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NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb and police minister Yasmin Catley.

Webb speaks out, front runner for new top cop emerges

The state’s police commissioner has spoken exclusively to the Herald after announcing her resignation after three years in the job.

  • Perry Duffin, Jordan Baker, Amber Schultz and Alexandra Smith

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‘It’s a really nice knife’: Bondi Junction killer’s voice heard for first time

Joel Cauchi called Queensland Police complaining his father had taken his collection of knives. Body-worn cameras captured the interaction outside the family’s Toowoomba home.

  • Perry Duffin

Cruel loophole targeted after outrage of cop bashed and left for dead

A police officer who barely survived a vicious brick bashing and only discovered her attacker’s potential prison release through a friend called for urgent change.

  • Clare Sibthorpe and Perry Duffin
Sayit Erhan Akca says he approached authorities to arrange a “trade-in” and return to Australia on bail.

Sydney caravan bomb plotter admits key role from Turkish hideout

Sayit Erhan Akca, speaking from hiding in Turkey, says he approached authorities about a “trade-in” in exchange for information about the cache of explosives.

  • Riley Walter
Floral tributes mark the anniversary of Bondi Junction Westfield stabbing.

Why we must not look away from this moment of horror

Of all the chilling moments during the first week of the inquest into the massacre at Westfield Bondi Junction a year ago, one stood above the rest.

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Mohammed Khazma is serving a maximum of 44 years’ imprisonment for murder.

Sydney toddler’s child protection case closed before ‘extremely cruel’ murder

The two-year-old girl was repeatedly failed by the NSW child protection system in the year before she was killed by her mother’s boyfriend, a coroner has found.

  • Sarah McPhee
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Witness Critical Care Paramedic Chris Wilkinson. Bondi Junction Westfield inquest at Lidcombe Coroners Court,. April 30,, 2025. Photo Edwina Pickles SMH

SMH: Bondi Junction Westfield and streets surrounding were in lockdown and closed as police and ambulance respond to multiple stabbing and shooting casualties.
Saturday 13,April 2024 photo: Oscar Colman

Heartbreaking evidence of ambo forced to wait outside Westfield as patient lay dying

Paramedic Christopher Wilkinson sped to Bondi Westfield as the first emergency calls came through. He found paramedics and stretchers lined up outside and police posted at the door.

  • Perry Duffin
Joel Cauchi had serious mental health issues for more than 20 years, the court heard.

Bondi Junction attacker searched for serial killers online, sought access to guns

Joel Cauchi was severely mentally ill but “effectively unmedicated” and unmonitored for about five years before his death, an inquest has heard.

  • Michaela Whitbourn and Perry Duffin

Five charged over field-side brawl at under-7s football game

Five adults were involved in the brawl, which occurred just before midday on Saturday.

  • Anthony Segaert
Jemma Hoban, a NSW Police officer, has been charged with knowingly provide false or misleading information regarding police conduct.

Sydney police officer charged with making false complaints against other cops

The 25-year-old allegedly made false accusations against colleagues regarding domestic violence and misused Crime Stoppers.

  • Clare Sibthorpe and Perry Duffin

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