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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
NSW Police’s participation in Mardi Gras parade cancelled by organisers
Organisers of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras have asked police not to march in the parade on Saturday, police have confirmed.
- by Ben Cubby
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
Police sent car after triple-zero call from alleged murder victim’s phone
Police sent a car searching for the source of the triple-zero call, but because it was registered to Davies’ home in Waterloo, patrolled Paddington without specific information to go on.
- by Jessica McSweeney, Olivia Ireland, Clare Sibthorpe and Ben Cubby
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The alleged crime that has horrified Sydney, and the questions demanding answers
A major investigation has already raised two big issues for police and the community to grapple with over the coming weeks and months.
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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
Excluding police from Mardi Gras would be ‘a travesty’, commissioner says
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said the force had been “building a bridge” with the LGBTQ community for 20 years and it would be a step backwards to exclude officers this year.
- by Michael Koziol
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‘It’s just a tragedy’: Security guard dies after alleged punch at Sydney pub
Police arrested a 31-year-old man after an alleged altercation in Sutherland resulted in the death of a security guard.
- by Angus Dalton and Josefine Ganko
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Jesse Baird told friends of ‘shadowy figure in his bedroom’ late at night
News of the break-in came as police urged patience as they try to locate the bodies of Baird and partner Luke Davies, who were allegedly were killed by a Sydney police officer.
- by Perry Duffin, Angus Dalton, Josefine Ganko and Sally Rawsthorne