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Sydney Police Confront Shift to Cheap, Inexperienced Contract Killers
Sydney police are confronting a changing organised-crime model in which overseas-based figures allegedly outsource violence to young, inexperienced offenders recruited through intermediaries, increasing the risk that innocent people will be killed. The warning follows two fatal shootings in Sydney this week that investigators suspect may have involved mistaken identity. University student Marco Tapia, 23, was…
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CFMEU delegate charged over alleged drug dealing at Melbourne construction sites
Victoria Police have charged a CFMEU delegate and another man after raids linked to an investigation into alleged drug dealing at construction sites across Melbourne. Detectives from Taskforce Hawk arrested a 35-year-old Mulgrave man, described by police as a union delegate, alongside a 32-year-old Fitzroy man and an 18-year-old Fitzroy woman on Thursday. The operation…
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Police Probe Possible Mistaken-Identity Killing After Merrylands West Shooting
Detectives are investigating whether a man fatally shot outside a home in Sydney’s west was the unintended victim of a targeted attack, after a burst of gunfire brought emergency crews to Merrylands West on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency services were called to a property in Bruce Street about 3:15pm following reports that a man had been…
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Australia to Commit $600 Million to Combat Pacific Drug Trafficking
Australia is expected to commit $600 million to a new regional effort to disrupt the rapidly expanding illicit drug trade across the Pacific, as authorities confront record-scale cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking into Australian markets. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is due to announce the multi-year investment at the Pacific Islands Forum in Palau, where regional leaders…
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Daniel Billings Faces Sentencing Over Murder of Molly Ticehurst
Daniel Billings is due to face a two-day sentencing hearing in Orange after pleading guilty to the murder of Forbes childcare educator Molly Ticehurst, whose death became a focal point in Australia’s debate about domestic and family violence. Ticehurst, 28, was found dead at her home in the central-west New South Wales town in the…
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Tasmania’s Reoffending Rate Renews Calls for Stronger Prison Support
Tasmania’s high rate of prisoners returning to custody has renewed calls for stronger rehabilitation and transition support, as a small peer-coaching program reports encouraging early results. Almost 47 per cent of people released from Tasmanian prisons were back behind bars within two years, according to the Productivity Commission’s latest Report on Government Services data for…
Sydney Police Confront Shift to Cheap, Inexperienced Contract Killers
Sydney police are confronting a changing organised-crime model in which overseas-based figures allegedly outsource violence to young, inexperienced offenders recruited through intermediaries, increasing the risk that innocent people will be killed. The warning follows two fatal shootings in Sydney this week that investigators suspect may have involved mistaken identity. University student Marco Tapia, 23, was shot at his family’s Glen Alpine home early on Tuesday, while Joshua Macdonald, 40, was killed outside a Merrylands West property about 36 hours later. Police have said neither man was known to have links to organised crime. Separate homicide investigations are continuing, and detectives…
CFMEU delegate charged over alleged drug dealing at Melbourne construction sites
Victoria Police have charged a CFMEU delegate and another man after raids linked to an investigation into alleged drug dealing at construction sites across Melbourne. Detectives from Taskforce Hawk arrested a 35-year-old Mulgrave man, described by police as a union delegate, alongside a 32-year-old Fitzroy man and an 18-year-old Fitzroy woman on Thursday. The operation included searches at properties in Mulgrave, Heathmont and Fitzroy. Police allege drugs were sold at work sites Investigators allege the three were involved in importing drugs and anabolic steroids through the mail before selling them at construction sites around Melbourne. The claims have not been…
Police Probe Possible Mistaken-Identity Killing After Merrylands West Shooting
Detectives are investigating whether a man fatally shot outside a home in Sydney’s west was the unintended victim of a targeted attack, after a burst of gunfire brought emergency crews to Merrylands West on Wednesday afternoon. Emergency services were called to a property in Bruce Street about 3:15pm following reports that a man had been shot. Paramedics treated the victim, who was reported to be in his 40s, for gunshot wounds, but he died at the scene. The man had not been formally identified when police briefed reporters. No arrest had been announced, and investigators were still working to establish…
CGT Changes Will Apply Across All Assets, Not Just Property
Australia's proposed capital gains tax (CGT) reforms are shaping up as one of the most…
Financial educator’s advice on how to reduce your home payment by up to $7000 in 2023
Mortgage holders are still having trouble as a result of the eight consecutive increases in…
The Reserve Bank of Australia increases the cash rate for a ninth month in a row.
The Reserve Bank of Australia increased the cash rate to its highest level in more…