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‘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

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

'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.

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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

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

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

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

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Bondi Junction Stabbing Inquest Spotlights Psychiatrist’s ‘Failings’ & Police’s Heroism

Joel Cauchi’s psychiatrist has been referred to the watchdog over “major failing”.

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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.

AAP

‘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

The Guardian - AU

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

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.

AAP

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’

The Guardian - AU

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.

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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

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

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

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

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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

AAP

Cindy's law: reforms close sexual violence loophole

Four decades after the "horrific" deaths of two teenage girls in the outback, new legislation aims to ensure sex offenders cannot escape punishment.

The Guardian - AU

A Sydney police officer confronted a mass murderer. Her backup was a carpenter and construction worker wielding bollards

On 13 April 2024, two shots ended Australia’s worst mass murder in more than a decade. As an inquest continues, the question remains: what more could have been done?

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Bondi Junction Killer Had A ‘Preoccupation With Death’ Before Rampage, Inquest Finds

Joel Cauchi — the man who went on a rampage in Bondi Junction Westfield In April 2024 — had a 'preoccupation in death', the inquest finds.

AAP

Women 'not target' of shopping centre stabbing rampage

An unmedicated, mentally ill man was not targeting people but stabbing anyone in his way in a mass stabbing at a busy shopping mall, a lead investigator says.

AAP

Coroner's impossible job to make sense of mass stabbing

A year on from one of Australia's worst mass killings, families of the victims are looking to an inquest to uncover what went wrong.

AAP

Teach sons respect, warns mother of murdered woman

A coroner has thanked the family of a young murdered woman for their powerful presence throughout her inquest and says their participation will save lives.

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