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Retiring Police Commissioner Karen Webb has been appointed a special advisor to the state government on domestic violence.

Webb appointed DV adviser as she exits top job

The outgoing police commissioner takes on the new role advising the government as her sometimes turbulent time in the top job comes to an end.

  • Perry Duffin

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Police Commissioner Karen Webb addresses the media after Senior Constable Kristian White was found guilty by a jury of the manslaughter of 95-year-old Clare Nowland, who he Tasered as she held a knife in her regional NSW nursing home. Sydney, November 27, 2024. Photo: Rhett Wyman / SMH

The toxic web that toppled NSW’s first female police commissioner

Karen Webb’s tenure has come to an abrupt and unexpected end after three years of leaks and attacks from powerful sections of the media.

  • Jordan Baker
Michelle Torrens said Adrian Torrens had repeatedly threatened her life on the night he murdered teenager Audrey Griffin.

‘The fear was in me’: Wife of Audrey Griffin’s killer recounts night of terror

For more than a year, Michelle Torrens had been living in fear of her violent estranged husband, half-expecting him to appear at any moment.

  • Harriet Alexander
Former Victorian equal opportunity human rights commissioner Kristen Hilton will conduct the review of police workforce culture.

NSW sex pest cops targeted in major probe

Sexual offenders and bullies in the NSW Police Force have been protected by a “boys’ club” that silences victims.

  • Amber Schultz

Top secret investigation into senior police officers’ alleged Sydney brothel visit

Decade-old footage has emerged showing senior officers visiting Camperdown brothel Stiletto at the time it was owned by colourful racing identity Eddie Hayson.

  • Kate McClymont, Perry Duffin and Sally Rawsthorne
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Social media, bullies and the rise of youth crime in regional NSW

NSW Police Commissioner has announced a crackdown on the juvenile ringleaders who are changing the face of youth crime in NSW.

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NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb at Sandy Beach Reserve, by Macquarie River, Dubbo.

‘We’re going to lose a generation of children’: Webb declares war on youth crime

Some children are committing break and enters, posing for photos while holding machetes over victims’ sleeping bodies and boasting about it on social media.

  • Amber Schultz

Detectives search home of Sydney nurse filmed in antisemitic video

Strike Force Pearl investigators have scoured Ahmad Rashad Nadir’s home days after footage emerged of him and another nurse allegedly threatening Israeli patients.

  • Kayla Olaya, Amber Schultz and Riley Walter
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Police believe caravan plot linked to ‘orchestrated’ antisemitic attacks as ‘puppet masters’ pull strings

Authorities have defended a decision to stay quiet about the potential terror attack, which may have been targeting the Great Synagogue and the Sydney Jewish Museum.

  • Clare Sibthorpe, Sally Rawsthorne, Perry Duffin and Riley Walter
Powergel explosives are widely used by the mining industry for blasting and tunnelling.

What is Powergel, the ‘high-strength’ explosive that can take out a building?

The explosive discovered in a Sydney caravan is widely used by the mining industry and had the potential to cause a devastating “mass-casualty event”.

  • Riley Walter and Simon Johanson

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