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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

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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
500 teenagers gatecrash a birthday party in south Sydney, three arrested

500 teenagers gatecrash 16-year-old’s Sydney birthday party, three arrested

The out-of-control party prompted a police response including the public order and riot squad and a helicopter to help disperse the crowd.

  • Kayla Olaya
A Sydney woman was kidnapped, dragged up stone stairs and tortured with a dangerous drug.

‘Get this done ASAP’: Texts reveal woman’s horrific kidnap over secret tobacco codes

A Sydney woman was abducted, tortured and injected with a “date rape” drug in a terrifying escalation in the multimillion-dollar tobacco wars.

  • Clare Sibthorpe
Former minister Eddie Obeid leaves Long Bay Prison in August after serving time for conspiring to commit misconduct while in public office.

State puts freeze on secret Obeid properties

The NSW Crime Commission has placed a caveat over properties in Bankstown in which an Obeid family trust holds a secret stake worth around $30 million.

  • Ben Cubby
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Sacked transport official Ibrahim Helmy runs from the Downing Centre on Thursday after his sentencing.

Sacked transport official convicted for avoiding ICAC, breaching bail

The man at the centre of a $343 million kickback scandal engulfing a NSW government agency appeared in court on Thursday.

  • Cindy Yin
Steven Lin, author of The Dentist Diet, was shot dead by police on Tuesday.

Celebrity dentist identified as man shot dead by police in Potts Point

Steven Lin, author of The Dental Diet, was armed with a knife when he lunged at officers responding to reports he had assaulted two women in an apartment complex.

  • Riley Walter
A man accused of assaulting two women has been shot dead by police in Potts Point.

‘Confronted by something very violent’: Police shoot man dead after attack on Sydney women

The knife-wielding man allegedly lunged at officers responding to reports that two women had been assaulted at a Potts Point unit complex.

  • Jack Gramenz and Perry Duffin
Paul Douglas Smith arrested for child abuse allegations in September 2025. (Source: AFP Media)
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Paul Douglas Smith arrested

Paul Douglas Smith arrested for child abuse allegations in September 2025. (Source: AFP Media)