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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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Pressure mounts on government to bring alleged ‘terror van’ mastermind home

Pressure is piling on the government and AFP to bring home the Sydney businessman police believe was behind the fake “terror caravan” plot.

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A businessman from Sydney’s south who fled Australia while on bail for an alleged 600kg drug importation can be revealed as the man behind the caravan plot. Sayet Ethan Akca, 35, was allegedly hoping to benefit from turning over information about the “fabricated terrorist plot” to the AFP. Pictured with wife Georgia who remains in Sydney.

Meet the Mr Big accused of masterminding fake ‘terror caravan’

A Sydney businessman who fled Australia by boat while on bail for an alleged 600kg drug importation can be revealed as the man hoping to benefit from the “terror caravan” plot.

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Police supplied images of people of interest, from Operation Waratah targeting people behaving badly on public transport. Picture: Suppiled.

End of the line: Cops release images amid train crackdown

Police have released the identity of more than a dozen people they believe may have information on a spate of alleged crimes on public transport across Sydney.

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Sayed Mohammed Moosawi, left, was one of 14 people arrested as part of investigations into antisemitic incidents across Sydney's east. Pictures: Supplied

Police tension simmers as arson-accused bikie denies being ‘Bond’

The Australian Federal Police has been accused of withholding the name of a criminal source as a former high-ranking bikie denied being the mysterious “James Bond” behind Bondi arson attacks.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - FEBRUARY 10: Ron Brierley leaves the Downing Centre Local Court on February 10, 2020 in Sydney, Australia. The 82 year old was arrested at Sydney International Airport on Tuesday 17 December 2019 on his way to Fiji. Brierley's arrest follows an investigation by Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command, launched in August, into child abuse material in the area. Brierley was stopped at the airport by Australian Border Force officers. Detectives searched his carry-on luggage before the contents of his laptop and electronic storage devices were reviewed. He has been charged with six counts relating to the possession of child pornography. (Photo by Jenny Evans/Getty Images)

Child abuse charges for former business titan Ron Brierley

Ron Brierley, now 87, was arrested at his Point Piper home on Tuesday morning and charged with three counts of possessing child abuse material.

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Dragons ‘pie thrower’ charged, will be banned from NRL games

Police have charged an NRL fan who allegedly threw a meat pie at rival supporters during the clash between the Dragons and Bulldogs.

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Real reason cops say explosive-laden van was planted in Sydney

The Australian Federal Police knew a caravan laden with explosives existed before it was found at Dural, but did not inform NSW Police until a local man moved it. Here’s why they believe it was a fabricated story.

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Crook con job: Dural caravan find a ‘fabricated terrorist plot’: AFP

Fourteen people have been arrested after hundreds of federal and state police investigating anti-Semitic incidents raided a number of homes across Sydney.

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Cops ‘dumbfounded’ by judge’s stance on youth bail laws

The state’s police association has lashed out at a top judge’s decision to grant an alleged repeat youth offender bail for the fourth time in less than a year.

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Judge slams ‘obstruction’ of youth crime crackdown laws

A senior judge who slammed the Minns government’s youth bail laws has doubled down, while freeing an alleged repeat offender with an unbelievable record.

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