiscent of 'Ocean's 11', with $32 million stolen by a high roller.

    March 15, 6:18 pm
  • Stalking nightmare

    Chantelle Smith, a young woman desperate to escape her stalker nightmare has done everything possible to get away, but the calls keep coming.

    March 14, 6:18 pm
  • Reverse airbrushing

    Airbrushing has been a tool of the fashion trade for years, and when it comes to pictures in fashion magazines we've learnt that what you see is not really what you get.

    March 11, 6:18 pm
  • Funeral director sentenced

    A funeral director, who took shortcuts with cremations to make extra money, transported bodies from Brisbane to Rockhampton to reduce his costs.

    March 11, 6:18 pm
  • Murder ruling overturned

    One of Australia's most baffling murder mysteries revolves around the brutal deaths of two women in remote bushland in far north Queensland.

    March 8, 6:18 pm
  • Heartless crook carer

    Life was hard enough for Sandra and Chris Campbell, but then they met their supposed carer, and he took them for everything they had.

    March 8, 6:18 pm
  • Reclaiming the streets

    A community that says it's 'too scared to sleep' is so wracked by crime and violence residents are forced to barricade themselves in their homes.

    March 8, 6:18 pm
  • Brace for more rains

    As if Queensland hasn't had enough already this year, it seems more rain is now likely as the season's second cyclone forms off the coast.

    March 7, 6:18 pm
  • Bowraville murder mystery

    One of Australia's great unsolved mysteries revolves around the murder of three people, two just children, at Bowraville in northern New South Wales.

    March 6, 6:18 pm

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