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40 years since Anita Cobby was murdered, what have we learned about violence against women? • The Western Weekender

This week marked 40 years since one of the most devastating crimes Sydney has ever seen rocked the nation to its core. The rape and murder of Anita Cobby in western Sydney in February 1986 is one of about a dozen murders that is forever etched in Sydney’s story. Others can quietly disappear as time moves on, but some stick with a city’s people no matter how much time passes. That is certainly the case with the callous killing of a 26-year-old wo…
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westernweekender.com.au broke the news in on Wednesday, February 4, 2026.
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