nsw

I know we don't usually talk about state by-elections, but this one is particularly interesting on a number of levels so I thought I might try a thread. The by-election has been triggered by the resignation of Nationals MP Michael Johnsen, who has been accused of raping a sex worker. For those...

We often hear of human remains being found somewhere and we wait to find out who it is, to hear nothing. A pilot program to collect DNA at pop up centres to match against unidentified human remains has launched in Northern NSW with plans to extend it across Australia. More people go missing in...

Abducted 2001, never seen again. Presumed murdered. Interesting case that's been quite controversial given one of the police officers assigned to the investigation was suspected of, on record as stalking Janine and the work diary containing notes with details apparently disappeared. 31...

A 26-year-old man has been charged with murdering a toddler following her suspicious death in the NSW Hunter region seven weeks ago. Emergency services were called to a house in Tarro, near Newcastle, in June after reports a 20-month-old child was in cardiac arrest. She died...

The condition of her unborn child is not known. Neighbours rushed to help a heavily pregnant woman who was stabbed six times by a teenage boy during a violent home invasion in Sydney's north last night. The attack began when the victim, aged 33, disturbed an intruder inside her Mt Colah home...

"I just wanted to serve the community … for love" Salim Mehajer sentenced to 21 months' jail for electoral fraud Former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer will spend at least 11 months in jail for rigging the 2012 local NSW government election — the election that rocketed him into the public...