MPs downplay need for domestic violence inquiry,saying action can happen now

MPs downplay need for domestic violence inquiry,saying action can happen now

The NSW police commissioner also hosed down calls for a royal commission into violence against women,saying there were solutions that could be implemented much more quickly.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos andJames Massola

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Jessica got in a car with a stranger. Police are now scouring a NSW forest to find her

Jessica got in a car with a stranger. Police are now scouring a NSW forest to find her

Jessica Zrinski has been missing since she got into a blue Holden Commodore after a night at the pub. Now homicide detectives have launched a bushland search in the Blue Mountains.

  • byJessica McSweeney
Police hunt mystery man after shocking daylight sexual assault

Police hunt mystery man after shocking daylight sexual assault

A woman was allegedly sexually assaulted in broad daylight while walking down a busy street in Sydney’s inner west.

  • byJessica McSweeney
Man and baby found after going missing in national park

Man and baby found after going missing in national park

Police held serious concerns for the welfare of a missing man and a three-month-old baby after they were last seen in a national park south of Sydney. They have since been found.

  • byJessica McSweeney
‘Not an isolated case’:Police commissioner joins ire over Molly Ticehurst’s alleged murder
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‘Not an isolated case’:Police commissioner joins ire over Molly Ticehurst’s alleged murder

Police Commissioner Karen Webb says the NSW government’s review of bail laws is a priority after a “terrible and frankly horrifying crime”.

  • byPerry Duffin
How many more women have to die before we get serious about this epidemic?
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How many more women have to die before we get serious about this epidemic?

The Herald believes two royal commissions are urgently needed:the first a state-based inquiry into laws and resources,the second a national probe examining the underlying causes driving male attitudes towards women.

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Teen terror suspects had Islamic State beheading and bomb-making videos,court told
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Teen terror suspects had Islamic State beheading and bomb-making videos,court told

One of the videos allegedly showed a person in military fatigues providing instructions for making explosive devices.

  • byClare Sibthorpe andJessica McSweeney
The cruel twist of fate that let an accused killer walk free

The cruel twist of fate that let an accused killer walk free

Daniel Billings was charged with stalking,rape and animal cruelty. Police said he’d threatened his former partner. There was no magistrate,so a registrar gave him bail.

  • byJordan Baker,Perry Duffin andJonathan Drennan
‘No one leave’:Police called to chaotic council meeting as CEO suspended

‘No one leave’:Police called to chaotic council meeting as CEO suspended

Union members refused to vacate the chamber when Liverpool’s Liberal mayor Ned Mannoun called a closed session to debate the future of chief executive John Ajaka,a former Liberal MP.

  • byMichael Koziol
‘Unacceptable risk to the people’:Teens arrested in counter-terror raids
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‘Unacceptable risk to the people’:Teens arrested in counter-terror raids

Seven teenagers alleged to adhere to a “religiously motivated violent extremist ideology” have been arrested as part of the investigation into the stabbing attack at a Wakeley church by a 16-year-old boy.

  • byClare Sibthorpe,Christopher Harris,Jessica McSweeney,Paul Sakkal andPerry Duffin
The longer the war in Gaza goes on,the less safe Australians feel at home

The longer the war in Gaza goes on,the less safe Australians feel at home

Months of conflict in the Middle East are being felt in Australia as many people say the country is suffering more racism and religious intolerance.

  • byDavid Crowe