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A man has been seriously injured after an alleged home invasion in Greenacre.

‘Life-altering injuries’: Masked home invaders sever man’s hand with machete

Police say the 23-year-old victim of the “brutal, violent” attack had no links to organised crime and was targeted because of his family’s business.

  • Carrie Fellner and Cindy Yin

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CCTV captured a gunmen open firing on Talgham Avenue into a home which was attacked four times in four weeks in March and April 2026.
Police suspect the white Audi getaway vehicle was later involved in a high-speed chase on April 11.

Houses shot, police chase ‘kill car’ in night of gang violence across Sydney

Police say they chased down men in balaclavas as they drove a high-performance “kill car” stocked with jerry cans, bleach and guns.

  • Perry Duffin
The teens were arrested by NSW Police Strike Force Halesowen.

Police charge 25-year-old and 15-year-old with attempted murder of former NRL star

The new arrests add to those on Thursday and follow a spate of violent incidents allegedly targeting former Bulldogs star Matt Utai’s son, who police say is embroiled in an escalating gangland conflict.

  • Riley Walter, Amber Schultz and Cindy Yin
Iziah Utai’s Merrylands barbershop was firebombed twice last May.

The NRL star, a wayward son and a gangland war with Sydney’s most notorious crime family

A new threat to the Alameddines’ supremacy – the self-proclaimed Coconut Cartel – has emerged amid an escalating conflict over control of a lucrative drug trade.

  • Riley Walter and Perry Duffin
Gunmen open fire on St Clair home

Crime gang declares war on son of ex-NRL star, police throw 100 officers at new taskforce

Bulldogs premiership player Matt Utai was shot in the escalating underworld conflict believed to involve his son Iziah, also targeted in several attacks.

  • Perry Duffin, Riley Walter and Daniel Lo Surdo
Former NRL star Matt Utai has been shot in the chest and leg in a brazen drive-by shooting in Sydney’s south-west on Tuesday morning.

Former NRL star shot in ‘brazen ambush’, police probe son’s gangland links

Police believe the Bulldogs premiership winger Matt Utai, shot twice outside his Sydney home, is an innocent casualty in an escalating gang war.

  • Perry Duffin, Daniel Lo Surdo, Jack Gramenz, Adrian Proszenko and Christian Nicolussi
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The fire took hold about 3pm on Tuesday, with more than 50 firefighters working to extinguish the blaze.

Firefighters battle enormous blaze at factory in Sydney’s south-west

The fire engulfed a timber furniture factory, showering bricks to the ground as dozens of firefighters pumped water from nearby streets.

  • Jack Gramenz
Stolen cars with cloned number plates were seized from a house in Rouse Hill, police allege.

Pistols, revolvers and thousands of bullets seized as cops swoop on alleged contract killers

Six people believed to be members of a “contract kill crew” have been arrested in a major bust in Sydney, while two others have been arrested over an alleged shooting plot.

  • Amber Schultz, Daniel Lo Surdo and Jack Gramenz
The green and golden bell frog was once plentiful in Sydney.

In the heart of industrial Greenacre, a frog sanctuary teems with life

Once plentiful, now endangered: Sydney’s green and golden bell frogs are coming back in the most unlikely of places.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
A 16-year-old boy and woman are dead after fatal accidents in Sydney in the past 24 hours.

Teenage boy dead, sister in critical condition after horror night on NSW roads

A 16-year-old boy was killed when the car his older sister was driving collided with a truck, while two other people died in separate incidents overnight.

  • Riley Walter and Josefine Ganko