The Offence of Common Assault in NSW
Two women have been charged with common assault and using offensive language after they allegedly attacked a man near a bus stop on Gadigal land in the Sydney CBD. Officers attached to the Sydney City Police Area Command received a...
The Offence of Wounding with Intent to Cause Grievous Bodily Harm in NSW
A 15-year-old boy has been charged after an alleged knife attack in Sydney’s inner city left a 17-year-old boy with a severed hand. Emergency services were called to Redfern Oval at about 6pm on Wednesday, 2 September 2026, following reports...
The NSW Offence of Reckless Wounding in Company
Two New South Wales men have been charged with reckless wounding in company, following an incident involving an alleged assault on a 31-year-old man at a licensed premises in on Wiradjuri land on Yapunyah Street in the southwestern NSW town...
Woman Faces String of Charges Over Bus Stop Crash
A woman has been refused bail after being charged with a series of alleged traffic and criminal offences following an incident in Sydney’s Lower North Shore that police say began with a vehicle crashing into a bus stop before escalating...
“One Punch” Laws in NSW: The Criminal Offence of Assault Occasioning Death
A person may be found guilty of the offence of ‘assault causing death’ in New South Wales by delivering a single punch, push or kick, even if he or she did not intend to kill or cause serious harm. The...
The Offence of Causing Grievous Bodily Harm with Intent to Avoid Arrest in NSW
A 17-year-old boy was charged with causing grievous bodily harm with intent to resist arrest last week, after he allegedly accelerated a Mazda sedan in the direction of several New South Wales police officers in Sydney’s north on Saturday, 6...
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 Recklessly Causing Grievous Bodily Harm in NSW
The senior New South Wales police officer who punched legal observer Hannah Thomas in the right eye, during a 27 June 2025 antigenocide protest on Bidjigal land outside the SEC Plating premises in the Sydney suburb of Belmore, has been...
NSW Government Increases Standard Non-Parole Period for Domestic Violence Murders
The New South Wales government has introduced the Crimes Legislation Amendment (Domestic and Sexual Offences) Bill 2025 into parliament which would, if passed, increase the standard non-parole period (SNPP) for offences of murder committed against current or former intimate partners...
NSW Police Officer Who Punched Hannah Thomas Has Been Charged with Assault
A New South Wales police officer who punched lawyer and human rights activist Hannah Thomas in her right eye has been charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm. The senior officer struck Thomas in the face as she questioned his...
