More than 35 years after Aboriginal teenager Mark Haines was found dead on train tracks in rural New South Wales (NSW), police are offering $1 million (US$670,000) for information to catch his killers. The reward and another coronial inquest could bring answers for his grieving family. Mark was 17 when he died near Tamworth on…
Almost 600 Charged After Domestic Violence Operation
A New South Wales (NSW) Police operation targeting the state’s most dangerous domestic violence offenders has turned up illegal firearms and guns, and a corn snake. Nearly 600 people were charged in the four-day operation, including 139 considered among the state’s most dangerous domestic violence offenders. As well as checking compliance with restraining orders and…
Hundreds of Unsolved Murder Files ‘Collecting Dust’
The New South Wales (NSW) Police Force has mismanaged hundreds of unsolved homicides, failed to catalogue multiple high-profile cases and left files to collect dust on senior detective’s desks, an inquiry has heard. The investigative practices of the force between 1970 and 2010 have been exposed during the Special Commission of Inquiry into more than two…
Magistrate Blasts Accused Taser Cop Not Fronting Court
A magistrate has berated prosecutors for allowing the police officer accused of tasering a 95-year-old grandmother not to appear in person before court. Senior Constable Kristian White first appeared before Cooma Court Local Court via video link on July 5 over the tasering of great-grandmother Clare Nowland, who later died from injuries sustained in the…
Minister Under Fire Over Police Censorship of Tasering
Chris Minns has rejected calls to sack his police minister after it was revealed her department slashed key details from its first statement on the tasering of a 95-year-old great-grandmother. Clare Nowland was tasered during a confrontation with police while walking with a frame and holding a steak knife at the Yallambee Lodge in Cooma…
Police Officer Who Tasered 95 Year Old Suspended
The police officer who tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother in an Australian nursing home has been suspended as it’s revealed a worker from the facility received a death threat. The fallout from the disturbing incident has focused attention on police training and practices and prompted calls for a parliamentary inquiry. Clare Nowland was using a walking…
New Online Portal Released for Sexual Assault Survivors in Australian State
Victims and survivors of sexual assault in New South Wales (NSW) will now be able to report their experience to police online. NSW Police Force released on Jan. 13 the enhanced new online portal of the Sexual Assault Reporting Option (SARO), which will allow victims of sexual assault to report and provide information without taking…
NSW Police, Ambos Urge Common Sense on NYE
NSW Police and ambulance are urging partygoers celebrating New Year’s Eve to exercise common sense, with one million revellers expected to descend on Sydney Harbour. Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke said enjoyment of the night after almost three years of enforced social restrictions due to the pandemic need not be excessive. “It will be all…
3-Year-Old Missing Boy Found Alive After 3 Days in Australian Bush
A three-year-old boy missing for three days over the weekend in Australia was found alive in thick, mountainous bushland on Sept. 6. Anthony “AJ” Elfalak was reunited with his family after being spotted by a rescue helicopter, half a kilometre from his home, sitting in a creek drinking water with his hands. He had been…
Sydney Town Hall Station Locked Down Due to Police Operation
Town Hall Station, one of Sydney’s busiest train stations, was evacuated and locked down for nearly two hours on Wednesday as police searched the vicinity for over an hour, resulting in a handful of train delays. The police raided the train station right before 11 am, asking passengers to evacuate and put the station into…
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