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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 19, 2024:  NSW Police Force Commissioner Karen Webb pictured addressing the media following the arrest of multiple men who allegedly made up a criminal network known as 'The Commission', a group that has allegedly supplied cocaine worth more than $1.8 billion across Sydney in only four months.Sydney CBD.Picture: NewsWire / Damian Shaw

NSW cops banned from using messaging apps

NSW Police officers have been banned from using WhatsApp, social media or any messaging platforms other than SMS on work mobile phones under a controversial ruling by Commissioner Karen Webb.

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Police on the scene in Sydney's CBD this afternoon after a police officer was stabbed twice in the head by a knife-wielding man. The alleged offender was tasered and arrested at gunpoint following the attack, which took place shortly after 1pm on Sunday. Photo: Tom Parrish

Sick cops exit before insurance changes kick in

The NSW Police Force and the police union insist changes to their insurance scheme are “a better deal for police officers” but the scrapping of the lump sum payment has caused an influx of psychological injury claims.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos, September 28 2024. Sydney Swans fans shelter from a downpour as they watch a broadcast of the 2024 AFL Grand Final, at the Sydney Cricket Ground. Picture: NewsWire / Max Mason-Hubers

Weather and results put damper on Swans fans’ high spirits

It was raining, it was pouring and the Brisbane Lions were scoring. That was the tale of the tape in Sydney yesterday as thousands of Swans fans descended on live sites across the Harbour City to see their team lose big in the AFL Grand Final.

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Residents of a home in south Sydney. Picture: Richard Dobson.

Le Grande Scam: French nationals’ giant demerit rort

A crackdown on overseas drivers has unearthed one townhouse as the address of 30 licence holders, mostly French, who combined have racked up more than 2000 driver demerits — and $320,000 in unpaid fines — in a year.

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