Max Spencer was arrested near Coffs Harbour on Tuesday morning.
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Man charged with murder of Hayley McClenahan-Ernst

Max Spencer was arrested near Coffs Harbour on Tuesday morning.

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Hayley McClenahan-Ernst was found dead in her Kingswood home in 2017.

‘Hayley was deeply loved’:Man charged with pregnant partner’s murder

Nine years after young mother Hayley McClenahan-Ernst,21,was found unresponsive in the Sydney home she shared with her partner,he has been charged with her murder.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo andJack Gramenz
CCTV captured a gunmen open firing on Talgham Avenue into a home which was attacked four times in four weeks in March and April 2026. Police suspect the white Audi getaway vehicle was later involved in a high-speed chase on April 11.

Houses shot,police chase ‘kill car’ in night of gang violence across Sydney

Police say they chased down men in balaclavas as they drove a high-performance “kill car” stocked with jerry cans,bleach and guns.

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Vasile Bombonel is extradited to NSW

Two thumbs up:Man charged with stealing wallets of elderly women at shopping centres

Police have received reports that the scam,conducted by a group of individuals,has so far generated more than $100,000.

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Michael Angok,30,escaped detention after being transported to Bankstown Hospital from Villawood on Wednesday.

Manhunt after child rapist escapes custody at Sydney hospital

Michael Angok,30,had earlier been transported from Villawood Immigration Detention Centre. It’s the latest of several escapes from NSW hospitals.

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Sydney Local Health District chief executive Deb Willcox has addressed the media after an incident at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.
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Sydney Local Health chief addresses the media after incident at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital

Sydney Local Health District chief executive Deb Willcox has addressed the media after an incident at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital.

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Viki Graham,46,allegedly smashed her relative,Brett Jones,63,in the head with a hammer as he lay in Royal Prince Alfred saying he “stole my brother’s ashes”.

‘Stole my brother’s ashes’:Woman allegedly smashes relative’s skull with hammer in hospital bed

The man was lying in his Sydney hospital bed when a woman allegedly entered his ward and assaulted him.

  • Perry Duffin,Kate Aubusson andDaniel Lo Surdo
David Warner announced on Monday his retirement from one-day international cricket. The veteran opener said the time was right to conclude his ODI career following Australia’s 2023 World Cup triumph in India,where he was the side’s leading run-scorer.

Cricket legend David Warner charged with drink-driving

An Australian cricket giant will face court next month after being arrested during a random breath test.

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Police suspected the company was a front for the Comancheros bikie gang.

‘You’ll hear from my lawyer,bro’:Rich-lister’s company a suspected front for bikies

The businessman,whose identity has been suppressed by a court order,sued to recover his phone and $8000 in cash from police. He’s worth well over $50 million.

  • Patrick Begley
An organised crime syndicate imported a tonne of cocaine into Australia after law enforcement agencies allowed a cargo ship to travel along the country’s east coast while its crew allegedly offloaded the drugs.

A ghost ship,a border bungle and a missing tonne of cocaine

For weeks,authorities suspected a vessel crossing the Pacific was carrying a hidden drug shipment but when it headed for Australia’s coast,they looked the other way.

  • Riley Walter