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NSW Police ordered to apologise for vilifying Arabs in terror exercise

NSW Police ordered to apologise for vilifying Arabs in terror exercise

Hundreds of police, two wearing headscarves, and emergency services personnel descended on Central Station as though they were responding to a terrorist event.

  • by Georgina Mitchell

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School stabbing: mother 'unmedicated and unstable', court hears
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School stabbing: mother 'unmedicated and unstable', court hears

A teacher is in hospital with stab wounds after he was allegedly attacked by a female parent with a pair of scissors on Tuesday morning.

  • by Lucy Cormack and Jordan Baker
Cryptic texts see second top cop caught in uni 'ghost guard' affair
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Cryptic texts see second top cop caught in uni 'ghost guard' affair

A top NSW police commander who left the force amid allegations of homophobia has come under scrutiny from the corruption watchdog, as it investigates a “ghost guard” security scam at the University of Sydney.

  • by Carrie Fellner
Primary school teacher in hospital with stab wounds after Byron Bay school attack
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Primary school teacher in hospital with stab wounds after Byron Bay school attack

Zane Vockler, 28, is in hospital with stab wounds after he was allegedly attacked by a female parent with a pair of scissors on Tuesday morning.

  • by Lucy Cormack
Police search for alleged hammer attacker after CBD brawl
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Police search for alleged hammer attacker after CBD brawl

An argument among a large group of friends left one man in hospital after he was hit in the head with a hammer.

  • by Rachel Clun
Man charged after women filmed in Oxford Street bar toilet
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Man charged after women filmed in Oxford Street bar toilet

The woman was in a toilet cubicle when she noticed a mobile phone appear under the dividing wall.

  • by Rachel Clun
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Families of Lindt siege victims call out police for 'grave mistakes,' as chief sniper sues for failures
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Families of Lindt siege victims call out police for 'grave mistakes,' as chief sniper sues for failures

The partner of murdered Lindt cafe manager Tori Johnson says police are yet to face consequences for “grave mistakes”, as the chief sniper sues the State of NSW for negligence and procedural failures.

  • by Harriet Alexander and Lucy Cormack
Chief sniper at Lindt cafe siege sues NSW Police
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Chief sniper at Lindt cafe siege sues NSW Police

The man, who was the chief sniper during the Lindt Cafe siege, claims the lives of cafe manager Tori Johnson and barrister Katrina Dawson could have been saved.

Police operation concludes near synagogue in Sydney's east
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Police operation concludes near synagogue in Sydney's east

Police shut off Bon Accord Avenue between Old South Head Road and Flood Street in Bondi Junction on Sunday evening.

  • by Sarah Muller
Woman dies, four in hospital after head-on crash in Sydney's north-west
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Woman dies, four in hospital after head-on crash in Sydney's north-west

Tributes flow for twenty-one-year-old Shania McNeill who was killed in a head-on collision in Sydney's north-west on Sunday morning.

  • by Pallavi Singhal and Sarah Muller
Criminal re-offending at a new high despite $330 million announced to fight it
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Criminal re-offending at a new high despite $330 million announced to fight it

Statistics released earlier this year show 41.4 per cent of the 18,520 adults released from prison in 2017 had re-offended within the year.

  • by Sally Rawsthorne and Nigel Gladstone