New South Wales
Mal Lanyon named NSW police commissioner replacing Karen Webb | Australia news
Former NSW police deputy commissioner Mal Lanyon has been named the state’s new police commissioner, replacing Karen Webb. The appointment of the 38-year veteran of the NSW police is due to be announced by the premier, Chris Minns, on Wednesday. Lanyon is currently the acting chief executive of the NSW Reconstruction Authority. He is expected […]
Wire that fell on Sydney train causing chaos identified in 2020 as risky but then inspected with binoculars | Transport
A high-voltage wire which fell onto a train in Sydney earlier this year, trapping 300 passengers and causing massive commuter disruption, was identified as a risk as early as 2020, a rail safety review has found. The Minns government on Tuesday released the findings of the “sobering” report, which was commissioned following the Homebush incident […]
Police officer charged with assault after Hannah Thomas injured at pro-Palestine protest in Sydney | New South Wales
A New South Wales police officer has been charged with assaulting Hannah Thomas, who sustained a serious eye injury after she was arrested at a protest in June. Thomas was arrested and charged alongside four others at a pro-Palestine protest in Sydney on 27 June that was attended by about 60 people at SEC Plating. […]
Australia news live: Acma not told of Optus triple-zero network issues for more than 10 hours, chair says | Australia news
Acma not told of Optus triple-zero network issues for more than 10 hours Nerida O’Loughlin, the Australian Communications Media Authority (Acma) chair, said the body usually gets multiple emails per day from telcos when something goes wrong with their networks. But in the case of the Optus outage, Acma wasn’t “notified at all until the […]
Ausgrid slashes safety inspectors after report finds cheaper to pay permanent disability injury compensation | New South Wales
Ausgrid cut safety inspector numbers by more than half after receiving a secret report that said it was cheaper for the company to pay compensation for a permanent disability injury than to continue paying for the inspections. The secret report, conducted by consultancy CutlerMerz and seen by Guardian Australia, recommended Ausgrid slash the inspections it […]