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Minns Government Introduces 'Kill Car' and Child Recruitment Crackdown in NSW Parliament With 18-Year Sentences for Public Shootings
NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley says the legislation creates new aggravated offences for torching 'kill cars' and recruiting children for crime, with penalties up to 18 years for shooting at buildings or vehicles and 15 years for luring under-16s into stealing cars.
Cage Fighter Bradley Fletcher Found Guilty of Manslaughter Over Backyard Sparring Death of Best Friend
A NSW Supreme Court jury has acquitted Sydney cage fighter Bradley Dusan Fletcher of murder but found him guilty of manslaughter over the 2024 backyard sparring death of his best friend Bradley Evennett, leaving the 40-year-old to be sentenced for a killing that came during an afternoon of alcohol, cocaine and boxing gloves at a Mount Druitt rental property.
Minns Government Pours $39.3 Million Into NSW Firearms Registry With 22 New Staff to Deliver Post-Bondi Gun Reforms
Police Minister Yasmin Catley says the cash injection will fund 22 extra staff to implement what she calls Australia's toughest gun law reforms — including a cut to the licence period, a comprehensive audit of every existing licence, and caps on the number of firearms a person can own — measures introduced after the December attack on Bondi's Hanukkah celebration.
Sydney Finance Worker Derek Jones Launches Rare Judicial Review of NSW Police After Broken Ribs at Town Hall Herzog Protest
A 56-year-old Sydney finance worker who suffered two broken ribs at February's Town Hall protest against Israeli President Isaac Herzog is suing NSW Police and seeking a rare judicial review — saying through his lawyer his action is "not about money, it's about information."
Alleged Bondi Massacre Gunman Naveed Akram Hit With 19 Additional Charges, Including 10 Counts of Shooting With Intent to Murder
Alleged Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram, 24, has been laid with 19 fresh charges in custody at Goulburn Supermax — taking his total to 78 — court records show ahead of a Downing Centre Local Court mention this week.
Knox Grammar Teacher William Gulson Avoids Jail Over Sexual Texts to Teen Caught in Grindr Paedophile Sting
A former Knox Grammar English and drama master will serve no jail time after being convicted over a 90-minute online exchange with someone he believed was 15, with a Sydney judge ordering 400 hours of community service and an eight-year child protection register listing.
ISIS-Linked Janai Safar Refused Bail After Sydney Airport Arrest on Terror Charges
Janai Safar, 32, was arrested by the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team after landing at Sydney International Airport on Thursday night and on Friday afternoon was refused bail by a Sydney judge who told her case was a "unique matter that's rarely been tried in this country".
Police Hunt Sydney Gunman Who Fired Shots Into Air After Fleeing Pursuit in City's West
A driver allegedly fired several shots into the air after fleeing a NSW Police pursuit through suburban streets in Sydney's west on Friday night, with Cumberland Police describing the firearm discharge as "totally irresponsible" and the man still at large on Saturday.
'We're Not Leaving': Hyper Karting Saves 150 Jobs as City of Sydney Overturns Moore Park Refusal
The 410-metre Hyper Karting electric go-kart track on the fifth level of Moore Park's Entertainment Quarter has been saved after the City of Sydney overturned a March refusal of its operating extension, prompted by a record 4,000-plus community submissions and a "David and Goliath" public campaign by managing director Andrew Richardson.
Contract Doctors Charged NSW Health $1.3 Billion as One Claimed 25-Hour Days for a Whole Year
A NSW Auditor-General audit released on Thursday found visiting medical officers billed taxpayers $1.32 billion in 2024-25 under contracts the watchdog says have "significant and persistent" control weaknesses — including one doctor whose timesheets recorded 9,250 hours, the equivalent of 25 hours a day every day of the year.
Two Sydney Childcare Centres Caught Employing Banned Workers in NSW–Victoria Safety Blitz
Two Sydney services were caught this week employing workers prohibited from working with children, with a south-western Sydney provider fined $20,000 and a G8 Education centre ordered to remove a worker banned since 2020 — uncovered in a NSW–Victoria compliance blitz of more than 500 services.
Richard Lewer Wins 2026 Archibald Prize With Portrait of Pitjantjatjara Elder Iluwanti Ken
The Melbourne-based artist took the $100,000 award for a life-size portrait of celebrated Pitjantjatjara artist and traditional healer Iluwanti Ken, painted on her Country in 47-degree heat and announced on Friday at the Art Gallery of New South Wales.
NSW Electoral Watchdog Quietly Reopens Probe Into Premier Chris Minns Over 'Sunny Seafood' Donations Allegations
The NSW Electoral Commission has quietly reopened its investigation into allegations Premier Chris Minns conspired to evade state political donations laws over a 2014 Sunny Seafood fundraising dinner — months after the watchdog appeared to have shelved the matter.
