Sould SMH drop ‘newspaper’ from it title?

This story quotes a website, with no bona fides, which quotes, ‘police sources’.
This is not news, it’s heresay, nothing more. The Herald, for whom I write on a non-paid basis, should be ashamed for re-publishing such drivel from AFP.

Link: The Sydney Morning Herald: national, world, business, entertainment, sport and technology news from Australia’s leading newspaper..