The Latest Breaking News from Paul Toole

A key Blue Mountains road closure is blowing out travel times – and causing ‘red hot anger’ among locals

NSW government says Convict Bridge will take at least three months to fix but local MP urges long-term plan for ‘fragile piece of road’

The Guardian - AU · Mar 13

NSW Labor accused of rushing inquiry into banning phrases such as ‘globalise the intifada’ over the holidays

State opposition leader says inquiry established ‘with no notice, no public hearings and an impossibly short deadline’

The Guardian - AU · Jan 3

Frontrunner coy amid speculation on new top cop

The first woman commissioner for the nation's largest police force is stepping aside, but it could be months before her replacement is revealed.

AAP · May 7, 2025

Alleged drug syndicate member pleads guilty to supplying ice

140 grams of ice was left inside a McDonald's cup at Belmont North.

Newcastle Herald · Nov 29, 2023

Ex-NSW police minister's brother admits trafficking ice

Joshua Toole, whose brother was NSW police minister, has pleaded guilty to one charge of trafficking ice and had 33 other charges withdrawn.

AAP · Oct 18, 2023

Former police minister's brother admits supplying nearly two kilograms of ice

Toole used encrypted messaging apps but was speaking with undercover police.

Newcastle Herald · Oct 18, 2023

Eight years after major drug raids, former kingpin again guilty of supplying ice

A former kingpin, a politician's brother and a "dead drop" of drugs for $32,500.

Newcastle Herald · Aug 16, 2023

‘A festering tree’: growing calls for parliamentary inquiry into NSW police use of force

Justice experts say there needs to be a more rigorous process for when Tasers and guns can be deployed to change the way officers manage incidents

The Guardian - AU · May 27, 2023

Officer who tasered 95yo woman suspended from duty

The NSW senior police constable who tasered a 95-year-old great-grandmother in her nursing home has been suspended from duty with pay.

The New Daily · May 23, 2023

Prosecutors finalise ice supply, crime syndicate charges against brother of former NSW Police Minister

Police seized $2 million worth of ice and $220,000 in cash in the raids.

Newcastle Herald · May 17, 2023