SYDNEY: A Sydney waiter charged with the rape of four young men dating back to 2009 has previous convictions “for offences of a sexual nature” it can be revealed.

SYDNEY: The NSW Government has offered a $100,000 reward for information that may help solve the mysterious death of visiting American maths genius, Scott Johnson, at the base of cliffs near Manly Beach almost 25 years ago which his family believe was the result of a gay-hate attack.

A dark part of Sydney’s recent past will be revisited with an episode of ABC TV’s Australian Story to take another look at the case of a visiting American maths genius who it is now believed was the victim of a gay-hate murder at the hands of a marauding gang of homophobes who terrorised gay beats on the city’s beachside cliffs. 

VICTORIA: Former Hobsons Bay Mayor Tony Briffa has had a court intervention order issued against a person who has been "harassing and stalking" the local politican for the last 18 months.

The NSW Government’s plan to trial three “sobering-up centres” in Sydney and Wollongong has been attacked as a “stunt” that could potentially put people at risk of further harm while doing nothing to address the root issues of binge drinking and alcohol-related violence.

ACT’s acting Chief Minister, Andrew Barr, has urged victims of violence in Canberra’s gay community to immediately report incidents to police following an outcry over a Facebook confessionals page which included a claim by one man that he was violently robbing gay men he had met at bars in Civic.

SYDNEY: Police have delivered an early Christmas present to inner-city residents and the LGBTI community after the arrest this week of two men wanted over a vicious assault and robbery of a Surry Hills man who had earlier befriended one of the attackers via a smartphone dating app.

SYDNEY: Police are appealing for information from the public after a 67-year-old man was arrested earlier this week in relation to a number of alleged sexual assaults believed to have occurred at a Darlinghurst youth homeless shelter in the 1980s.

A Sydney jeweller twice cleared of killing his male partner has continued to plead his innocence this week after he was found guilty of his manslaughter.

Police are looking for three young men and one woman who were allegedly involved in an assault and robbery of a taxi driver after they were picked up from Oxford Street over the weekend.

SYDNEY: Love lured Ahmed Ghoniem from his accounting job in Dubai to inner-city Sydney.

A young up-and-coming rapper who once appeared on television talent quest The X-Factor is fighting for his life after being stabbed in the heart on Oxford Street over the weekend.

Police are searching for two armed men who robbed an Oxford Street hotel last night.

Police are appealing for information from the public as they continue their investigations into the killing of a young gay man discovered in his burnt Potts Point unit over the Labor Day long weekend.

SYDNEY: Police are appealing for information from the public as they continue their investigations into the possible hate crime killing of a young gay man discovered in his burnt Potts Point unit over the weekend.