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Amaani Siddeek is the South West Sydney reporter for the Canterbury Bankstown Express covering community, council, court and development.

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The Express

Maloni Saravu Tikolevu was convicted in 2019 for possessing child abuse material, a court was told. Picture: iStock

Registered child sex offender’s fresh charge

A western Sydney man who was convicted of possessing child abuse material has landed before the courts again after police allegedly uncovered an image saved to a Google Drive.

The Express

View of West Terrace Parking, a multistorey free parking lot, located at 5-7 West Terrace, Bankstown. Picture: Google Maps

‘This is war’: Outrage at plans to raze 256 free parking spots

A multistorey free carpark and a senior citizens building are on the chopping block following proposed state plans to deliver a new park, leaving a southwest Sydney council “blindsided”.

Police & Courts

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA , NSW Police Force general generic stock GV breaking news police tape image at the Headquarters in Surry Hills, Sydney Australia. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

Third man charged over teen shooting in Sydney’s west

A 19-year-old has been charged from behind bars over a dramatic shooting that left a teenage boy wounded in Sydney’s west, as police uncover a trove of drugs, firearms and cash.

NSW

The two men who died in a crash at Wiley Park on Monday, April 28 have been identified.

‘Beautiful boys’: Two dead, one critical after BMW, truck crash

Two young men killed in a horror crash between a BMW and a truck in Sydney’s southwest are being remembered as another fights for life. Read the touching tributes.

Local

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - NOVEMBER 10, 2023: General generic editorial stock image of medical medicinal cannabis marijuana weed. Picture: NCA NewsWire

$800K cannabis haul seized on Anzac Day

A Queensland man has been charged after 40kg of cannabis was allegedly located during a vehicle stop near the New South Wales and South Australian border.

ExclusivePolice & Courts

Decklen Deaves-Thornton is accused of murdering Newcastle teen Ekampreet Sahni on April 23, 2025. Deaves-Thornton appeared via AVL at Parramatta Bail Court on Saturday April 26, where he did not apply for bail or enter pleas. Picture: Facebook https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162612801069236&set=a.10151266532999236

‘Didn’t intend to kill’: Accused carpark gunman faces court

Police will allege a gunman poked 18 year-old Ekam Sahni with a rifle in a Newcastle car park before shooting him dead. But the gunman’s solicitor has claimed he did not intend to kill the teen.

UpdatedNSW

Map of balls head reserve, where a rescue operation is under way

Man survives fall from cliff after major rescue operation in north Sydney

A man has been rushed to hospital after falling from a cliff in Sydney’s north, sparking a major rescue operation.

Macarthur

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos February 10, 2021: A house fire at 87 Quigg Street in Lakemba today has gutted the building and filled the streets with smoke. Picture: NCA NewsWire / David Swift

NSW Fire and Rescue truck involved in crash

Two people have been injured after a fire truck and a car collided in Sydney’s southwest.

BreakingPenrith

DAILY TELEGRAPH - 26 JANUARY, 2022. An aluminium dingy carrying five people has capsized near the Penrith weir near Bruce Neale Drive with a woman being pulled unconscious and dying a short time later after paramedics attempt to resuscitate her. Picture: Toby Zerna

Man in critical condition after being pulled from weir in Sydney’s west

A man has been rushed to hospital in a serious condition after being pulled from the water in Sydney’s west.

UpdatedThe Express

‘A lot of blood’: Two critical after police pursuit crash

A man has described the moment a high-speed police chase in Sydney’s southwest ended in bloody horror with two people hospitalised in a critical condition.

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