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Police focus on national park as search for slain couple’s bodies expands
The Royal National Park in Sydney’s south is now at the centre of a police operation to locate the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Clare Sibthorpe
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Police, Mardi Gras organisers discuss deal for officers to march out of uniform
Police Minister Yasmin Catley emerged from a meeting with police and Mardi Gras organisers on Tuesday morning praising the “positive and respectful” conversation.
- by Michael Koziol, Jessica McSweeney and Judith Ireland
Taylor Swift’s father investigated for alleged paparazzo assault in Sydney
The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday morning, after the pop star had played her final Australian show.
- by Nell Geraets
Inner-west armed robbery ends in police chase and crash
A 19-year-old youth gang member has been jailed over armed robberies and police chase that ended in high-speed crash in Melbourne's inner west.
Gun safety scrutinised after police Glock allegedly used in murders
As police continue to search for the bodies of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies, questions are being raised about serious gaps in the force’s oversight of its weapons.
- by Jordan Baker
A new witness and DNA profiles: Breakthrough in suspected Gold Coast murders
Two Gold Coast men disappeared 22 years ago. Police now have a new witness and DNA profiles of “possible persons of interest”.
- by Keira Jenkins
A timeline of Beau Lamarre-Condon’s alleged movements
Police say they are piecing together the movements of the senior constable charged over the murders of Sydney couple Jesse Baird and Luke Davies.
- by Angus Thomson
Police investigate ‘murder by spaghetti’ mystery
Maria Basso, who saved a small fortune during her career with Italy’s foreign ministry, including postings to Australia, died after eating spaghetti at a restaurant she attended with her niece, who is accused of plotting to kill her.
- by Andrea Vogt
Man guilty of murdering transgender woman in first hate crime trial of its kind
A South Carolina man was convicted of murdering Dime Doe in what prosecutors say is the first federal murder trial of someone charged with a hate crime based on gender identity.
- by Rebecca Carballo
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When Vince heard a criminal planning a violent robbery over a wiretap, he acted
A former high-ranking cop shares how phone tapping catches notorious criminals, as experts reveal who can tap calls and data shows which agencies may be breaking the law.
- by Clare Sibthorpe
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Dead body washes up in East Perth
Police said the body of a man was located alongside the waters edge.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt