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Is Hornsby still a ‘Safe Suburb’? Is Hornsby becoming more violent or are we just better informed about what is going on these days? What do residents think? Police are investigating after a woman was injured and a man died DIWHUEHLQJVWDEEHGLQ:HVW¿HOG Hornsby last Wednesday 30th March. Shortly before 9.30pm, emergency services were called to the

shopping centre on Florence Street, Hornsby, following reports of a stabbing. Police have been told a man approached the victims and began to stab them. The male victim was treated by NSW Ambulance Paramedics but died at the scene. The female victim received stab wounds to her chest, punctured sternum and lacerations to her

forearm. She was taken by paramedics to Royal North Shore Hospital. The man was arrested and taken to Hornsby Police Station. Police established a crime scene which was examined by forensic specialists. Detectives from Kuring-Gai Local Area Command and State Crime Command’s Homicide Squad are investigating the incident.

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KMC Takes Legal Action on Forced Merger Proposal “Our community has told the government through surveys, submissions and in person at the public inquiry that they are strongly against a merger with Hornsby Council.” Mayor Szatow Ku-ring-gai Council has commenced proceedings in the NSW Supreme Court over the state government’s refusal to release the full KPMG report on council mergers. The KPMG report was commissioned by the government last year as a means of reinforcing its argument for forced council mergers across NSW. In the case of Ku-ring-gai this would mean a forced merger with Hornsby by mid 2016 to create a ‘super

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