After a lot of thought – and yes,some tears – I keep coming back to one word to sum up this week:senseless.
NSW Police have asked for tougher knife-crime penalties despite data showing the overall rate of violent crimes involving blades has steadily fallen over the last decade.
Almost 11 years ago,Marina Solar was leaving a chemist in Leichhardt when her son,who has schizophrenia,stabbed her in the back of the neck with a serrated kitchen knife.
The head of the state’s insurance regulator has quit his post after being “absent from duty” for several months.
The future of a government funding program which has assisted teams developing artificial hearts and turning spider venom into drug therapies is in doubt.
Six people have died in a stabbing spree at Bondi Junction shopping centre on Saturday afternoon.
An internal investigation uncovered a string of defects in the awarding of tens of millions of dollars,including deals which increased by more than 10 times their original value.
Once,cases like this would only play out in the courtroom,with very little capacity for the public to see how the sausage is made.
More councils are putting themselves forward for greater density around train stations as the state government’s signature housing policy is due to start.
Two NSW MPs have urged the Liberal Party to adopt policies to help tenants,lest it become irrelevant.
Former minister Tim Crakanthorp’s only punishment for breaching public trust is a seat on the backbench,but his actions could not be more problematic.