Ethan Rix

One of the state's top police officers has promised feuding gangs bringing terror to Sydney's streets will not exist "by the time we finish" as police stare down a new era of disorganised crime. 

The deaths of two children who were left in cars during hot weather were the result of their parents' memory failure, a NSW coroner finds.

A photographer who allegedly stole a camera from a Bondi terror attack victim before pawning it days later has been charged.

A man with links to rap group OneFour has died and four others have been seriously injured following a Canley Heights shooting, which is believed to be organised crime-related.

A body has been found near Lake Cargelligo, where three people were shot and killed in January this year, sparking a massive manhunt.

A former champion boxer is fighting for life after a suspected gangland hit was one of two violent incidents in Sydney's west overnight.

Five people have been arrested after police rescued a controversial rapper's bodyguard who was allegedly kidnapped from his Guildford home.

A professional cage fighter accused of murdering his best friend threatened to kill his then-pregnant girlfriend, a Sydney jury has heard.

Protesters caught up in the government's now-canned protest laws could seek damages as lawyers review the implications of the Supreme Court ruling them "unconstitutional".

Rajab Ali was arrested in February while President Isaac Herzog was in Sydney to pay tribute to the 15 people killed in the Bondi Beach terror attack.

The former partner of Hayley McClenahan-Ernst has been charged with her murder, nine-years after the pregnant mother's suspicious death in Sydney's west.

War veteran Ben Roberts-Smith will remain in custody after his lawyers made no application for bail in his first court hearing since his arrest.

A property developer who illegally cut down hundreds of native trees has lodged a new plan to build a lavish $10 million, six-bedroom mansion in Sydney's south.

Scammers are targeting Australians with advertisements for 'free' tai chi classes to trick them into downloading malware capable of stealing money off their devices.

Steven Lin allegedly attacked two women while armed with a knife inside a Sydney apartment complex before being shot dead by police.

Eighty-five-year-old Chris Baghsarian was mistakenly snatched from his North Ryde property about 5am on February 13.

NSW Premier Chris Minns says it is "deeply distressing" that two mental health patients who escaped from the same Sydney hospital within 24 hours went on to allegedly kill three people between them.

A 25-year-old man police say stabbed a man to death in Merrylands days after fleeing from health authorities has been charged with murder.

NSW Police believe an elderly man who was kidnapped from his home in north-western Sydney is still alive.

Detectives believe Chris Baghsarian was mistakenly snatched from his bedroom just after 5am on Friday by intruders who forced their way into his North Ryde property.

Vision shows the moment a bleeding man shot in Sydney's south-west overnight begs for help in a neighbour's back yard.

Sydney man Colin Milne has been denied bail after "extremely graphic, violent and depraved" material was found on his devices, a court has heard.

Police have warned residents in villages neighbouring Lake Cargelligo to remain vigilant after three people were shot dead in a domestic violence attack on Thursday.

Australian Federal Police allege Billal Chami submitted claims for supports and services never provided to participants.

Surf Life Saving NSW confirms a boy is unharmed after an encounter with a shark at Dee Why Beach just before lunchtime on Monday.