Karen Webb
Webb gave taxpayer-funded gin to PR firm after ‘professional’ advice
The purchase of 100 bottles of “commissioner’s gin” from the Hope Estate distillery to gift to figures including then Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce has become another unwelcome saga for Webb in a year in which she has often dominated headlines for the wrong reasons.
- by Michael McGowan
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Webb has many enemies and they will not stop until they topple her
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb has enjoyed a break from controversy, but her detractors are never far away.
- by Alexandra Smith
Police commissioner bans purchase of alcohol for gifts, hospitality
The under-fire Police Commissioner Karen Webb followed in the footsteps of her predecessor in giving alcohol as gifts.
- by Alexandra Smith
NSW police commissioner failed to declare link to gin supplier
The NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb bought bottles of gin as gifts for visiting dignitaries.
- by Alexandra Smith, Max Maddison and Megan Gorrey
Minns sacks pro-Palestine MP for labelling Karen Webb a ‘liar’
Upper House MP Anthony D’Adam used a late night speech to accuse the NSW Police of using “fear and intimidation as a means of obtaining compliance” against pro-Palestinian protesters in Sydney.
- by Michael McGowan
Two police deaths in three years raise more questions about access to guns
A “six week” investigation into gun safety sparked by constable Beau Lamarre-Condon’s alleged use of his firearm to kill two men in February has not finished.
- by Jordan Baker and Clare Sibthorpe
Cheers, tears and heckles as PM admits domestic violence a national crisis
Anthony Albanese joined thousands of people at a rally in Canberra on Sunday, one of several held around the country.
- by James Massola and Natassia Chrysanthos
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‘Not an isolated case’: Police commissioner joins ire over Molly Ticehurst’s alleged murder
Police Commissioner Karen Webb says the NSW government’s review of bail laws is a priority after a “terrible and frankly horrifying crime”.
- by Perry Duffin
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Bondi Junction attack
Witnesses to Bondi killer’s final moments recount bravery of ‘warrior’ cop
Two men who came within metres of Joel Cauchi in the final moments of his Bondi Junction killing spree have spoken of their terror as they watched him run through the shopping centre, before they heard gunshots ring out.
- by Perry Duffin, Clare Sibthorpe, Sally Rawsthorne and Angus Dalton
‘Lost touch with reality’: Grieving family of Bondi Junction killer speak
The anguished parents of Joel Cauchi speak out as Premier Chris Minns launches an $18 million coronial inquiry into the attack styled on the state’s response to the 2014 Lindt Cafe siege.
- by Angus Dalton, Eryk Bagshaw, Michael McGowan and Christopher Harris
Bondi Junction Westfield mass murder was not terrorism: Police commissioner
The six victims have been identified as five women and a man. Four of the women died at the scene while a fifth died in hospital.
- by Amber Schultz
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