Melissa Mackay is an award-winning reporter, producer and presenter at ABC News in Sydney. She previously covered courts in the Northern Territory for six years and has reported on some of the NT's most high-profile cases, including the murder trials of former Constable Zachary Rolfe and Benjamin Hoffmann, as well as the coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker. She won a 2024 Young Walkley award for her coverage of the NT coroner's inquiry into domestic violence and has been nominated for numerous other awards for her reporting.
She previously worked at 9 News Darwin and ABC Alice Springs.
Point-to-point speed cameras, which calculate a driver's average speed between two points, will be switched on for all vehicles travelling on the Pacific Highway between Kew and Lake Innes and the Hume Highway between Coolac and Gundagai.
About four per cent of sexual assault cases have been dropped after a wide-ranging audit of rape prosecutions.
The Minns government will introduce new offences, court orders and other changes in a bid to address gaps in the state's domestic, family and sexual violence legislation.
A second person has been arrested and charged by NSW Police over an alleged theft that saw more than half-a-million-dollars worth of limited edition Bluey coins stolen from a Western Sydney warehouse.
An expert in fatigue management has told an inquiry looking into the Taipan helicopter crash that some ADF crews are continuing training despite fatigue recommendations suggesting otherwise, echoing similar concerns made those who died in the crash.
An inquiry into the deaths of four army personnel last July has heard the wife of one of the victims, Captain Danniel Lyon, was asked not to hold his funeral on Fathers' Day in consideration of her "future partner".
The highly anticipated Chatswood to Sydenham route runs under Sydney Harbour, directly linking north-west commuters to the CBD, and is scheduled to open this Sunday.
Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig gave Liverpool Mayor Ned Mannoun seven days to "show cause" as to why the council should not be suspended on Thursday.
Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig has advised Mayor Ned Mannoun that Liverpool Council has a week to prove why it should not be suspended, after an investigation found "widespread and serious concerns about dysfunction" within the council.
The latest NSW Health respiratory surveillance report shows there were 12,421 cases of influenza reported in the week ending June 22. It was a 38 per cent increase on the previous week.
NSW Health data has revealed that whooping cough rates in the state are at their highest in almost a decade. Multiple respiratory illnesses — including whooping cough and pneumonia — have been spreading, particularly among school-aged children.
The prime minister has called for calm after the US consulate in Sydney has been vandalised in what police suspect is a politically motivated act.
ABC court report Melissa Mackay covered Northern Territory courtrooms for almost seven years, but what she witnessed at the coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker shocked even her.
The coronial inquest into the death of Kumanjayi Walker has finished after almost two years of hearings, leaving the Northern Territory Police Force in crisis.
Police Commissioner Michael Murphy has admitted at a coronial inquest that he did nothing when he first heard allegations of racism within an elite policing unit.
Former NT police officer Zachary Rolfe says he is "ready to move on" during questioning at the coronial inquest into the police shooting of Kumanjayi Walker, but says he feels "very badly" for Mr Walker's family.
A string of racist awards shared by members of Northern Territory Police's elite police unit have surfaced during a coronial inquest into the police shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker.
The coronial inquest into the police shooting death of Kumanjayi Walker will resume on Monday, for what is scheduled to be the final days of evidence.
Justin Laurens Stein pleaded not guilty on Monday to the murder of nine-year-old Charlise Mutten, on day one of a six-week trial at the NSW Supreme Court in Parramatta.
Monday marks one month since the deadly stabbing attack at Westfield Bondi Junction which left six people dead, as the community works through the painful process of "reclaiming" the space.
The lawyer for Ben Cohen, who was wrongly identified as being the Bondi Junction attacker, says a brief of evidence has been handed to police, identifying "malicious and irresponsible use of social media".
Jaci Armstrong and her guide dog, Bess, often use rideshare apps and taxis to get around, but it's never simple. The NSW government hopes a massive increase to the fines for refusing service will end the discrimination.
HER House looks like any other suburban family home in Western Sydney but behind the fence is a haven for South Asian women fleeing violence.
The five people inside the Blacktown house were uninjured following Saturday's targeted shooting — the second incident at the same location.
Fairfield Local Court heard Nikolaj Mikic had turned himself into police after investigators released images of 12 men they believed were involved in a riot outside the Christ The Good Shepherd Church. Mr Mikic is the fourth man charged over the violent riots.