Antisocial Behaviour

A group of teenagers plunged a regional shopping centre into lockdown during an alleged assault on a security guard.

A 27-year-old Australian man arrested and charged in Indonesia has been paraded for the media and is facing up to five years in jail after a violent brawl at a Bali beach club.

Bali police are searching for a group of foreigners, who attacked security guards with wooden planks during a violent brawl outside Finns Beach Club.

The Minns government has proposed law changes to respond to the wave of racist acts across the state, including giving officers more powers, despite the recommendations of a nine-month review published last year.

A year on from the disappearance of Samantha Murphy in Ballarat, advocate Sissy Austin is launching a national movement calling on community members across the country to take a stand against harassment and violence experienced by women and gender diverse runners.

When a press release is being released on a meeting's outcomes 67 minutes after the meeting started, it's easy to get the picture that the "meaningful legal reform" being called for from people like anti-Semitism envoy Jillian Segal wouldn't be happening — at least not now.

There are calls for change after 300 teenagers transformed a normally quiet NSW beach into the site of a drunken party.

Parties and piles of trash were also left on neighbouring Wimbie Beach and Surf Beach.

The magistrate questioned the Department of Communities' plan to work with the boy far from his home region.

NSW Police responded to reports that five men were fighting on a street in Doonside in Western Sydney, which ended with one officer sustaining stab wounds.

The mercury is soaring in WA's Pilbara region and authorities are warning it could get even hotter over the summer months.

A dumped car in northern NSW has been emblazoned with swastikas and other neo-Nazi symbols in an act that has surprised and horrified the community.

A community meeting has been held in Meekatharra to address what police describe as a recent increase in youth-related crime and antisocial behaviour.

The NT has now become the third Australian jurisdiction in two years to punish social media users for boasting about certain crimes online, after Queensland and New South Wales.

A Personal Safety Survey, released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, has found an estimated 2.7 million Australians have been stalked, with women more likely to be followed by a man they know.

Community leaders reject the "abhorrent" rally and reassure people Corowa is a safe multicultural community after a white supremacist rally in the centre of the border town.

The town of Corowa is just across the border from Victoria, where the use of Nazi salutes and symbols has been outlawed.

The allegations of harmful online commentary come following a report from the NT Children's Commissioner which found young Territorians face rampant racism in public and online.

The RSPCA has released its latest animal cruelty hotspots in WA, with the South West seeing an increase in reports. 

The federal government is promising to introduce age restrictions to social media.