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Nick Cowdery

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Former students and parents of students at Newington College holding protest signs at the entrance of the private boys college.

Legal action to deny school change is abuse of privilege

I am really shocked that anyone would bother trying to sue a school for going co-ed. What is wrong with people that they feel they have to protect exclusiveness and the exclusion of girls?

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Aliyawar Yawari

Violent sex offender released after High Court ruling charged with indecent assault

He attacked three elderly women between 2013 and 2014. He allegedly offended again within a month of the High Court ruling that freed him from detention.

  • Angus Thompson
Former NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian outside the ICAC in November last year.

MPs reject plan to impose fixed time frames on ICAC for reports

NSW parliament’s committee on the ICAC has stopped short of recommending the watchdog be forced to deliver reports within a legislated period.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
NSW Police have stopped using performance targets for personal searches.

NSW Police scrap controversial search targets after quota rise during pandemic

The use of numerical goals to monitor performance across police regions and commands has been criticised by legal bodies and civil libertarians as enabling the targeting of vulnerable groups.

  • Angus Thompson, Pallavi Singhal and Nigel Gladstone
James Adcock and his partner were fined $1000 each for standing up and eating noodles at the Potts Point markets on Saturday.

‘What do you think you’re doing?’: Sydneysiders stung for eating outside

James Adcock and his partner were standing in a corner of the Potts Point markets on Saturday, each eating noodle soup, when a suited man approached them.

  • Angus Thompson and Natassia Chrysanthos
Detective Superintendent Stacey Maloney urged school victims of assault to come forward.

Police urge schoolgirls to report assaults, even if they decide against charges

The information could identify trends or repeat offenders, police told independent school principals at a private meeting on how to respond to sexual assaults.

  • Jordan Baker
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Former NSW Director of Public Prosecutions, Nick Cowdery, says decriminalising drug use is a human rights issue.

'Legalise, regulate, control and tax': former DPP urges drug overhaul

Decriminalisation of the use and possession of illicit drugs should be a "first step" towards legalisation, the state's former top prosecutor says.

  • Michaela Whitbourn
Could an app prevent a wrongful conviction or miscarriage of justice?

Could an app prevent a wrongful conviction or miscarriage of justice?

Eyewitnesses to crimes and tragic events can record details immediately on their smartphones to strengthen evidence in court.

  • Megan Gorrey

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