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Police combing the unit complex where a man was shot on Monday morning.

Man arrested over fatal shooting in Sydney apartment building

Police say a group of men dressed in black opened fire and killed a man in the Lidcombe unit as detectives probe potential links to the city’s underworld.

  • Jack Gramenz and Perry Duffin

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Rising taxes on tobacco over several years created a black market that became so lucrative that transnational crime gangs battled for control of it. One is led by Kazem “Kaz” Hamad.

‘We handed over billions to organised crime’: How official neglect and incompetence fuelled the tobacco war

Despite repeated warnings that rising tobacco taxes would hand a fortune to organised crime, governments watched a multibillion-dollar black market explode.

  • Chris Vedelago and Marta Pascual Juanola
Blake Horton

Kat endured years of alleged relentless abuse. This threat kept her trapped

An alleged terrifying years-long domestic violence rampage was underpinned by a threat which experts warn is devastatingly common.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
Police investigate after the Chester Hill shooting.

Men shot after wild brawl ends in gunfire

At least three shots were fired when a planned meeting in south-west Sydney descended into violence. The two men hit were known to police.

  • Jack Gramenz
Several photos from the Sydney anti-Semitic spree in early 2025.

‘Deliberate tactic to divide’: Man jailed for antisemitic spree ordered by overseas actors

The man directed the firebombing of a Maroubra childcare centre, torching of a prominent Jewish leader’s former house and defacing of a Newtown synagogue early last year.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
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The killer formerly known as Reginald Arthurell, now known as Regina.

‘Multiple failures’: Urgent review after triple killer found living with foster children

The NSW state government has ordered an urgent review after a convicted triple killer was found living with foster children – despite the department being informed in December.

  • Jessica McSweeney
Former MP Rory Amon was charged over an incident in a northern beaches car park toilet.

Former MP cleared of most child rape charges, jury deadlocked on others

Rory Amon could face a retrial on two charges relating to the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy in a northern beaches car park toilet.

  • Amber Schultz and Clare Sibthorpe
A man was arrested in the early hours of Monday after a police operation at Lalor Park.

Gunshots ring out on Sydney street for second time this year

A man has been released from custody after another man was shot in suburban Sydney. It was the first of two incidents in the city’s west on Sunday night.

  • Jack Gramenz
A home on Spring Street, Concord, where a man in his 30s was fatally stabbed.

Man allegedly stabbed to death by friend during dispute at Sydney home

The man, aged in his late 30s, was found with a stab wound to his chest after what is believed to have been an argument among friends.

  • Riley Walter