AARON PATRICK: ASIO boss Mike Burgess was not required to explain if ASIO could have done more to prevent the worst terrorist attack in Australian history.
A royal commission will publicly examine intelligence leading up to the Bondi massacre, but large parts of the probe will remain hidden from the public.
A damning inquiry has found systemic failures, lax regulation and the rapid corporatisation of childcare allowed predators to abuse children, while warning the entire sector requires urgent national reforms.
A man has died and four others have been hospitalised after an alleged shooting in Sydney’s south-west, as police establish a crime scene at a residential address.