Moore Park Golf Course Cut to 12 Holes Under $50 Million Compromise to Open Up Public Parkland
The Minns Government has finalised a $50 million plan to cut Moore Park's 18-hole public golf course back to 12 holes — three more than its earlier nine-hole draft — and create a new 20-hectare park for one of Australia's most densely populated suburbs.
David Warner Will 'Accept Responsibility' for Drink-Driving, Lawyer Tells Sydney Court
The 39-year-old former Test opener returned a 0.104 blood-alcohol reading after three glasses of wine with friends on Easter Sunday in Sydney's east, his lawyer Bobby Hill told Waverley Local Court before the matter was adjourned to 24 June.
Self-Styled Islamic Preacher Junaid Thorne Refused Parole Over 'Extensive' Letters to Convicted Terrorists in Prison
The NSW State Parole Authority has refused for a second time to release self-styled Islamic preacher Mohammed Junaid Thorne, citing 800 pages of correspondence he conducted with 10 convicted terrorist inmates.
University Student Muhammad Kashif, 20, Identified as Victim of Royal National Park Submerged-Car Tragedy
A 20-year-old electrical engineering student and budding cricketer from Casula, named by 9News as Muhammad Kashif, has been identified as the man whose body was recovered from a sunken car at Audley Weir, with NSW Police investigating whether the blue Audi was racing a silver Mercedes when it left the road and entered the water.
Sydney Man, 68, Arrested After Wearing Swastika T-Shirt Outside Antisemitism Royal Commission
The pensioner, who told reporters he often wore the shirt throughout the Sydney CBD and was "proud" to do so, was first issued a move-on direction before later attending Manly Police Station, where he was arrested. The royal commission said it was "appalled".
Alan Jones' Lawyers Attack 'Bad' Search Warrants in Bid to Throw Out Sex Abuse Evidence
Lawyers for the 85-year-old former 2GB host told Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court that the November 2024 raid on his home may have been unlawfully broad, flagging a possible bid to halt the four-month trial set to begin in August.
Daughter of Bondi Terror Victim Reuven Morrison First to Testify as Royal Commission on Antisemitism Public Hearings Begin
Sheina Gutnick, daughter of Reuven Morrison who was killed defending Hanukkah revellers at last December's Bondi Beach terror attack, became the first witness as the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion opened public hearings in Sydney on Monday.
Former Vincentian Priest Guy Norman Hartcher, 79, Awaits NSW District Court Sentence Over Pre-Christmas Online Child Sex Sting
Agreed facts tendered to the NSW District Court reveal how a 79-year-old former Catholic priest was caught in a pre-Christmas Telegram sting offering to be a "guide" to a person he believed was a 14-year-old boy.
Three Dead in Ballina Boating Tragedy as Marine Rescue NSW Vessel Capsizes Trying to Help Sinking Yacht
Two Marine Rescue NSW volunteers and a man from the sinking yacht they had launched into 2.5-metre swells to save are dead after their rescue boat capsized while crossing the South Ballina bar on Monday evening, in what the volunteer service's commissioner has called the darkest night in its history.
Convicted Sex Offender Frankie Bailey Handed Lifetime Ban From NSW Health Services After Counselling 9-Year-Old Under Alias
The NSW Health Care Complaints Commission has issued a permanent prohibition order against Frankie Allan Bailey, a former Grafton headmaster jailed for child sex offences, finding he used counselling work as "a ruse to gain access to children" while practising under the alias "Doctor Allan Bailey".
NSW Police Hunt Mystery Archer After Native Brush Turkey Found Impaled With Arrow at Cremorne Point
A jogger found the wounded bird in bushland opposite Cremorne Point Ferry Wharf in late April and a second brush turkey has been seen for months walking around East Gosford with an arrow embedded in its feathers, with police now investigating.
Jacky Feng Refused Bail Over Alleged Triple Murder of Parents and Brother at Rosemeadow Family Home
The 32-year-old appeared via video link in Campbelltown Local Court on Monday, charged with three counts of murder and one of attempted murder, and was refused bail and ordered to undergo a psychiatric assessment while in custody.
Shark-Spotting Drones Launched on Sydney's Northern Beaches in Tribute to Surfer Mercury Psillakis
The NSW government has launched a $650,000 surfer-led shark drone program, with each of the 60 aircraft carrying the name of Mercury Psillakis, the surfer fatally bitten by a white shark at Dee Why last September.
