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The heartbreaking statement from father of boys killed in Blue Mountains tragedy
Ben and Russell were allegedly killed at the hands of their mother. Their distraught father Nick Smith has remembered his “happy, funny and outgoing boys”.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Sally Rawsthorne and Amber Schultz
Sydney teacher allegedly raped student three times
Maths teacher Roj Dalisay, who taught at a large Sydney Catholic school, allegedly assaulted a student for more than a year.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Clare Sibthorpe
Spate of antisemitic graffiti in Sydney’s east
The Jewish community has condemned the vandalism supporting terrorist organisation Hamas as the anniversary of the October 7 attacks approaches.
- by Riley Walter and Jessica McSweeney
Trains cancelled, ‘extensive delays’ after urgent repairs at Central
Sydney’s train delays are continuing after a broken rail at Central Station plunged the network into chaos.
- by Jessica McSweeney
As it happened: The Star enters trading halt; PM backflips on LGBTQ census question
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- by Jessica McSweeney and Hannah Kennelly
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Crime
NSW MP charged with child sex offences, quits parliament
Rory Amon, the former Liberal member for Pittwater, has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of a 13-year-old boy.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Alexandra Smith, Megan Gorrey and Clare Sibthorpe
Luxury cars targeted in inner Sydney graffiti spree
After multiple incidents in the inner west and inner east, police have launched a strike force to investigate the vandalism.
- by Riley Walter and Jessica McSweeney
A grandmother was last seen at an ATM. Her body was found 800km away
Mystery surrounds the death of a grandmother who was found half-buried at a popular NSW beach.
- by Jessica McSweeney
‘Leader of the Pack’: Inmate allegedly led child sex abuse ring from prison
An inmate at a NSW jail allegedly directed a group of prisoners who called themselves “The Pack” to create and share child sexual abuse material.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Clare Sibthorpe and Perry Duffin
International manhunt over alleged Sydney gangland murder plot
Rafat Alameddine and John Bayssari are wanted for allegedly conspiring to murder their gangland rival, Ibrahem Hamze, pictured centre, in a foiled North Sydney assassination attempt.
- by Jessica McSweeney