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'Recent threats': Thorpe's alleged attacker in court

'Recent threats': Thorpe's alleged attacker in court

A woman who allegedly left Lidia Thorpe with serious nerve and spinal injuries in an assault outside the MCG has faced court virtually due to "recent threats".

Three dead in 'unsurvivable' midair plane collision

Three dead in 'unsurvivable' midair plane collision

Three dead in 'unsurvivable' midair plane collision

Three dead in 'unsurvivable' midair plane collision

Three people have died in an "unsurvivable" midair collision between two light aircraft over Sydney's southwest.

Family mourns couple killed by truck crash into home

Family mourns couple killed by truck crash into home

Family mourns couple killed by truck crash into home

Family mourns couple killed by truck crash into home

A farming couple killed when a truck crashed into a home would want their community to keep working to make the world a better place, their family says.

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Body found, murder charge in search for horse breeder

Body found, murder charge in search for horse breeder

Police scoured a semi-rural property for the body of 82-year-old Edwin Dobbin after charging a man over his murder and allegedly covering up the crime.

Up in smoke: 'huge' cannabis crop torched after bust

Up in smoke: 'huge' cannabis crop torched after bust

Five people have been arrested in one of Victoria's largest cannabis drug busts as crops with a street value of more than $26 million are destroyed.

'Cover up' after killing of gang-linked home invader

'Cover up' after killing of gang-linked home invader

The alleged shooting murder of a man involved in a home invasion was concealed by the gunman's organised-crime associates, police say.

Huge drug driving increase but no behavioural change

Huge drug driving increase but no behavioural change

NSW's crime statistics bureau has found no evidence a big increase in drug driving detections has led to a change in driver behaviour.

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Search power in missing persons case deemed effective

Search power in missing persons case deemed effective

Search power in missing persons case deemed effective

Search power in missing persons case deemed effective

Despite being rarely used, a power allowing police to search premises to find a high-risk missing person has been deemed "a useful and valuable tool".

Police claim raids snuff out syndicate in tobacco wars

Police claim raids snuff out syndicate in tobacco wars

Police claim raids snuff out syndicate in tobacco wars

Police claim raids snuff out syndicate in tobacco wars

Major players in the illegal tobacco industry have been taken down following a wave of raids and arrests, police say.

Serial killer claim in call for unsolved murders probe

Serial killer claim in call for unsolved murders probe

Serial killer claim in call for unsolved murders probe

Serial killer claim in call for unsolved murders probe

Numerous horrific murders and vanishings in one patch of the country has alarmed an MP but his claims of a potential serial killer have been met with scepticism

Reward offered as mystery of woman's bush death remains

Reward offered as mystery of woman's bush death remains

Reward offered as mystery of woman's bush death remains

Reward offered as mystery of woman's bush death remains

Police are offering $500,000 for details about a singer whose body was found in a remote Sydney dam after a coroner did not rule out misadventure or foul play.

Hit-run sentence 'won't heal pain' for top cop's family

Hit-run sentence 'won't heal pain' for top cop's family

Hit-run sentence 'won't heal pain' for top cop's family

Hit-run sentence 'won't heal pain' for top cop's family

A judge has handed a suspended jail sentence to the teenage driver who caused the death of SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens’ son Charlie in a hit-run crash.

Police probe after beaches hit with 'Hamas' graffiti

Police probe after beaches hit with 'Hamas' graffiti

Police probe after beaches hit with 'Hamas' graffiti

Police probe after beaches hit with 'Hamas' graffiti

Several beaches in Sydney's eastern suburbs have been targeted overnight by a vandal spraying "Hamas" on shelters and other structures.

Officers 'breached right to silence' in botched arrest

Officers 'breached right to silence' in botched arrest

Officers 'breached right to silence' in botched arrest

Officers 'breached right to silence' in botched arrest

Three police officers face possible demotion after their arrest and questioning of a man with intellectual limitations was criticised by a NSW judge.

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'He's got to go': union takes hardline on protest right

A left-wing union has taken aim at NSW's Labor premier as he also fields discontent from his backbench over moves to curb some protest movements in the state.

Police policy cloaked as officer faces court over crash

Details of the NSW police force's safe-driving policy will be hidden from the public as a sergeant faces court over a fatal crash with an Indigenous teen.

'Monster' accused of sadistic acts with teenage girl

A man allegedly groomed a teenager before threatening her into supplying videos of sexual and violent acts.

Bail, DV order checks down despite violence epidemic

Statistics outlining actions taken by police in NSW show both bail and apprehended domestic violence order checks have decreased.

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Major loophole might have helped hundreds access guns

Police have dismantled a scheme allegedly involving fraudulent documents being used for gun licences, but it might have put weapons in the hands of crime gangs.

Border security will struggle without shrewd investment

Australia will have difficulty in maintaining a secure border if it doesn't acquire new technology or or make "strategic" investments, the border chief warns.

Man charged with 76 child sexual assault offences

Detectives have arrested a man following an investigation into the alleged historical sexual assaults of eight children in Coffs Harbour, NSW.

Seven women killed, time to 'wake up', cops say

Seven woman have been killed in instances of suspected domestic violence in the Northern Territory since June.

Identity thief charged after million-dollar spree

A trove of loot including luxury cars and expensive jewellery has been found after an accused identity thief fleeced an unsuspecting victim of millions.

Trial set for cop charged over grandma's taser death

A NSW police officer has denied unlawfully killing a 95-year-old woman with dementia, who was tasered while holding a knife.

Culprit flees bike shop ram raid with arm on fire

A botched ram raid at a cycling store in Melbourne has resulted in a culprit fleeing the scene with their arm on fire after the business burst into flames.

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