Man, 32, Arrested After Three Family Members Killed in 'Very Bloody' Attack at Rosemeadow Home
Three members of the same family — a mother, father and adult son — died in an alleged attack at a home on Juliet Close in Rosemeadow on Sunday morning, with NSW Police arresting a 32-year-old man at the scene of what officers described as a "very bloody" incident.
Ibrahem Hamze Unmasked as Hamzy Boss Who Offered $2 Million for Botched Prospect Gym Hit
Suppression orders have lapsed, allowing the senior Hamzy figure to be named as the man who hatched the November 2021 plot at Auburn's Owl Cafe to kill four Alameddine clan members at a Prospect gym. He was sentenced to 13 years for conspiracy to murder in October last year.
Scott Johnson Killer Scott White Abandons Parole Bid Days Before Release Eligibility in 1988 Manly Cliff Hate-Crime Case
The convicted killer, who confessed to a 2020 undercover police sting and pleaded guilty to manslaughter over the long-unsolved Manly cliff death of American mathematician Dr Scott Johnson, has withdrawn his parole bid days before his minimum sentence ends.
Man, 64, Charged After Alleged Laser Pointer Attack on PolAir Helicopter Over Sydney's South-West
Officers from Fairfield City Police Area Command tracked the beam from a NSW Police PolAir aircraft to a home on Richard Road, Wakeley, where they arrested a 64-year-old man and charged him with threatening the safety of the helicopter and its crew.
Construction Complete on $915 Million Powerhouse Parramatta Ahead of Western Sydney Museum's Late-Year Opening
Builder LendLease has handed over the seven-zone exoskeleton museum to the Powerhouse after four years, with five exhibitions including Australia's most ambitious aerospace show being installed before doors open later this year.
Daniel Drakopoulos, SRG Hospitality Heir, Avoids Conviction Over Assault on Former Fiancee After 'Moment of Madness' Plea
The 30-year-old SRG Hospitality director was sentenced to a good behaviour bond at the Downing Centre after pleading guilty to assault occasioning bodily harm — with a court-released phone transcript capturing his former fiancee saying: "I could have died."
Former Liberal MP Rory Amon to Face Retrial on Two Hung Child Sex Counts After Acquittal on Eight
The 36-year-old former Pittwater MP stood up in the NSW Supreme Court on Friday and pleaded not guilty to two counts of sexual intercourse without consent and indecent assault, with a fresh two-week trial listed for November.
NSW DPP Sally Dowling Clashes With MPs at Inquiry Over ODPP's 2GB Leak About Judge Wass
Director of Public Prosecutions Sally Dowling, SC, accused a NSW upper house inquiry of "looking for a basis to make adverse findings" against her on Friday as she denied authorising her office's 2024 leak of a story about Judge Penelope Wass to 2GB.
Olympic Breakdancer Raygun Takes Voluntary Redundancy from Macquarie University, Says She Saw 'the Writing on the Wall'
Rachael Gunn, the Sydney academic who became a global viral sensation at the 2024 Paris Olympics, has confirmed she took a voluntary redundancy from Macquarie's Faculty of Arts in February and says she is "very worried" for university colleagues.
City of Sydney Council Backs Greens Motion to Investigate Outright Ban on Airbnb and Stayz Whole-Home Listings as 180-Day Cap Falls Short
A Greens-led motion has passed the City of Sydney council asking staff to investigate banning Airbnb and Stayz whole-home rentals in suburbs where short-stay listings outnumber long-term rentals or vacancies fall below three per cent.
NSW to Replace Plastic Opal Cards With Digital Accounts in $820 Million 'Opal 2.0' Overhaul to End 'Phantom Buses'
The biggest overhaul of Sydney's public transport ticketing in 13 years will install 25,000 new readers, scrap plastic cards and add real-time bus tracking by 2028.
Robbery Squad Charges Third Man Over Alleged Mt Pritchard Tobacconist Kidnapping After Surry Hills Arrest
NSW Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives have charged a 27-year-old man over the alleged February kidnapping of a 53-year-old man taken from outside a Meadows Road tobacconist at Mt Pritchard, more than two months after the victim was rescued from a Dural property under Strike Force Martinook.
Mother of Alleged Sydney Police Killer Beau Lamarre-Condon Charged With Witness Interference After Balmain Arrest
Coleen Lamarre, 63, has been charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice after NSW Homicide Squad detectives arrested her in Balmain on Wednesday — accused of trying to influence a key witness in her son's looming double murder trial.
SUV Driver Charged With Hit-Run After Allegedly Ramming Teenage E-Bike Rider on Sydney's Northern Beaches
A 38-year-old man faces hit-and-run and dangerous driving charges after a 15-year-old e-bike rider was rammed and thrown from his bike at a North Curl Curl intersection — with two off-duty police officers among bystanders who told the driver to stop.
