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Police hunt for two men after ex-bikie shot in Kirribilli
Two men are on the run from police after shooting a former bikie gang member on Sydney’s lower north shore on Wednesday afternoon.
- by Sarah Keoghan and Laura Banks
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NSW Police concerns revealed about lighting up Opera House for Israel
Senior police feared the “impact this might have on our streets” with members of the Palestinian community “incensed” by the move.
- by Michael McGowan
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Bushfires
Police say multiple bushfires ‘deliberately lit’ as fire conditions worsen
Detectives are investigating three suspicious bushfires on the NSW Mid North Coast, one which has burnt through nearly 3000 hectares of national park.
- by Sarah Keoghan
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Closing the Gap
Police should not be responsible for Closing the Gap targets, says commissioner
A review has found that NSW Police has no commitment to Closing the Gap targets for the state’s Indigenous population.
- by Michael McGowan
‘He was cheeky and loved his family’: $1 million reward to help solve death of NSW teen
Michael “Billy” Hegedus was 17 when he was shot at his home in state’s north in 1996, in what police believe was a robbery gone wrong.
- by Sarah Keoghan and Anthony Segaert
Minns urges MPs to ‘speak with one voice’ after pro-Palestine rebellion
It comes as the NSW Teachers Federation slammed the Labor government for its steadfast support of Israel.
- by Alexandra Smith, Lucy Carroll and Michael McGowan
‘Jaws of death’: Inside the most perilous marine rescue in police history
Last year, two men on board 14-metre yacht Aviva hit the roughest conditions they’d ever experienced. It would take 36 hours for help to arrive.
- by Perry Duffin and Sarah Keoghan
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Fire & Rescue
NSW Police boat rescues stricken sailors
NSW Police boat Nemesis crew to get an award for rescuing sailors from a yacht in brutal seas 1000km from Sydney a year ago.
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Crime
Bondi executive allegedly raped woman in Rose Bay apartment, police say
Police allege David Mark Hempton sexually assaulted a young woman he met online in his Rose Bay apartment.
- by Perry Duffin
Minns government to examine police strip-search powers
NSW Police Minister Yasmin Catley has concerns about the controversial practice, following revelations that girls as young as 12 were being searched.
- by Michael McGowan, Max Maddison and Laura Banks
Man dies protecting property as fires flare across NSW
Richard Mainey, 56, was killed while trying to save his mother’s property near Kempsey. A second blaze is threatening homes in the state’s Central West, and another is burning near Byron Bay.
- by Sarah Keoghan and Catherine Naylor