NSW

A woman is preparing to contest accusations she yelled anti-Semitic comments during a girls' netball game.

The family of a teenager who killed a child while in the grips of psychosis did not see her slaughter of six chickens as a ‘red flag’, an inquest has been told.

Chris Baghsarian, 85, was allegedly kidnapped and murdered earlier this year in what police have called a case of mistaken identity.

The Victoria Cross awardee will not be allowed to attend the ‘march out’ parade of the son of SAS war hero Blaine Diddams after a judge overruled prosecutors.

Police have raided seven properties across two states and arrested a man in their bid to find out those responsible for hiding cop killer Dezi Freeman, after he managed to hide out for seven months.

The Victoria Cross awardee asked a judge to give him permission to participate in a ceremony to open the Anzac Hall in Canberra next week. Prosecutors did not oppose the request.

There is no evidence a man ever assaulted a two-year-old boy, let alone inflicted a fatal blow in the middle of the night, his lawyer says.

A police constable's job is on the line after he was clocked travelling 200 kmph during an alleged illegal street race.

It took police almost an hour to respond to reports of a man ‘bashing the hell’ out of a woman who ultimately died from the attack.

The family of a young mum critically injured after being mauled by a shark off Sydney’s Coogee Beach has provided an update on her condition.

The 35-year-old mother was attacked on Saturday afternoon.

A notorious child killer who shot his fiancee’s nine-year-old daughter and dumped her body in a barrel has admitted to a separate crime.

A shark attack at one of Australia's best-known beaches comes after a horror summer for a state where four attacks took place in two days.

A six-year-old girl whose body was recovered from a river over the weekend may have been deliberately thrown in the water by her father, who also died.

Police have made a devastating discovery after the bodies of a man and his six-year-old daughter were found in the water on Saturday.

A shark encounter that left a woman critically injured has sparked calls for culls, yet experts warn it is not an evidence-based way of managing community risk.

Two other people were also wounded.

‘Once I had her next to me, I was just going, keep your head above water, keep breathing.’