The New South Wales government, under Premier Chris Minns, has announced new knife crime laws, inspired by Queensland's 'Jack's Law', to empower police with 'wanding' powers to scan individuals for knives without a warrant in designated areas. These areas include transport hubs, shopping centers, and nightlife spots, particularly where knife crimes have occurred in the past six months. The announcement follows a series of violent stabbing incidents, including a recent attack where a 39-year-old woman was stabbed multiple times at a Sydney gym by a 40-year-old man. She was hospitalized in stable condition at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital while the attacker remains at large.
Police are still searching for the alleged attacker who stabbed a woman multiple times in the head, neck and back outside a Sydney gym. https://t.co/NOiZvCHUEE
Man on the run after stabbing woman outside Sydney gym in alleged domestic violence attack https://t.co/pCGVR8hkzO
A woman is in hospital and a man on the run after a brutal stabbing outside a Sydney gym, which police have described as a targeted domestic violence attack. https://t.co/PxUekQdEDQ
Woman stabbed in the neck outside Sydney gym https://t.co/2Nm71NB5kA
New laws modelled on Queensland’s ‘Jack’s Law’ will give NSW police power to scan suspects for knives without a warrant in transport hubs, shopping centres and party spots: https://t.co/RZRe1gmfpR https://t.co/vm6INEB67p
A 39-year-old woman has been rushed to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a stable condition after she was allegedly stabbed by a 40-year-old man in the carpark of an Alexandria gym. Police believe the two are known to each other. #9News https://t.co/V31AyC21HP
A woman has been stabbed at a gym in Sydney's south in yet another incident of knife crime in the city, which the state government is seeking to combat through newly proposed search powers. https://t.co/EkzMg5PDHh
#BREAKING 🚨 Woman stabbed in the head and chest at a gym in Alexandria, Sydney, allegedly by a man believed to be known to her | #6NewsAU
Woman stabbed in head at Sydney gym https://t.co/MNxTWjSsrK @dailytelegraph
Police in NSW will be given the power to stop and search people for weapons without a warrant or reasonable suspicion under new laws proposed by the Minns Government in response to a series of high-profile stabbing attacks to rock Australia's most populated state.…
NSW Police to be given 'wanding' powers to fight knife crime https://t.co/14MxrmxmsS https://t.co/Qh4NRhcnXo
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns says the “only distinction” between the state’s new knife crime laws and Jack’s Law in Queensland is declared safe night precincts. https://t.co/BE6KWwWFo3
"Wanding" laws already in place in Queensland will be introduced in NSW allowing police to search for knives without a warrant in transport hubs and shopping centres. https://t.co/yHnDpjpnLq
NSW Police to use metal detectors against knife violence https://t.co/fT54hsaIeM
The NSW government has announced a package of "common sense" reforms in a bid to remove knifes from the community following a series of shocking and fatal incidents in recent weeks. https://t.co/T674LtDWbw
The police powers will be available in areas where a knife crime has occurred within the past six months, including transport hubs, shopping centres, pubs and clubs. https://t.co/47WhLyRAXz
New sweeping knife reforms will be announced in New South Wales today, the Minns Government drawing inspiration from Jack's Law in Queensland. #9News https://t.co/hw0vF3x7Z9
Police to be given new powers to randomly scan people for knives under NSW government proposal https://t.co/QEJH4fOUCb