May
- Analysis
- Political leadership
Did Albanese just use the Bondi attack to promote a teal?
The prime minister praised independent MP Allegra Spender during a speech commemorating the six people who died at a Sydney shopping centre last month.
- Aaron Patrick
Musk triumphs over Australian government on stabbing videos
The ruling raises questions about whether the eSafety Commission has sufficient powers to do its job or if it bungled its case against Elon Musk’s X.
- Nick Bonyhady
April
Twenty minutes of terror inside Westfield Bondi Junction
Witnesses have recounted the terrifying period when Joel Cauchi murdered six people in a busy shopping centre in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
- Gus McCubbing, Les Hewitt and Campbell Kwan
Inside Chris Minns’ week of terror in Sydney
The NSW premier was on the first day of a planned family break when an attack unfolded at Bondi. His week was about to get much worse.
- Samantha Hutchinson
Mourners pay tribute to Bondi victims as shopping centre reopens
People have gathered at Westfield Bondi Junction in the eastern suburbs to pay tribute to the six people murdered last weekend. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing and Andrew Hobbs
National security committee to meet after stabbings: PM
Anthony Albanese says violence and extremism has no place in Australia; Richard Marles reveals defence spending will crack $100 billion by 2034. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
Westfield, retailers at odds over pre-attack drills
Days after six people were fatally stabbed at a Westfield Bondi Junction, it has been revealed it did not perform drills on how to respond to such a threat.
- Campbell Kwan, Michael Bleby and Gus McCubbing
Leaders condemn terror attack, call for calm
Political and religious leaders have called for calm after a shock stabbing in a Sydney church has put some communities on edge for reprisals.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Updated
- Terror charges
Shock stabbing at Sydney church a ‘terror’ attack
Spy agency head Mike Burgess said ‘lone wolf’ attacks remain Australia’s biggest threat after NSW Police labelled a Sydney church stabbing a terror attack.
- Samantha Hutchinson and Max Mason
Stabbed Sydney bishop is a viral lockdown and COVID-19 vaccine sceptic
Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel is the leader of an ultra-conservative branch of the Assyrian Orthodox faith who has a big presence on social media.
- Nick Squires
Bondi attack shows lone-wolf threat changing: experts
Police forces need to beef up co-operation between units focused on domestic violence, hate crimes and fixated persons, criminologists say.
- Samantha Hutchinson
- Updated
- Crime
‘I’m loving a monster’: Cauchi’s dad speaks out
The parents of killer Joel Cauchi are “heartbroken” for victims of the Bondi attack, saying they believe their son was in a psychosis when he murdered six people.
- Updated
- David Marin-Guzman and Michael Smith
Police to probe if Bondi killer targeted women
Police are investigating if Joel Cauchi was targeting women when he murdered six people during a nightmarish stabbing spree in Sydney.
- Updated
- Gus McCubbing
How strangers frantically tried to save each other in Bondi
Onlookers recount the nightmarish scenes at a Sydney shopping centre as a man killed six people including Ashlee Good, Jade Young, Dawn Singleton and Faraz Tahir.
- Gus McCubbing and David Marin-Guzman
Cop who stopped Bondi killer praised as ‘best in this state’
The hero police officer who shot the Bondi Junction knife attacker Joel Cauchi has been praised for her courage, but it’s not the first time she’s been commended.
- David Marin-Guzman
Details emerge about Bondi killer Joel Cauchi
Bondi killer flagged an interest in guns, frequented strip clubs and made repeated attempts to meet people in the weeks leading up to Saturday’s rampage.
- David Marin-Guzman
‘I just saw this empty pram’: How strangers frantically tried to save mother
A new mother was forced to throw her bleeding baby into a stranger’s arms as she tried to escape a rampaging knife man who murdered her and five others on Saturday.
- Roger Maynard, James Crisp and Cameron Henderson
Five females, one male killed in stabbing attack
Six people have died, and several others are in a critical condition after a stabbing attack at Bondi Junction Westfield in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. How the day unfolded.
- Updated
March
- Exclusive
- Tax disputes
Street Talk triggered $207m freeze order; family ‘flight risk’
The rich Taiwanese-Australian family behind the Nature’s Care brand lied to the tax office about their income, court documents allege.
- Aaron Patrick
August 2022
- Exclusive
- LNP
In London, NSW trade minister skipped trade office
Stuart Ayres didn’t visit his new trade commissioner because he was worried about being seen by Victorian public servants, the government said.
- Aaron Patrick and Samantha Hutchinson