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ABC News Crime Reporter. Former true crime podcast host, documentary producer and print reporter. [email protected].
Sydney
Joined February 2011
The NSW Police watchdog will hold a public hearing next week to investigate the police response to the killing of Lindy Lucena following our series of stories on her case. https://t.co/ExRBNZsA4v
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The NSW Police watchdog will hold an investigation into the conduct of officers who took almost an hour to respond on the night Lindy Lucena was killed by her abusive partner, following an ABC investigation.
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When Lindy Lucena was killed by her abusive partner in Ballina, it took police almost an hour to respond, and when an officer went to the scene he did not get out of his car to investigate.
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BREAKING: The government has announced the NSW coroner will hold an inquest into this case following my story. https://t.co/SeQLjiA5p0
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The bashing death of Lindy Lucena at the hands of her partner and the slow police response will be investigated by the state coroner, following an ABC investigation.
Exclusive: DV victim’s family and the police watchdog are demanding answers about why NSW Police are refusing to investigate their response to this case. Officers were almost an hour late the night she died and didn’t get out of the car to investigate:
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Exclusive: DV victim’s family and the police watchdog are demanding answers about why NSW Police are refusing to investigate their response to this case. Officers were almost an hour late the night she died and didn’t get out of the car to investigate:
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Lindy Lucena was beaten to death by her abusive partner. Her family and friends believe she could still be alive today if police had responded with greater urgency — and the police watchdog has...
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Exclusive: An Indigenous woman who fled her hometown with her children to escape a violent ex-partner was rejected for temporary housing by a state government service and claims she was told to return home. The minister has since apologised:
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The Indigenous woman says trying to get help from government support services for herself and her four young children has been "like talking to a brick wall".
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In her interview with me yesterday, outgoing NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said the leadership team and the government was committed to reforming the force’s culture without her.
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The outgoing head of NSW Police has said any recommendations handed down by a review into its work culture will be introduced, regardless of whether she is commissioner or not.
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The ABC can reveal 31-year-old Nicholas Alexander is accused of coordinating five of the recent antisemitic attacks across sydney.
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The ABC can reveal that one of the 14 people arrested by detectives under Strike Force Pearl earlier this week is believed to have helped orchestrate five instances of antisemitic vandalism and arson...
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A senior NSW Police officer accused of filming a colleague's genitals without their consent before distributing it in a group chat has been issued with a warning and remains on the force. https://t.co/jr6gbHPfkm
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A complaint against a NSW Police sergeant was over an incident that allegedly took place during a long drive when he refused to stop the car to allow another officer to use the bathroom.
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We called 000 this morning after a drunk man seemingly forced his way into a woman’s house, presumably his ex, as she screamed at him to leave. I told them she was in imminent danger. It took SA Police more than 15 minutes to arrive and no lights and sirens. @SAPoliceNews
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The body found wrapped in plastic in Botany last week has been identified as 33-year-old Zhuojun ‘Sally’ Li. She was reported missing by her mother. Police are now searching for her husband, who they say they have “grave concerns” for. @abcnews
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Another woman has been killed, allegedly by her former partner. Police have confirmed there was an AVO in place before the woman was found dead in her Campsie home. She’s the 74th woman killed violently in Australia this year.
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NSW Police say a man has been charged with murder, following the discovery of a woman's body in a unit at Belmore in Sydney's south-west.
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A New South Wales man has avoided jail time after becoming the first person charged under the state's new coercive control laws.
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A New South Wales man has avoided jail time after becoming the first person charged under the state's new coercive control laws.
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The final dates for the William Tyrrell inquest next week have been vacated. The coroner has concluded the evidence. William’s foster mother will not be re-called to testify, despite a previous application from NSW Police to do so. A date for the findings is TBC. @abcnews
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A transgender woman has settled a discrimination case against NSW corrective services and police after she was held in a men's prison for weeks and says she was denied sufficient access to hormone therapy.
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Melissa Yarnold, a transgender woman, says nobody should have to go through what she experienced while in custody.
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Two Indigenous former NSW Police officers say the country's largest police force has an overtly racist culture and it's contributing to the record high incarceration rate of First Nations people in NSW. The latest from my investigation into the force:
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Two Indigenous former NSW Police officers tell the ABC the force's overtly racist culture is contributing to the increasingly high incarceration rate of First Nations people.
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This was the chance for police to finally present any incriminating evidence they have gathered against William Tyrrell’s foster mother, but if this week is anything to go by, it seems they have very little. My take on the latest hearings: https://t.co/HHrJ5GEqoO
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Almost three years since NSW Police first went public with their theory that William Tyrrell's foster mother may have covered up his death, the evidence why is now being examined. But what was that...
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The court today heard details about their new theory, but the counsel assisting also conceded there is no forensic evidence in this case and that a coroner cannot act on “the express belief of a police investigator”.
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If police have gathered any evidence against William Tyrrell's foster mother, it will finally be presented to a coroner this week as the long-running inquest resumes once again. It will probe their latest theory that she covered up his accidental death:
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Any evidence police have gathered against William Tyrrell's foster mother will finally be presented to a coroner as the inquest into the toddler's disappearance resumes this week.
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As part of our investigation into the culture at NSW Police, which has already triggered a formal review, I’ve spoken to a former veteran officer who claims he experienced and witnessed severe homophobia throughout his career:
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A former sergeant with the NSW Police has told the ABC about their experience of homophobia while serving, including hearing "extremely homophobic" remarks during Sydney WorldPride 2023.
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Shout out to @sarahgerathy who’s also working on this investigation with me.
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