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Inasha Iftekhar is the reporter for the Macarthur Chronicle, covering community, court, crime, and development news in the Campbelltown-Camden and Sydney South-West region.

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Police have charged almost 600 people with serious domestic violence offences, during a four-day high-visibility operation targeting the state’s most high-risk domestic violence offenders., , Pictured: Mt Pritchard arrest, , Operation Amarok V, an intelligence-based policing strategy led by each region’s Domestic Violence High-Risk Offender Teams (DVHROT), ran from Wednesday to Saturday (7 – 10 February 2024)., , Officers from all police area commands and police districts in NSW, as well as various proactive and specialist units, were involved in the operation., , A total of 590 people were arrested, and 1183 charges laid during the first Amarok of 2024. Of those arrested, 229 were wanted by police for serious domestic violence offences. Photo: NSW Police

Police hunt massive list of alleged DV offenders in city’s southwest

A laundry list of alleged DV offenders are wanted in Sydney’s southwest, as police execute a massive strike force operation. See the list.

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Dr John Schwarz and his wife Rosalie Schwarz.

‘Why I am still practising 40 years on’: Beloved GP

From humble beginnings in the family home to running one of the largest medical centres in southwest Sydney, Dr John Schwarz still has his finger on the pulse 40 years after opening his practice.

VideoMacarthur

Police search property at Denham Court - Strike Force Cooleen Source: NSW Police

Men arrested over alleged Sydney drug syndicate links

Police have arrested three men in Sydney southwest over alleged drug syndicate links. They have now appeared in court.

Penrith

Learner driver caught speeding with P-plates on and 9 people in the car. Source: Traffic and Highway Patrol Command - NSW Police

Cops allegedly find nine teens in speeding L-plater’s car

A learner driver has allegedly been caught driving almost 20km/ph over the limit – with police finding nine people in the car, including two riding in the boot.

Macarthur

Popular swim location in Sydney's south-west Kentlyn Basin is frequented by families across the area. Source: Campbelltown Council

Man found dead at popular swimming hole

The body of a 26-year-old man has been recovered from a popular southwest Sydney swimming hole. Here is what we know.

Macarthur

Oran park townsquare - Artist impression of future town square with water feature, Perich park and Atura Hotel Source: Greenfields Developments

Housing boom: 2800 homes, exhibition village plans revealed

Thousands of new homes are set to be built in a sprawling southwest Sydney suburb, as developers reveal plans to cater for a massive 8000 additional people moving in by 2040. See the plans.

Wentworth Courier

Four rescued from the waves at Bondi

Two people have been taken to hospital after a group of swimmers were rescued at Sydney’s best-known beach.

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