Police will be able to use metal-detecting “wands” in major public spaces where knife crimes have been committed in the past year, in a key change to proposed new powers driven by concerns about the safety of yearly events like the Easter Show. 

Accused High Country killer Gregory Lynn murdered campers Russell Hill and Carol Clay, probably after a dispute over a drone, prosecutors allege. 
 

An Uber driver allegedly raped a young woman after she had finished work in the early hours of the morning in Sydney’s Inner West. 

An Adelaide pilot who was working in the US has died in a motor vehicle accident.