SYDNEY, Jan 23 AAP - A sentencing review ordered by NSW Attorney-General Greg Smith could result in softer sentences for gun crimes, says opposition police spokesman Nathan Rees.
The state opposition is calling on the government to abandon the review by the Law Reform Commission and it’s push for more non-custodial sentences, saying it sends the wrong message to the people behind a recent spate of drive-by shootings.

SYDNEY, Jan 23 AAP - A courageous Sydney police officer who survived a vicious attack is mourning the loss of her unborn baby girl.
The NSW police force on Monday extended its sympathies to Sergeant Samantha Barlow and her family following the tragic loss of their unborn daughter.
The mum-of-two, whose husband Laurence is also a police officer, is understood to have been due to give birth next week.

SYDNEY, Jan 18 AAP - Cash rewards of up to $50,000 should be offered to break the silence about Sydney’s shootings, the NSW opposition says.
Opposition police spokesman Nathan Rees has called on the state government to allow police to give rewards for information that leads to the conviction of perpetrators.
“The business as usual approach isn’t working,” Mr Rees said in a statement on Wednesday.

SYDNEY, Jan 17 AAP - NSW Police Minister Mike Gallacher says the Crime Commission will penetrate any walls of silence surrounding the spate of recent shootings in Sydney.
Organised crime is believed to be behind nine shootings in the last eight days.
“This isn’t necessarily a bikie turf war, this is a turf war between organised crime elements,” Mr Gallacher said on Tuesday.

By Adam Bennett
SYDNEY, Jan 16 AAP - NSW Police have been joined by an all-powerful ally in the battle to break down a wall of silence over Sydney’s rash of drive-by shootings.
NSW Police Minister Mike Gallacher on Monday announced the NSW Crime Commission had offered the force its “coercive” powers, which he described as a “significant addition” to the investigation.

SYDNEY, Jan 10 AAP - The NSW government was negligent in failing to heed advice to reactivate a speed camera near the spot where a crash killed an 11-year-old boy on the Pacific Highway, the opposition says.
Roads Minister Duncan Gay sat on advice from the Roads and Maritime Service that a speed camera removed near Urunga last July be reinstated, opposition roads spokesman Robert Furolo said on Tuesday.

SYDNEY, Jan 3 AAP - A guard of honour has been formed outside the funeral of NSW paramedic Mick Wilson, who died while trying to save two lives.
The helicopter paramedic died after a winch line was cut during a complex rescue operation at Carrington Fall, southwest of Wollongong, on Christmas Eve.
Mourners gathered Sydney’s St James Anglican Church on Tuesday to farewell the 41-year-old.

SYDNEY, Dec 20 AAP - A man who shot a NSW police officer during a botched hotel robbery has had three years added to his minimum jail term.
Tevi Koloamatangi, 41, was jailed in the NSW District Court in May for at least 11 years for a string of offences, including shooting Sergeant Stephen de Lorenzo with intent to murder.
On Tuesday, the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal upheld a sentence cha