Sydney’s Violence Escalates Amid Broken Promises | Australia News

Sydney’s streets are turning bloodier as shootings surge in the west, innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire and sparking alarm. The state vows harsher penalties for youth involved in contract killings and firebombings — and go after overseas kingpins — but criminals ignore the warnings. Just days after the promises, a boxing coach linked to outlaw gangs is gunned down in a targeted hit, police hinting this violence may now be the new normal. The Premier rejects that notion, pledging arrests and longer sentences. Meanwhile, federal authorities accuse the state of withholding key info needed for international warrants — leaving citizens uneasy a...