Police news headlines

Sixteen people are dead and at least 50 injured in multiple shootings at a restaurant and bowling alley in the city of Lewiston.

Police are combing parklands and waters off an exclusive eastern Sydney suburb for her male colleague.

Investigators say alleged syndicate members were "living the high life" with $10,000-dollar sake and private jets.

A man is in a critical condition in hospital after being shot by police in Logan.

Gavin 'Capable' Preston was sitting outside a café on a Saturday morning when two men dressed in black opened fire.

A person has been injured in a shooting in a Sydney harbourside suburb.A person has been injured in a shooting in a Sydney harbourside suburb.

Police believe the killing was part of an alleged hit between feuding Organised Criminal Networks.

Jessica Louise Stephens hasn't contacted her family since travelling to Kakadu last Thursday.

The intruder targeted a mother alone and asleep on the couch in the northern suburb of Clarkson, in what police say is a random and opportunistic attack.

The force of the collision tore the back cabin off the police car.

Police are treating the stabbing death of a 65-year-old woman inside her Canberra home yesterday as murder.

Four separate alleged attempts were made to smuggle illicit substances into the 'dry' area.

The senior police offier has been jailed for nearly five years for rape and sexual assault.

Residents inside the Brisbane exclusion zone have been ordered indoors as specialist negotiators attempt de-escalation.

A staff member of the school in Dandenong North first alerted police after making the grim discovery while opening the school gates.

It's alleged the car travelled onto the wrong side of the road multiple times and drove onto footpaths.

Police are still hunting for a man suspected of shooting and killing a US judge hours after he awarded custody of the man's children to his wife.

Western Australia Police are on the hunt for a prisoner who escaped from Pardelup Prison Farm, near Mt Barker, yesterday.

The four children were playing inside the shed when the fire broke out, trapping them inside in what police have described as "a horrific scene".

It's understood the officers were on route to an urgent job in Coogee when they collided with a parked Mercedes and Land Rover SUV.

The 36-year-old man had allegedly been running from police when he jumped into the Fitzroy River, a known crocodile habitat.

Almost 400 people attended the party, which was celebrating a 17-year-old's birthday, in Chambers Flat, about 11pm on Friday.

The incident allegedly unfolded in front of the elderly man's wife of 40 years and their tenant along The Esplanade in Torquay, Hervey Bay.

Police believe the crime took place inside Samantha Woll's home. Officers found her body with multiple stab wounds and she was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.

The 31-year-old from Lake Macquarie allegedly touched a 23-year-old woman in Redhead on Thursday.

Police uncovered $200,000 in cash, scales, a money counter and luxury jewellery, as well as 100kg of pseudoephedrine.

A 37-year-old man in Vietnam was allegedly found to be converting large sums of money to Cryptocurrency for alleged organised drug supply groups in New South Wales.

More than $100,000 worth of cigarettes have been stolen in a series of burglaries targeting service stations in Victoria's south-east.

More than 40 firefighters rushed to extinguish the blaze that was sparked at the Shepherds Hill Recreational park at 11.20 pm on Thursday.

Between 800-850 police will attend tomorrow's protest at Sydney Town Hall after working with march organisers to ensure a peaceful event.

More than 200kg of cocaine was seized from three shipping containers following an investigation by the Australian Border Force and the Australian Federal Police in May.

He stood still until he felt it was safe, then walked through the store after closing time, authorities said.

A search and rescue operation for the 36-year-old is restarting today in the city of Rockhampton.

Police believe Blake Unkovich, 28, is carrying a 12 gauge shotgun and was unwittingly helped out of The Vines area by workers on a nearby construction site.

Police alleged a 20-year-old man was stabbed and assaulted by several men while working at a restaurant on Macquarie Street in Liverpool at 8.30pm on September 17.

Police investigating the suspected murder of John Giannopoulos in Sydney more than 20 years ago have announced a $1 million reward for information as detectives probe several fresh leads.

The body of a 40-year-old man who had been allegedly stabbed was discovered in a car next to a beach at Umina Beach.

The 68-year-old retired army officer was struck in the chest after confronting the strangers.

A crime scene has been established by police as they continue to investigate the incident.

"The impact you've had on people that came across you in life will live on forever."

Nine people have been arrested in an investigation into the crime syndicate, which allegedly steals items from major supermarket chains and sells them to small businesses for less than their retail price.

The complex scam involves multiple tactics, including forcing victims to fake their own kidnapping.

Debra Campbell was just 21 years old when she disappeared from her home in Melbourne on February 25, 1984.

Police believe a Mercedes wagon along with a range of other personal items were allegedly stolen by the offenders.

A cyclist has died in a collision with a ute just outside Point Pirie, 230 kilometres north-west of Adelaide.

Former taxi driver Naji Fakhreddine, 68, is accused of murdering Bernd Lehmann inside his Sydney home.

A man who tried to rob a muffin cafe has wound up dead on the side of the road in a regional Victorian town.

A former Coles executive who stole close to $2 million from the supermarket giant could be released from jail in a little over a year.

"Upon arrival, police observed bullet holes in a parked car."

Detectives say they've 'never given up' on solving the murder of two Queenslanders killed within days of each other.