Amber Schultz

Sydney

Crime and Justice Reporter at Sydney Morning Herald

Award winning journo • Crime & Justice with @smh • encrypted messaging Signal +61415610076 • [email protected] • previously investigations w @crikey_news •

Articles

Webb speaks out, front runner for new top cop emerges

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Perry Duffin |Jordan Baker |Amber Schultz |Alexandra Smith

Webb had planned to announce her retirement on May 18, following discussions with her family, to coincide with her first day on the job in 1987. However, her retirement was announced in parliament on Wednesday following leaks to the media. Webb sent internal communications to the force this morning confirming her resignation, stating she was in conversations with the government about work in women’s safety and domestic violence.
NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb to step down

1 week ago | smh.com.au | Amber Schultz |Alexandra Smith

NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb is set to resign after three years as the state’s top cop. The news will be confirmed during Question Time in the state parliament on Wednesday morning. Webb is expected to resign within weeks. Earlier this year, she refuted claims she would be taking an early retirement. Webb, who was appointed the state’s first female commissioner in February 2022, beat contenders Mick Willing and Mal Lanyon following a battle for the role.
‘It’s about rage’: Hundreds rally against women killed by violence

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Amber Schultz |Clare Sibthorpe

By Amber Schultz and Clare Sibthorpe April 27, 2025 — 4.08pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Hundreds marched in Gosford on Sunday after the alleged murder of Audrey Griffin by a stranger who was spared jail two months before her death.
Man charged with murder of Newcastle teen claims death was an ‘accident’

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Amber Schultz

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. A 22-year-old man charged with killing a Newcastle teenager in a drive-by shooting has admitted his participation in the event but claimed that the teen’s death was an accident, according to his lawyer.
Audrey Griffin: Anger over death of teen after accused killer’s violent history revealed

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Riley Walter |Clare Sibthorpe |Amber Schultz |Max Maddison

By Riley Walter, Clare Sibthorpe, Amber Schultz and Max Maddison April 25, 2025 — 4.12pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.
‘Text me when you’re home safe’: How a sweet text is a sinister reminder of Australia’s crisis

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Amber Schultz

April 23, 2025 — 4.00pm, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Shortly after my friend leaves, shutting the door to my apartment, I pick up my phone and send a message I’ve sent 1000 times: “Text me when you’re home safe.”I have been sending this message for more than a decade. I’m in my 30s and will probably keep sending it for the rest of my life.
How the fake caravan plot exposed divisions between NSW Police and AFP

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Perry Duffin |Amber Schultz

By Perry Duffin and Amber Schultz April 13, 2025 — 9.50am, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The relationship between the Australian Federal Police and NSW Police Force frayed dramatically amid political pressure and damaging media leaks as the two agencies investigated a suspected terrorism plot involving a caravan packed with explosives in north-west Sydney.
How the fake caravan plot exposed divisions between NSW Police and AFP

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Perry Duffin |Amber Schultz

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Warrant for Craig Leith’s arrest after police charged him with arson and he was convicted in absence of domestic violence offences

1 month ago | smh.com.au | Amber Schultz

, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When Ilona Ambrus arrived at the property where she had hoped to spend her final days following a terminal cancer diagnosis, she found her home reduced to ashes. She co-owned the expansive bush block with her husband, Craig Leith. The pair had separated following domestic violence and had reciprocal Apprehended Violence Orders against each other.
Warrant for Craig Leith’s arrest after police charged him with arson and he was convicted in absence of domestic violence offences

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Amber Schultz

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