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Josh Hanrahan is Chief Reporter for The Daily Telegraph. A winner of multiple journalism awards, including a Walkley Award for the 2023 Scoop of the Year, he has worked in Victoria, New South Wales and England.

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UpdatedNSW

Second arrest looms over attempt to set synagogue alight: Webb

A 33-year-old man charged with attempting to set fire to a Newtown synagogue has been identified, it comes as the NSW Police Commissioner said a second man would be arrested “shortly”.

Opinion

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos JANUARY 17 , 2025: NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb at the press conference. NSW Premier Chris Minns, NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb, Police Minister Yasmin Catley, Deputy Commisssioner Peter McKenna and NSW President of the Jewish Board of Deputies David Ossip speak at a press conference after an anti-semitic act of malicious damage in Dover Heights, where a car was burned and a house sprayed with red paint. Picture: NewsWire / John Appleyard

Karen Webb says she’s not retiring, she needs to think about it

Scotching suggestions she might be about to retire, Karen Webb says she’s not going anywhere. The reality is, it’s time to think about it, writes JOSH HANRAHAN.

UpdatedPolice & Courts

‘Catch the b*stards’: Police patrols doubled after daycare attack

The police presence in Sydney’s east will be doubled as the “disgusting” firebombing of a daycare centre prompts fresh anger, and a national cabinet meeting to address the anti-Semitic ‘crisis’.

Police & Courts

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos - 11 DECEMBER, 2024: Anti-Semitic vandalism in Sydney’s eastern suburbs. Emergency services responded to reports of a car fire on Magney Street in Woollahra about 1am on Wednesday., Fire & Rescue NSW managed to extinguish the fire, however the car was vandalised along with two buildings, the footpath along Magney Street, and another car. Picture: NewsWire

Woman charged over anti-Semitic attack

A woman has been charged over her alleged involvement in a highly publicised anti-Semitic attack in Sydney’s affluent eastern suburbs last month.

EXCLUSIVENSW

19/10/21 - WEEKEND TELEGRAPHS SPECIAL. MUST TALK WITH PIC ED JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING.*** STRICT EMBARGO WARNING *** MUST TALK TO JEFF DARMANIN BEFORE PUBLISHING ***Sydney Roosters Chairman Nick Politis pictured at Roosters HQ this morning. Picture: Sam Ruttyn

Coke zero: NRL big wig’s vow to kick out players over cocaine

Roosters chair Nick Politis has vowed to kick out any player in his club caught using cocaine, regardless of the NRL’s two-strike policy.

Police & Courts

Terrorist squad hunting anti-Semitic vandals

Special terror resources are being used in investigating anti-Semitic attacks across Sydney, a senior cop has explained.

ExclusiveNSW

Karen Webb retiring - who will take her spot?

Top cop Karen Webb rumoured to be eyeing retirement

Police Commissioner Karen Webb is tipped to retire before the end of the year, leading to much speculation about who will fill her shoes.

EXCLUSIVEPolice & Courts

Bali Nine member Matthew Normanhas been arrested over historic car theft charges.

Bali Nine member rearrested weeks after return to Australia

A recently returned member of the Bali Nine has been arrested over an alleged car theft that occurred almost two decades ago.

ExclusiveNSW

Cops called in as NDIS loses billions more to frauds, overcharging

Billions more taxpayer dollars are being lost through NDIS rorts and overcharging than previously thought, with the disability scheme crying out to police for help in stopping the fraud.

EXCLUSIVENSW

Boxing royalty Nikita Tszyu weds in secret

Two weeks after his brother’s wedding, boxer Nikita Tszyu married his girlfriend in an intimate ceremony just days after making an application before a registrar.

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