The Offence of ‘Home Invasion’: Aggravated Break and Enter to Commit Serious Indictable Offence
A 15-year-old boy from southwestern Sydney gained entry into a house located on Cabrogal land on Longfield Street in Cabramatta at around 6.15 pm on 6 May 2026, and he had no permission to do so. The teenager then grabbed...
The Combined Offence of High Range Drink Driving and Drug Driving in NSW
A little after 3pm on Sunday, 3 March 2026, New South Wales Police Traffic and Highway Patrol Command officers were patrolling on Bundjalung land in the northeastern New South Wales town of Tweed Heads, when they were alerted to a...
The Offence of Destroying or Damaging Property, Previously Known as ‘Malicious Damage’
New South Wales police were called out to Campbell Parade at Bondi Beach, which is located on Gadigal land, following several reports regarding property damage on 29 November 2025. Officers attached to the Eastern Suburbs Police Area Command arrived at...
The Offence of Assaulting a Police Officer in New South Wales
A 27-year-old woman was arrested on Gadigal land at her Potts Point residence on Wednesday, 25 March 2026, as part of the ongoing investigations of Strike Force Laine, which is the New South Wales Police Force probe into the participants...
The Offence of Stealing a Motor Vehicle, Vessel or Trailer in NSW
The New South Wales Police Force put out an appeal for information about a string of recent vehicle thefts that are alleged to have taken place on Wiradjuri land in the western New South Wales town of Warren. The initial...
Offences Relating to Credit and Debit Card Theft and Fraud in NSW
The New South Wales Police Force has issued a public warning about a spate of crimes involving assailants approaching elderly people before stealing and illegally using their debit or credit cards. The incidents are alleged to have occurred across several...
The Offence of Drug Driving in New South Wales
The New South Police Force carried out one of its trademark statewide drink and drug driving blitzes from 12 am on Thursday, 12 February, to 4 am on Sunday, 15 February 2026. Operation RAID (Remove All Impaired Drivers) led to...
Deepfake Image and Audio-Based Intimate Image Offences in New South Wales
New intimate deepfake criminal offences came into effect in New South Wales On 16 February 2026, which expand preexisting intimate adult images offences to encompass compromising audio content and create a new offence of altering images or audio or using...
The Offence of Impersonating a Police Officer in New South Wales
A 58-year-old woman was walking on Gadigal land down Arnold Lane, in the inner Sydney suburb of Surry Hills at around 11.45 am on 13 February 2026, when a man, whom she did not know, stopped her in the alleyway...
The Offence of Kidnapping in New South Wales
Far-right white nationalists and neo-Nazis were spitballing ideas around kidnapping Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese, as well as blowing up mosques, in an online chatgroup in the immediate wake of the Bondi Beach terrorist attack that saw fifteen murdered. And...
