Newcastle Police

 [Updated 10:44pm Sunday] newy.com.au – Climate protesters have blocked coal ships leading to the arrest of 141 people by Sunday evening and ignited a political fight over safety, jobs and climate action during the Rising Tide “People’s Blockade” at Newcastle Harbour, which began on Thursday 27 November 2025. For six days the annual “protestival” has turned the world’s largest coal export port into a stage for Australia’s climate debate, […]

newy.com.au - Police are appealing for public assistance after a group of eight males allegedly targeted homes and a service station across Lake Macquarie and the Central Coast in the early hours of Tuesday 28 October 2025. Police say the group was involved in a series of attempted break and enters late last month, moving between several suburbs in allegedly stolen vehicles and leaving with a utility that has not […]

newy.com.au - Emergency crews responded to two separate incidents at Redhead Beach just after 7am, including a watchtower rescue and a suspected cardiac event involving a swimmer. NSW Ambulance detailed the back to back callouts, outlining how paramedics were first called to a man found unresponsive on top of the beach watchtower before being diverted to help a man who collapsed after leaving the water and was rushed to John […]

newy.com.au - Three experienced police officers will be deployed to Hunter commands from Monday 24 November 2025 after 13 interstate and New Zealand officers graduated from the NSW Police Force’s Professional Mobility Program at Sydney Olympic Park on Friday. NSW Police said the program is designed to attract serving officers from across Australia and New Zealand into the state while allowing them to keep their equivalent rank, bolstering frontline numbers […]

 newy.com.au - Nine alleged Finks outlaw motorcycle gang members and associates have been charged over alleged firearm, drug, affray and sexual touching offences in the Hunter Region, following Raptor Squad raids across Lake Macquarie, Cessnock and Maitland on Wednesday 19 November 2025. NSW Police said the charges follow investigations into two alleged incidents at licensed venues in Merewether and Shoal Bay earlier this month, including the alleged sexual touching […]

newy.com.au - A 13-year-old boy has been charged after an alleged sexual assault on a woman in her 80s at Brooklyn Park in East Maitland on Monday night. NSW Police said detectives from Port Stephens–Hunter Police District and the State Crime Command’s Sex Crimes Squad formed Strike Force Bosgar to investigate the park attack, which they allege left the elderly woman needing hospital treatment and prompted a public appeal for […]

newy.com.au - Police are appealing for public help after an alleged sexual assault on a woman in her 80s at a park in Ashtonfield near Maitland on Monday night. NSW Police say the woman was attacked while out walking in Brooklyn Park and are urging anyone who was in the area around the time, or who has CCTV or dashcam footage, to come forward as detectives investigate. Officers from Port […]

newy.com.au - A 52-year-old man arrested at a Cessnock property on an outstanding warrant for 15 domestic violence-related offences was among 752 people charged across NSW during police Operation Amarok XII from Wednesday 12 November to Saturday 15 November 2025. NSW Police say the latest, intelligence-led phase of Operation Amarok targeted some of the state’s most dangerous domestic and family violence offenders, with officers from the Hunter among those involved […]

newy.com.au - Two teenage boys have been charged after an alleged police pursuit through Hamilton in Newcastle’s inner suburbs on Thursday night. NSW Police said the incident involved a white Isuzu MUX which officers allege had been stolen from a home in Cameron Park and later failed to stop for patrolling police, with the teenagers now due to face a children’s court. About 10pm on Thursday 13 November 2025, officers […]