The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales Police

Man in Australia accused of stealing £300,000 worth of limited-edition coins celebrating TV show Bluey

Special police unit dubbed ‘Strike Force Bandit’ set up after 63,000 coins went missing from depot

The Independent UK · Aug 7, 2024

Sydney knife attacker was 40-year-old man with mental health issues, say police

New South Wales Police said they had identified the attacker as Joel Cauchi from Queensland and do not think he was motivated by terrorism.

Evening Standard · Apr 14, 2024

Prince and Princess of Wales 'shocked and saddened' by Sydney stabbings

The Prince and Princess of Wales have said they are “shocked and saddened” after six people were killed after a man went on a stabbing spree in a shopping centre in Sydney.

Evening Standard · Apr 13, 2024

Police officer who tasered 95-year-old Clare Nowland in care home suspended

Great-grandmother Clare Nowland is on end of life care in hospital after sustaining critical injuries in the incident

The Independent UK · May 23, 2023

Car crashes into Sydney hospital with two left dead after it ploughs into patients

The driver and pedestrian were both assessed but they were pronounced dead at the scene, New South Wales Police said in a statement after the crash in Sydney, Australia

Daily Mirror · Apr 27, 2023

Coroner recommends improvements to cross-border policing following death of psychiatric patient

An inquest into a 25-year-old psychiatric patient's death has resulted in recommendations for police on both sides of the Victoria-NSW border to improve coordination on missing persons cases.

ABC News · Mar 6, 2023

Underworld figure Mahmoud 'Brownie' Ahmad shot dead in a hail of bullets on Greenacre street

A high-ranking police officer says the community has had a "gutful" of gangland murders, after an underworld figure was assassinated in a "hail of bullets" on a Sydney street overnight.

ABC News · Apr 27, 2022

British dad and son killed in Australia tragedy

According to New South Wales Police, the pair died at the scene on Wentworth Pass in the Blue Mountains, west Sydney

Manchester Evening News · Apr 5, 2022

British father and son, 9, killed in Australian landslide as mother and second child fight for life

A 49-year-old man and 9-year-old boy died at the scene and three more have been taken to hospital

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2022