Report failed to spot alleged killer's violent history Reports assessing serial abusers' risk of reoffending do not routinely include expired protection orders taken out against them, an inquest has been told. AAP · Aug 17
Mass stabbing attack sparks mental health policy revamp A clinician-led response model for people experiencing mental health crises will be rolled out after a man experiencing psychosis went on a stabbing rampage. AAP · Aug 5
Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told An inquest into the death of a 95-year-old grandmother tasered by police has laid out a host of alternatives available instead of pulling the trigger. AAP · May 15
Family rues cop's lack of remorse for tasing great-gran The family of a 95-year-old great-grandmother fatally tasered by police feel the officer who pulled the trigger showed no accountability for his actions. AAP · May 14
Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum The supervisor of an officer who tasered a 95-year-old woman could have directed him to re-holster the weapon before he fired, an inquest has been told. AAP · May 12
Reward of $1m to help crack teacher's disappearance A man who went overseas with a teacher before she vanished nearly 30 years ago probably knows more about her suspicious disappearance, her family says. AAP · May 3
‘Profoundly distressing’: record number of deaths in custody and police operations in NSW There were 66 deaths in custody and police operations in 2025 – 18 more than the previous year The Guardian - AU · May 1
Mysterious death of Jackson Stacker near Byron Bay referred to homicide squad Melbourne man stabbed twice in chest, with remains found in field near his campervan in 2021. Family argue police prematurely assumed he killed himself The Guardian - AU · Apr 23
'Be sensitive': Bondi stabbings a wake-up call to media Changes in the way newsrooms report on mass casualties have been proposed after the loved ones of victims of a stabbing spree were re-traumatised by coverage. AAP · Feb 6
Lessons from Bondi Junction attack show what we really need from schizophrenia care Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist failed to see the early warning signs of his relapse into psychosis and should be investigated by the Queensland health ombudsman, New South Wales coroner Teresa O’Sullivan has concluded. The Conversation · Feb 6
ABC staff told not to use disappearing messages on topics including antisemitism and extremism due to freeze notice National Archives issues disposal freeze order ahead of royal commission. Plus: ABC News radio’s monumental mix-up The Guardian - AU · Feb 6
Systemic changes urged after mass stabbing revelations Almost two years after six victims died in a horrifying mass stabbing, the pressure is on the government and others to make changes and prevent further deaths. AAP · Feb 5
Psychiatrist who treated Bondi Junction killer referred to health regulator for ‘major failing’ Dr Andrea Boros-Lavack had provided long-term care to Joel Cauchi, who killed six people at Westfield Bondi Junction in April 2024 The Independent UK · Feb 5
Bondi Junction Stabbing Inquest Spotlights Psychiatrist’s ‘Failings’ & Police’s Heroism Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist has been referred to the watchdog over “major failing”. Pedestrian.tv · Feb 5
AAP · Feb 5 Emergency services learn quick lessons from stabbing A lack of communication between police and paramedics during the Bondi Junction mass stabbing was a "near miss" but improvements have already been fruitful.
The Guardian - AU · Feb 5 ‘Major failing’ in psychiatric care before Joel Cauchi stabbed six people at Bondi Junction, coroner finds Cauchi, who lived with schizophrenia, killed six people in 2024 Westfield shopping centre stabbing before being shot dead by police inspector Amy Scott
AAP · Feb 4 Hope out of tragedy as mass stabbing lessons laid bare The husband of a woman killed in a shopping mall stabbing spree says lives will be saved by improvements suggested after an inquest into the mass killing.
AAP · Dec 16, 2025 Answers for mall stabbing delayed 'out of respect' The findings in an inquest into a mass stabbing at a Bondi shopping mall have been delayed after a mass casualty event struck the same area for a second time.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 27, 2025 Lilie James victim of ‘calculated premeditated killing’ by ex-boyfriend, coroner finds after inquest James was murdered in October 2023 at St Andrew’s Cathedral school in Sydney by her former boyfriend Paul Thijssen ‘in context of gendered violence’
AAP · Nov 14, 2025 Father sues police after son shot dead in backyard A man is taking police to court after a coroner found officers had engaged in unreasonable and unjustified actions before fatally shooting his son.
The Guardian - AU · Nov 6, 2025 Inquest finds German backpacker Simone Strobel killed by homicide - but can’t say who attacker was Latest inquest rejects previously found ‘very strong suspicion’ that a member of Strobel’s traveling party was involved in her death near a Lismore campground
AAP · Nov 6, 2025 German backpacker's killer driven by 'sexual' motive A new motive has been offered in the decades-old case of a German backpacker found killed in regional Australia but the victim's family still lacks answers.
The Independent UK · Nov 6, 2025 Australian coroner calls for more investigations into German backpacker's death 20 years ago An Australian coroner has recommended police further investigate the death of German backpacker Simone Strobel
The Guardian - AU · Oct 16, 2025 Chris Minns was warned anti-protest laws shouldn’t be passed in an atmosphere of panic. The supreme court has struck them down At almost every opportunity, the NSW premier chooses a conservative path: get the cops on side and let nobody fault Labor’s toughness on crime. It’s not working
AAP · Oct 14, 2025 Grim milestone for state's Indigenous deaths in custody Twelve Indigenous people have died in custody in NSW in 2025, the highest number ever recorded in a single year, with less than two months to go in the calendar